Africa Geography

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Africa Geography
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• Global Perspectives
• Norris High School

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Objectives

• Demographics
• Physical Geography
• Climate
• Regions of Africa
• Western Central
• Eastern
• Southern

Forecast for African Geography A few sprinkles
of Genius and a CHANCE OF DOOM!
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African Demographics

• Size
• 2nd Largest Continent (11 Million Sq Miles)
• 2nd Most Populous Continent (900 Million)
• Number of Countries
• There are around 50 countries in Africa

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African Demographics

• Religions
• Islam Mainly in Northern Africa
• Christianity East South Africa
• Animist Throughout Africa
• Languages
• Over 1800 Languages in Africa
• Some countries have national sign languages

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African Demographics

• Population
• Most Populous country is Nigeria (130 Million)
• Most populous city is Cairo, Egypt (6.8 Million)
• Population Density
• Majority of people live on the coasts near water

Hey Brian, why do most of the people in Africa
live near water? I dont know Peter do you really
want to know? Or are you just asking random
questions again? Whats a hypotenuse?
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Physical Geography

• Major Rivers of Africa
• Nile River (Northeast)
• Congo River (Central)
• Zambezi River (Southeast)
• Niger River (West)
• Major Lakes of Africa
• Lake Victoria (Southeast)
• Lake Chad (Central)
• Mediterranean Sea

Answer the following question or I shall be
forced kill you! What two oceans border Africa?
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Physical Geography

• Major Deserts
• Sahara (Largest Desert in World) Cuts Africa in
  two
• Kalahari (Southern Africa) Located in Botswana
• Namib (Southwestern Coast) Located in Namibia

Here we are stranded in this desert Bryan, I
shouldnt have come here! Brian, I must know one
last question before I die! Which is larger the
Sahara Desert or the United States?
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Physical Geography

• Atlas Mountains Located in Northwestern Africa,
  mainly in the country of Morocco
• Great Rift Valley A depression or valley
  extending throughout Eastern Africa
• Drakensberg Large escarpment on the
  southeastern coast of South Africa

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Climate

• Arid (Desert) Largest Area, Mainly in Middle
  Africa
• Steppe 2nd Largest, Semi-Arid Hot, Mainly
  borders the deserts
• Savanna 3rd Largest, Mainly open plains with
  tall grasses located in South-Central Africa

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Any Questions for the Q-Man?
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Northern Africa

• Defined by being north of the Sahara Desert
  (Sahara is roughly the size of the US).
• Majority of people are Muslims speak Arabic.
• Contains the only major mountain range of Africa
  The Atlas Mountains

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Northern Africa

• The Sahara
• Erg A Sea of Sand Dunes
• Reg A Gravel-covered plain
• Desertification - results from natures cycle,
  farming, overgrazing, and clearing too much land
  for crops.

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reg?
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Northern Africa

• Early North African Societies
• Egyptians
• Built Pyramids Sphinx
• Carthaginians
• Romes Rival Society

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Questions on North Africa?
Or This Picture?
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Western Africa

• Most Densely populated area of Africa
• Over 500 ethnic groups
• Some countries have 50 different groups
• Forced to live together as new countries formed
  by Europeans
• European nations divided Africa without regard to
  ethnic groups or language.

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Western Africa

• Least developed region of Africa
• All are 3rd/4th World Countries
• Main job is Agriculture
• Subsistence Farming
• 1 Cocoa Region
• Use Slash Burn Technique
• Cutting and burning of trees to use a fertilizer

YO Kid! Western Africa is off the hook!
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Nigeria

• 1 Industrial Country of Western Africa
• 1 oil producer in sub-Saharan Africa
• Also iron ore, coal
• Largest country in Africa (population)
• Over 130 million people today.

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Civil Wars

• Recent civil wars have occurred
• Liberia
• Sierra Leon
• Cote D Ivoire (Ivory Coast)
• Nigeria
• These have all hurt the development of these
  countries, and kept them poor.

Well Peter it looks like more Civil Wars in
Africa! Brian why are there Civil Wars in Africa?
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Western Africa

• West Africa has a rich cultural tradition that
  has influenced many parts of the world.
• Wealth from gold and salt trades supported a
  series of West African empires.

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brain!
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Any Questions for the Ladies?
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Eastern Africa

• East Africas location has made it a trading
  center.
• Location on the Red Sea and Indian Ocean

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Eastern Africa

• Major Water-Forms
• Lake Victoria
• Largest lake in Africa
• Source of the Nile River
• Major Landforms
• Great Rift Valley
• Steep cliffs, and wide flat valleys below
• Mount Kilimanjaro

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Eastern Africa

• 1 Job is Farming
• 1- Coffee region of Africa
• 1 Tourism Region
• Several Terrorist attacks against US by Bin Laden
  have taken place here
• US Embassy in Kenya Tanzania

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Eastern Africa

• There have been many civil wars and conflicts in
  this region that have turned into genocide
• Rwanda Genocide
• Ethiopia
• Somalia
• Sudan

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South African Region

• Most Developed Region in Africa
• Minerals
• Most educated
• Advanced technology, transportation
• Most Industrialized
• Good Farm land/climate

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Land Forms

• Mainly high plains/plateaus
• Drakensberg Escarpmen
• Rises 11,000 above Indian Ocean
• Major Deserts
• Kalahari
• Namib

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African escarpment
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Major Water-Forms

• Zambezi- Flows east into Indian Ocean

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South Africa Today

• Most developed of any African country
• Only 1st world country
• Great Farming
• 1/2 Africas industrial firms
• 1/2 Africas total out put

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1 Source of Wealth

• Minerals
• Gold, uranium, copper, diamonds, platinum, iron
  ore, coal, chromium
• Manufacturing
• Autos - Steel