Applying Map Skills, page 406; Write down questions and use map to answer; Planners on table.
1.Which three countries share Lake Victoria?
2.Which country is cut off from the sea by Eritrea, Djibouti, and Somalia?
3.What valley runs through Tanzania and Kenya?
4.Which mountain in Africa is 19,340 feet high?
5.What five countries in Central and East Africa are landlocked?
Describe landforms found in countries of Central Africa
Explain factors preventing countries from reaching their full potential
Compare economies & people of countries in region
Ch. 13 test today (open book)
3rd AR book due today
BR – Analyze Maps
Wheel Chart DRC
8 vocabulary terms you should know …
Web Map – People of the Congo
About ¼ size of USA; only -- miles of coastline
Borders -- different countries
4 major lakes; Lake Tanganyika (Q) is longest ------- lake in world
Large rain forest (Q) covers center of ------- different types of trees live in rain forestRain forest is ------------- River weaves its way through countryCongo & its tributaries supply -------- power
Electricity generated
By flowing water
A plant fiberUsed to make rope
And twine
Structure at or Near the water’s Surface formed By the skeletons
Of small sea animals
Wide spreadCutting of forests
Person who flees to another Country to escape persecution
Or disaster
Region drained By a river
Plant with rootsThat can be groundInto flour to makeBread or porridge
Plant or animal Under the threat
Of completelyDying out
Page 404-424
-------- is capital
6 million peoplelive there
Country is named after
The -----people
Most live in ------- areas & follow a
Traditional way Of life (farming)
------ is official Language; Local
languages are alsoSpoken (Lingala &
Kingwana)
56.6 million people from over ---ethnic groups
75 percent are Christian, Mostly -----
-----
-------- is capital
6 million peoplelive there
Country is named after
The -----people
Most live in ------- areas & follow a
Traditional way Of life (farming)
------ is official Language; Local
languages are alsoSpoken (Lingala &
Kingwana)
56.6 million people from over ---ethnic groups
75 percent are Christian, Mostly -----
-----
1.What is Africa’s third largest country?
2.What is the major unifying factor of Zaire?
3.Which European country first visited Zaire?
4.What is the biggest problem facing Zaire?
5.How much is a Zaire dollar worth in American money?
Please copy down the question (10). Please skip three lines per question. You have 45 seconds per question.
6.What percentage of Zaire’s population are subsistence farmers?
7.What animal could become extinct in the next century?
8.The government has created what to protect the gorillas of Zaire?
9.What two problems has the government of Zaire failed to solve?
10.What holiday did Zaire try to ban?
Please copy down the question (10). Please skip three lines per question. You have 45 seconds per question.
Describe landforms found in countries of Central Africa
Explain factors preventing countries from reaching their full potential
Compare economies & people of countries in region
Bell ringer
Video - DRC
Outline – Island Countries of Africa
HWK – GR 14-1
A. Equatorial Guinea1. Won independence in --------2. ----------- (capital) (Q) is on country’s largest island
B. Main Economic Activities1. ----------, ------------ and ---------------2. ---------- was recently discovered / now is main export
C. Sao Tome and Principe1.Gained independence from -------------- (Q) in 19752. No one lived there originally, now ------------- live
D. Volcanic Islands1. Soil is rich and productive; -------- and -------- are grown
there2. Biggest export crop is --------
ISLAND COUNTRIES, PG 409
1) What are Africa’s two tallest peaks?2) The economy of Burundi relies almost
entirely on what?3) What is the most densely populated
country in Africa?4) Upon which Lake is Kampala built?5) Ethiopia is almost twice the size of
what state?
Please copy down the question (10); Please skip three lines per question.
6) What can turn the Rift Valley into a desert?
7) What were two cash crops for Kenya before 1963?
8) What is the main crop of the small island of Mauritius?
9) List all the countries that border Tanzania.10)What is the primary catch from Lake
Victoria?
Please copy down the question (10); Please skip three lines per question.
Describe landforms found in countries of Central Africa
Explain factors preventing countries from reaching their full potential
Compare economies & people of countries in region
Ch. 14-1, 14-2 quiz on 9/29
5 AR books read and passed, 10/11
End of grading period, 10/11
BR
Web Map – Congo/Gabon
Video – East Africa
Web Map – Central African Republic
Independence from France in
---------------- River
supports most of farmland and
industries
More than half of people ----- small plots of
land
Economies rely on exports of -----
Both countries beginning to rely on
------- exports
Capital of Gabon is -------------; Congo’s
is ---------
Most people of CAR Speak
what language?
What is an umbrella-Like
forest covering? The world’s largest
What covers the DRC?
Lake TanganyikaIs the world’s Largest what?
What is widespread
Cutting of too Many trees?
Who are the Ancestors of the
CongolesePeople today?
What is electricity generatedby flowing water?
What was theDRC once known as?
Pgs 404-409
Most are -------
Few ------------raise cacao,
cotton, tobacco rubber
Can claim only ------------ mining
as important industry
Colony of ------- from 1910 to
1960
French is official ---------- of
Central African Republic
---------- (Q) is language of the
people
Read Making Connections on page 410. Write question and answer1.Where do tsetse flies live?
