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Intro to Africa

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Our Class Word Cloud

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Physical Geography of Africa

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Look at the physical features. How might they affect the people living there?

Sahara

Sub-Sahara

S A H E L

Rainforest

S a v a n n a

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Look at how huge Africa really is!

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Africa’s landscape…

Kalahari Desert

Great Rift Valley

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Sahara Desert

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Water features of Africa

Nile River

Congo River

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Water features of Africa Continued

Niger River

Lake Chad

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African Savanna

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Opening Scene of the Lion King

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African Rainforest

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Hakuna Matata

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Africa is Unique!

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Continent Number of Countries

Africa 54 countries

Asia 47 countries

Europe 43 countries

North America 23 countries

Australia/Oceania 14 countries

South America 12 countries

Antarctica 0 countries

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MANY Valuable Natural Resources

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3,000�Languages

Africa is very diverse in language.

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There are over 835 Ethnic groups in Africa!

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Colonization of Africa

Which European country has had the most influence in Africa?

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Just a cool flag map on colonization!

Can you name any of the colonies by their flag?

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Governments

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Slavery

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Slavery

Slavery – involuntary servitude (aka working without getting paid)

Slavery was practiced among many of the African kingdoms for thousands of years

When European colonization began, the colonial powers needed a work force (which they found in Africa)

Most slaves were captured and sold by other African slave traders (but the Europeans were of course willing buyers)

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Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade

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What are some observations that you can make about the slave trade from this chart?

Slave Import by Region, 1450-1900

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Human

Characteristics

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Developed Countries of the World

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Life Expectancy�How long the average person can expect to live

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Infant Mortality Rate (deaths per 1000 live births)

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GDP (in billions)-Value of all goods & services produced in a country within a year

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Per Capita Income (in thousands)�----Average yearly income per person

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LITERACY RATE: The percentage of people who can read and write over age 15.

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HIV and AIDS

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What is HIV and AIDS?

HIV – a virus that invades the immune system and causes AIDS

AIDS – when the HIV virus begins actively attacking the immune system which makes a person increasingly susceptible to infections, pneumonia, certain types of cancer, as well as neurological disorders

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Aids in Africa and the rest of the world

World region	Adult HIV prevalence�(ages 15–49)	Total HIV�cases	AIDS deaths�in 2005
Sub-Saharan Africa	5.0%	22.5 million	1.3 million
Worldwide	0.8%	33.3 million	1.8 million
North America	0.5%	1.5 million	26,000
Western & Central Europe	0.2%	820,000	8,500

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1. Trace your hand on a piece of paper.

(It can be right or left. It doesn’t matter.)

2. Draw a pictures that represents Africa in the center of your hand (The palm).

3. Answer the following questions in the correct places.

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Hand Questions

In your pinky finger, who colonized Africa?
In your ring finger, what are some of the major physical features of Africa?
In your middle finger, why are most countries developing?
In your index finger, how were Africans used in the Slave Trade?
In your thumb, what are the current issues that Africa is facing?