Chapter 35 Section III

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Chapter 35 Section III

• III. HUMAN AND ECONOMIC GEOGRAPHY

Three young Ugandan girls are preparing to do a
traditional dance called 'Bakisimba' from Uganda.
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III. HUMAN AND ECONOMIC GEOGRAPHY

• A. Cultural geography

Touareg tribesman
Maasai Warrior
Zulus A living legend
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A. Cultural geography

• Africans are divided into hundreds of ethnic
  groups by languages, religions, and ways of life

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A. Cultural geography

• One way to categorize ethnic groups is to study
  language families

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A. Cultural geography

• Religion and family traditions are important for
  modern Africans

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A. Cultural geography

• Churches and/or Islamic mosques can be found in
  most towns

Ethiopian Orthodox Church in Addis Ababa
Mosque, Durban South Africa - Largest mosque in
the world south of the Equator
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A. Cultural geography

• Organized religions are often combined with an
  ancient form of belief called animism

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A. Cultural geography

• During past 25 years populations have increased,
  causing problems

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A. Cultural geography

• Farming communities are overcrowded

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A. Cultural geography

• Overgrazing by cattle and goats causing severe
  soil erosion

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A. Cultural geography

• People moving to cities cause high
• unemployment, overcrowded
• conditions, and the development of slums

Sub-Saharan Africa hosts the largest proportion
of the urban population residing in slums (71.9
per cent)
Kibera, located in Kenya's capital
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B. Economic geography
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B. Economic geography

• Mineral resources include gold, copper, chromium,
  manganese, uranium, and cobalt

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B. Economic geography

• Resources are not evenly distributed

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B. Economic geography

• Most resources are exported to countries of the
  Northern Hemisphere

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B. Economic geography

• The greatest oil and natural gas deposits are
  found in Libya, Nigeria, and Algeria

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B. Economic geography

• Oil is also found offshore between Cameroon and
  Angola

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B. Economic geography

• More oil development is along the west coast of
  Africa and in the Sudan

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B. Economic geography

• Rivers are a valuable source of power

During its construction in the 1960s, the Aswan
Dam held back water and archaeological sites were
flooded, such as these sphinxes lining the avenue
of the Temple at Wadi es-Sebua. In 1964, the
sphinxes and temple were rescued and put on
higher ground.
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B. Economic geography

• Despite its resources, Africa remains the least
  developed continent

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B. Economic geography

• Many Africans live by subsistence farming and
  herding

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B. Economic geography

• Manufacturing is often limited to producing
  simple consumer goods and processed food

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B. Economic geography

• Low literacy rates affect government agencies,
  industries, and the future

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B. Economic geography

• Organizations such as the Economic Community of
  West African States represent an escape from the
  trading patterns of the past

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C. African issues
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C. African issues

• Africans are working to build stable
• countries despite their differences

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C. African issues

• Economic progress is occurring, but at a
• very slow rate

Sub-Saharan Africa is one of the poorest region's
of the world, and produces only 1 of the world's
gross domestic product despite being home to 10
of its population
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C. African issues

• Many governments have poor economic policies

Mobutu Sese Seko - dictator of Zaire. Last of
Cold War rulers who grew rich in providing
bulwark against Communism
Idi Amin Dada - Ugandan military dictator whose
brutal, tyrannical rule left his country
economically and socially devastated
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C. African issues

• Population is dramatically increasing

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C. African issues

• Areas of natural environments are declining

Numbers of threatened vertebrates in Africa
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C. African issues

• Remedies to improve African countries
• Include
• Foreign aid to improve agriculture
• and develop industry

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C. African issues

• Remedies to improve African countries
• include
• Increased revenues from mining and exporting
  crops

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C. African issues

• Remedies to improve African countries
• include
• Increased cooperation among African nations to
  solve shared problems