Review: Geography of Africa
ESSENTIAL QUESTION: How does where you live influence how you live?
Class One:
 Objective: location, location, location
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Africa is the second largest continent. There are 52 countries on this
continent. Different maps can tell you different things about an area. Africa
has four vegetation zones: desert, Sahel, savanna, rainforest. A vegetation
zone is an area of land that is determined by its plant life. Africa has two
major deserts. In the north is the Sahara and in the south is the Kalahari
Desert. The Sahel borders the desert and the biggest problem affecting this
vegetation zone is desertification. As the deserts get bigger, the Sahel gets
smaller. The savanna makes up most of Africa and there is a lot of plant and
animal life in this zone. Finally, the rainforest is located along the equator and
deforestation is a problem for this area. As trees are cut down and not
replaced, there are many negative side effects. Each vegetation zone has a
certain climate as well. Arid describes the deserts, semi-arid describes both
the Sahel and savanna, tropical climates are in the savannas and finally the
equatorial climate describes the rainforest.
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To answer the essential question: good geography = good economy or
bad geography= bad economy
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Vocabulary: maps, geography, continent, vegetation, desert, Sahel,
savanna, rainforest, arid, semi-arid, tropical, equatorial, equator,
desertification, deforestation
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Location: you must be able to identify the locations on a map: Sahara,
Kalahari, Nile, Mt. Kilimanjaro, Niger River, Okavango River, Congo, Zambezi
Class Two:
 Objective: People have to live
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Because Africa has such a varied geography, people living on this continent
will live differently from region to region. Most people do not live in the desert
areas of the continent, but instead live either by fresh water rivers/lakes, the
coast, or in the savanna. People living in the Sahel typically are nomadic and
travel to food sources for livestock. People are cutting down the rainforests to
either make more money for a countries’ economy or to make more room for
people to live. Major cities have developed where the geography is better
and people have migrated to those areas.
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To answer the essential question: Your geography determines how you
will live.
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Vocabulary: none
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Location: you must be able to identify the locations of Nile, Okavango,
Zambezi, Congo, and Niger rivers
Class Three:
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Objective: Push and Pull Factors
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Push and Pull factors describe the reasons for why people migrate. People
can move for many types of reasons. A pull factor describes a positive
reason for migration. Examples could be job opportunities, enjoyment, or
even better educational opportunities. A push factor describes a negative
reason for migration. Typically a push factor forces the migration. Examples
could be natural disasters, poverty, political oppression, or loss of job. There
are many types of push/pull factors. Geographic push factors could be
desertification and deforestation.
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To answer the essential question: There is a connection between
geography and reasons for why people migrate. There are many geographic
push and pull factors that influence where and how people live.
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Vocabulary: push factor, pull factor, deforestation, desertification
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Location: none