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 forest
Rain forest is ------------ River weaves its
way through country
Congo & its tributaries
supply -------- power
Electricity
generated
By flowing water
Region drained
By a river
Wide spread
Cutting of
forests
Plant or animal
Under the threat
Of completely
Dying out
Person who flees to another
Country to escape persecution
Or disaster
Structure at or
Near the water’s
Surface formed
By the skeletons
Of small sea animals
Plant with roots
That can be ground
Into flour to make
Bread or porridge
A plant fiber
Used to make rope
And twine
Page 404-424
-------- is
capital
6 million people
live there
Most live in
------- areas
& follow a
Traditional way
Of life (farming)
56.6 million people
from over --ethnic groups
75 percent are
Christian,
Mostly ---------
Country is
named after
The ----people
------ is official
Language; Local
languages are also
Spoken (Lingala &
Kingwana)
-------- is
capital
6 million people
live there
Most live in
------- areas
& follow a
Traditional way
Of life (farming)
56.6 million people
from over --ethnic groups
75 percent are
Christian,
Mostly ---------
Country is
named after
The ----people
------ is official
Language; Local
languages are also
Spoken (Lingala &
Kingwana)
Please copy down the question (10). Please skip three lines per
question. You have 45 seconds per question.
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?
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 Guinea
1. Won independence in -------2. ----------- (capital) (Q) is on country’s largest island
B. Main Economic Activities
1. ----------, ------------ and --------------2. ---------- was recently discovered / now is main export
C. Sao Tome and Principe
1.Gained independence from -------------- (Q) in 1975
2. No one lived there originally, now ------------- live
D. Volcanic Islands
1. Soil is rich and productive; -------- and -------- are grown
there
2. Biggest export crop is --------
Please copy down the question (10); Please skip three lines
per question.
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?
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
---------
Economies rely on
exports of -----
------- River
Both countries
beginning to rely on
------- exports
supports most of
farmland and
industries
More than half
of people ----small plots of
land
Capital of Gabon is
-------------; Congo’s
is ---------
Most people of
CAR Speak
what language?
What is
widespread
Cutting of too
Many trees?
What is an
umbrella-Like
forest covering?
Who are the
Ancestors of the
Congolese
People today?
What is electricity generated
by flowing water?
The world’s
largest
What covers
the DRC?
Lake Tanganyika
Is the world’s
Largest what?
What was the
DRC once known as?
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 answer
1. 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 --------
Please place planners on corner of your table; Copy down
question; you have 45 seconds per question.
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 landscape
7. 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?
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)
Homework … Due on Thursday Morning. Please write in
complete sentences…
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
What unusual feature dominates western
Kenya? (411)
On what is Kenya’s economy based? (412)
How did the Swahili language come about?
(413)
Why have Kenyans demanded democratic
changes recently? (413)
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? (41314)
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)
 --------- Plain  wildlife
Mt. ----------  highest point
Great -------- Valley
Lakes -------- & Tanganyika are
also in Tanzania
 --------- Plain  wildlife
Mt. ----------  highest point
Great -------- Valley
Lakes -------- & Tanganyika are
also in Tanzania
80 percent work in ------ --------- is fast growing
National 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 answer
1. Why did Kawab Bulyar Lago sell his animals
2.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 416418
Serengeti Plain  wildlife
Mt. Kilimanjaro  highest point
Great Rift Valley
Lakes Victoria & Tanganyika are
also in Tanzania
19--  Union of Zanzibar and
Tanganyika  Tanzania
Generally politically -----Moving toward ---- enterprise
system
Also moving toward more
democratic --------
80 percent work in farming
Tourism is fast growing
National Parks protect areas;
attract ecotourists
Preserve farmland also to
prevent desert from spreading
35.4 million people with --ethnic groups
Most speak ----Two main religions are ------ and
----Capital is --- -- --------