Unit #1, AFRICA

Unit 1 – AfricaLesson 2 – Geography of Africa

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AFRICA WAS HOME TO A THRIVING, WEALTHY, TECHNOLOGICAL

CIVILIZATION

Mansa Musa, richest man EVER (worth $400 billion)

The richest people of all time:1. Mansa Musa I, (Ruler of Malian Empire, 1280-1331) $400 billion3. John D Rockefeller (industrialist, 1839-1937) $340 billion4. Andrew Carnegie (industrialist, 1835-1919) $310 billion5. Tsar Nicholas II of Russia (Czar of Russia, 1868-1918) $300 billion9. Henry Ford (Ford Motor Company, 1863-1947) $199 billion10. Cornelius Vanderbilt (industrialist, 1794-1877) $185 billion12. Bill Gates (Founder of Microsoft, 1955- ) $136 billion14. John Jacob Astor (businessman, 1864-1912) $121 billion16. John of Gaunt (son of Edward III, 1330-1399) £110 billion19. Henry, Duke of Lancaster (Engl noble, 1310-1361) $85.1 billion25. Sam Walton (Walmart founder, 1918-1992) $65billion

AFRICA WAS HOME TO A THRIVING, WEALTHY, TECHNOLOGICAL CIVILIZATION

SO WHAT HAPPENED?

AFRICANS HAVE SUFFERED

• Invasion•Disease•Wars• Famine•Poverty

INVASION• Europeans arrived, took what they wanted,

and left Africans to “just deal”

What two nations “owned” most of Africa?

DISEASE• The worst diseases in the world come from Africa

DISEASES

• Malaria• Ebola• HIV• Yellow Fever

About what percentage of the HiV population is in Africa?

Which part of Africa is most effected by HiV?

FAMINE• Poor crop growth is BAD in a region where

people grow their own food to survive

What has been happening to African farmland?

WARS

• Wars between Africans have claimed millions of lives

POVERTY• Africans do NOT have a thriving economy. Most

depend on small gardens for the food they eat.

• And the land is just not all that great for farming

Next slides are not notes…

Cartoon Analysis

• What does this next cartoon imply about what caused all these problems in Africa?

Nature

1. Look at the picture on p. 58. Name the mountain in the picture. Then describe it.

2. Look at the pic on p. 67. Describe what you see.

3. Look at the pic on p. 68 – describe details.

Use Global Mosaic Text Book

Climate of Africa4. Look at the map on p. 65. What is the biggest climate zone? Where is it?

5. What is the BIG [yellow] section called?

Environmental Interaction

6. Look at the pic on p. 70 – describe the scene.

7. Look at p.86 – 90. Describe farming techniques used by Africans.

Africa so far… facts• List five facts about Africa you now know

about Africa.

Africa so far… your opinion• List adjectives about Africa

Would you want to live in Africa?Why?

YOUR OPINION

MAP WORKLocate the following places on your Africa maps:

p. 57 and 62 in Global Mosaic

NationsDemocratic Republic of Congo (DROC) EthiopiaGhanaIvory Coast (Cote d’Ivoire)KenyaLiberiaMadagascarNiger (“nee-JARE”)NigeriaRwandaSomaliaSouth AfricaSudanTanzaniaUganda

Physical FeaturesNile RiverMt. KilimanjaroSahara Desert Kalahari Desert