Lesson 3 Geography of Africa Key things to remember its a continent NOT a country Has 54 countries of its own Its HUGE You can fit USA and China in it It has a lot of desert ID: 753572
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Unit #1, AFRICA
Unit 1 – Africa
Lesson
3
–
Geography
of AfricaSlide2
Key things to remember
it’s a continent, NOT a country
Has 54 countries of its own!
It’s HUGEYou can fit USA and China in itIt has a lot of desertIt has a lot of rain forestIt’s mostly near the equator – so it’s WARM
Sahara
Desert
Rain
ForestSlide3Slide4Slide5
Africa
+ 40% Desert
~ 10% Rain Forest
That leaves ~50%
Farmable/ArableSlide6
AFRICA
WAS ONCE
HOME TO A THRIVING, WEALTHY, TECHNOLOGICAL
CIVILIZATION
Mansa Musa, richest man EVER
(worth $400 billion)Slide7
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 billion
9. Henry Ford (Ford Motor Company, 1863-1947) $199 billion10. Cornelius Vanderbilt (industrialist, 1794-1877) $185 billion
12. 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) $65 billionMANSA MUSARICHEST MAN EVER
IN THE HISTORY OF THE WORLD
FORMER AMERICAN INDUSTRIALISTS
EUROPEAN MONARCHS
CURRENT BUSINESSMEN RICH MEN Slide8
How rich was Mansa Musa?
His wealth is 2.5% more than Bill Gates
He’s richer than the richest American ever was
He’s richer than the richest European king ever wasHe’s twice as rich as the current two richest Americans COMBINED
SAY WHAT?!Slide9
AFRICA WAS HOME TO A THRIVING, WEALTHY, TECHNOLOGICAL
CIVILIZATION
Why Does This Matter?
SO WHAT HAPPENED?Slide10
POSSIBLE REASONS:
AFRICANS HAVE SUFFERED
Invasion
DiseaseWarsFaminePovertySlide11
INVASION
Europeans arrived, took what they wanted, and left Africans to “just deal”Slide12
What two nations “owned” most of Africa?Slide13
DISEASE
The worst diseases in the world
come from AfricaSlide14
DISEASES
Malaria
Ebola
HIVYellow FeverSlide15
About
what percentage of the
HiV
population is in Africa?Slide16
Which part of Africa is
most effected by
HiV
?Slide17Slide18
FAMINE
Poor crop growth is BAD in a region where people grow their own food to surviveSlide19
What has been happening to African farmland?Slide20
WARS
Wars between Africans have claimed millions of livesSlide21
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 farmingSlide22Slide23
Cartoon Analysis
What does this next cartoon imply about what caused all these problems in Africa?Slide24Slide25
Next slides are from your notes…Slide26
Climate in Africa
What is the weather like in Africa?
How has this affected how Africans live?Slide27
Climate Zones
How do you know this is savanna? Slide28
Nubia
Why does Nubia matter to Egypt?
How was Nubia different than Egypt?Slide29
Answer this one as a group:
Why do we study Nubia, ancient Egypt and other regions if none of that exists anymore?
Come up with more than one reason… be ready to discuss with
the class.