2.What causes sleeping sickness?
3.How many species of flies can transmit the sleeping sickness?
4.How many people in Africa are at risk of being infected with sleeping sickness?
5.How many countries lie within the African tsetse belt?
Identify the landforms found in Kenya & Tanzania
Describe the activities most important to these countries economies
Compare the histories & people of Kenya & Tanzania
Ch. 14-1 quiz will be today.
BR
4 square chart – Kenya
Video – East Africa
Quiz – 14-1
Long --------- of beaches & palm
trees; central part is upland plain
West part contains highlands & ------ -----
Valley (stretches 3000 miles & early
life dates to this area)
In 700’s AD, ---------traders settled area;
culture blended; Swahili emerges. 2 major languages: English & Swahili
Britain was colonial power until Mau
Mau rebellion; Won independence under
Kenyatta in --------
1. What unusual feature dominates western Kenya?
2. On what is Kenya’s economy based?3. How did the Swahili language come
about?4. Why have Kenyans demanded
democratic changes recently?5. What term do Kenyans use to describe
their spirit of cooperation?
Please place planners on corner of your table; Copy down question; you have 45 seconds per
question.
6. What makes up Tanzania’s landscape7. Where do most Tanzanians work?8. Why has the Tanzanian government
set aside several national parks?9. What policy has the government of
Tanzania set up to prevent the land from becoming desert?
10.What language to most of people in Tanzania speak?
Please place planners on corner of your table; Copy down question; you have 45 seconds per
question.
Identify the landforms found in Kenya & Tanzania
Describe the activities most important to these countries economies
Compare the histories & people of Kenya & Tanzania
Fourth AR book is due on Friday, 2/24
Ch. 14 test will be on Thursday, March 1
5 AR books read by March 13
End of the 9 weeks is on March 13
BR
4 square chart – Kenya
Video – East Africa
4 Square Chart - Tanzania
HWK – GR 14-2
Operates on a ------ ---------- system; Nairobi is capital
and center of business
Poor farmers; fastest growing
industry is ----- (safaris to see
natural surroundings)
31 million people in Kenya; -------- are
main ethnic group; belief in harambee or pulling together
Two major cities, capital of Nairobi
(2.3 million) & ------- (chief port on
Indian ocean)
1. What unusual feature dominates western Kenya? (411)
2. On what is Kenya’s economy based? (412)
3. How did the Swahili language come about? (413)
4. Why have Kenyans demanded democratic changes recently? (413)
5. What term do Kenyans use to describe their spirit of cooperation? (413)
Homework … Due on Thursday Morning. Please write in complete sentences…
6. What makes up Tanzania’s landscape? (413-14)
7. Where do most Tanzanians work? (414)8. Why has the Tanzanian government set
aside several national parks? (414)9. What policy has the government of
Tanzania set up to prevent the land from becoming desert? (415)
10.What language to most of people in Tanzania speak? (415)
Homework … Due on Thursday Morning. Please write in complete sentences…
--------- Plain wildlife Mt. ---------- highest pointGreat -------- ValleyLakes -------- & Tanganyika are also in Tanzania
--------- Plain wildlife Mt. ---------- highest pointGreat -------- ValleyLakes -------- & Tanganyika are also in Tanzania
80 percent work in ------- --------- is fast growingNational Parks protect areas; attract -----------Preserve farmland also to prevent -------- from spreading
Planners on corner of your table; Please copy down the questions (5); read the passage on the next slide
to answer1.Why did Kawab Bulyar Lago sell his
animals2.What are Paul’s three career goals?3.If Kawab Bulyar Lago had not sold his
animals, what would Paul have done?4.In what country does Paul go to
university?5.How many brothers and sisters does Paul
have in his family?
“With 7 children, Kawab Buylar Lago sold his animals & saddled himself with debt to send his son Paul to … school outside Marsabit,
Kenya. Now awaiting the results of the national exams that will determine his fate, Paul hopes to attend university and become
either a doctor, a civil engineer, a teacher, or even a tour guide. “I’d prefer to be a doctor,
“ he tells me one morning, ‘but anything would be all right … In the old days Paul
would have inherited his father’s herd. Today he inherits his hopes and dreams.”
- National Geographic
Identify the landforms found in Kenya & Tanzania
Describe the activities most important to these countries economies
Compare the histories & people of Kenya & Tanzania
Fourth AR book is due on Friday, 2/24
Ch. 14 test will be on Thursday, March 1
5 AR books read by March 13
End of the 9 weeks is on March 13
BR
Video – East Africa
4 Square Chart – Tanzania
Hwk – Read pages 416-418
Serengeti Plain wildlife Mt. Kilimanjaro highest pointGreat Rift ValleyLakes Victoria & Tanganyika are also in Tanzania
80 percent work in farmingTourism is fast growingNational Parks protect areas; attract ecotouristsPreserve farmland also to prevent desert from spreading
19-- Union of Zanzibar and Tanganyika TanzaniaGenerally politically ------Moving toward ---- enterprise systemAlso moving toward more democratic --------
35.4 million people with --- ethnic groupsMost speak ----- Two main religions are ------ and -----Capital is --- -- --------