PHYSICAL AND POLITICAL FEATURES

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PHYSICAL AND POLITICAL FEATURES
Physical Features Quiz Tomorrow!

• Agenda UNIT 4 AFRICA Review

Warm Up 1. Name 3 major rivers in Africa. 2.
Choose one river. Which Countries does it runs
through?
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SS7G1b Locate on a world and regional
political-physical map the countries of,
Democratic Republic of the Congo (Zaire), Egypt,
Kenya, Nigeria, South Africa, and Sudan.
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COUNTRIES OF AFRICA

• Locate the following countries
• Egypt
• Kenya
• Nigeria
• Sudan
• South Africa
• Sierra Leone
• Rwanda
• Zimbabwe
• and Dem. Rep. of Congo

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COUNTRIES OF AFRICA

• Locate the following countries
• Egypt 1
• Kenya 3
• Nigeria 5
• Sudan 2
• South Africa 7
• Sierra Leone 6
• Rwanda 4
• Zimbabwe 9
• Dem. Rep. of Congo 8

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COUNTRIES OF AFRICA
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SS7G1a Locate on a world and regional
political-physical map the Sahara, Sahel,
savanna, tropical rain forest, Congo River, Niger
River, Nile River, Lake Tanganyika, Lake
Victoria, Atlas Mountains, and Kalahari Desert.
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FEATURES OF AFRICA

• Locate the following
• Sahara
• Sahel
• Savanna
• Tropical rain forest
• Congo River
• Niger River
• Nile River
• Lake Tanganyika
• Lake Victoria,
• Atlas Mountains
• Kalahari Desert

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Savanna
Rain forest
Lake Tanganyika
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SS7G1b Locate on a world and regional
political-physical map the countries of,
Democratic Republic of the Congo (Zaire), Egypt,
Kenya, Nigeria, South Africa, and Sudan.

• Concept LOCATION

Africa Physical Map Quiz Ethnic Religious
Diversity

• Warm up
• Using the new map and without looking
• at your completed maps/study guides,
• use your envelope of cut out names to label
• Africas physical features.

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ETHNIC AND RELIGIOUS DIVERSITY

• UNIT 4 AFRICA

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SS7G4a Explain the differences between an ethnic
group and a religious group.
Ethnic Group................belonging to the
cultural, racial, religious, or linguistic
traditions of a people or country.
Religious Group...........people who identify
closely with a set of beliefs that influence
their culture. Example Christians and Muslims
appeal to many different ethnic
groups, whereas, Judaism is mostly associated
with ethnic Jews.
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SS7G4b Explain the diversity of religions
within the Arab, Ashanti, Bantu, and Swahili
ethnic groups.
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African Religion
In Africa, the major religions include
traditional beliefs such as animism, while trade,
migration, and colonization brought Judaism,
Islam, and Christianity to Africa. Traditional
religions such as animism, the belief that all
things (living and non-living including natural
phenomenon such as wind) have a soul and some of
these things may be held up as gods.
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Religion review

• Judaism.......................the first
  monotheistic religion, founded by Abraham, and
  whose followers are called Jews
• Christianity..................a religion that
  developed out of Judaism and was based on the
  life and teachings of Jesus
• Islam............................a religion that
  teaches that there is one God and Muhammad is his
  messenger

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African Ethnic Groups
Ashanti
Arabs
Swahili
Bantu
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Arabs

• Any member of the Arabic-speaking peoples native
  to the Middle East and North Africa. Many Arabs
  are Muslims (followers of Islam), but some are
  also followers of Christianity.

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Arabs
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SS7G1b Locate on a world and regional
political-physical map the countries of,
Democratic Republic of the Congo (Zaire), Egypt,
Kenya, Nigeria, South Africa, and Sudan.

• Concept LOCATION

Ethnic Religious Diversity

• Warm up
• 1. Explain how ethnic groups and religious
• groups are different.
• 2. Give examples of each.

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Ashanti

• People of West Africa near Ghana, Ivory Coast,
  and Togo.
• Ashanti ethnic group mostly have traditional
  beliefs. The symbol of Asanti unity is the
  Golden Stool, held to be so sacred that not even
  kings were allowed to sit on it. They also
  believe in spiritual and supernatural powers.

An Asante chief wearing silk cloth and gold
jewelry.
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Ashanti
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BANTU

• One of the original ethnic groups in Africa that
  was part of the largest migration of people on
  the continent thousands of years ago.
• Many Bantu Africans have traditional beliefs as
  they believe in the power of ancestors in
  everyday life.
• However, in parts of east Africa Bantu culture
  has mixed with the Arab culture to create a new
  ethnic group and culture known as Swahili.

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Bantu
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SWAHILI
The Swahili people live on the east coast of
Africa from Somalia to Mozambique. Many Swahili
people are Muslims (believe in Islam) after Arabs
brought the religion from Arabia when trading.
However, they also mix in some traditional
beliefs with their Islamic beliefs. The Swahili
language is a mixture between Bantu and Arabic.

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swahili