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Sub Saharan Africa. Review. Africa’s Life Expectancy: 46 Africans with safe water: 58% Africa’s population in the world: 12% How many people live off $1 per day? 300 million Three ways children are affected by war: recruited, orphaned, psychological

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  1. Sub Saharan Africa Review

  2. Africa’s Life Expectancy: 46 Africans with safe water: 58% Africa’s population in the world: 12% How many people live off $1 per day? 300 million Three ways children are affected by war: recruited, orphaned, psychological Causes of erosion of soil fertility: deforestation, foraging, grazing, and subsistence farming Africa in transition

  3. Natural organisms found in H20: snails, worms, parasites, insect larvae Environmental problems caused by oil & gas industry: pipeline leaks, explosions, improper disposal, oil rig blowouts Disease that kills many people but could be prevented with medication: Malaria Africa in transition

  4. Make sure to read over your vocab. terms Vocabulary

  5. Africa is the 2nd largest continent The desert that stretches from the Atlantic Ocean to the Red Sea is the Sahara. The most dominant landform in Africa is the plateau. The Sahel is located South of the Sahara. The highest mountain in Africa is Mt. Kilimanjaro The Physical Geography of africa

  6. The world’s largest desert is the Sahara. Average rainfall in Africa’s rainforests is 17 feet. The world’s longest river is the Nile. Most of America’s hurricanes start off Africa’s west coast. The Great Rift Valley was formed by plate tectonics. The physical geography of africa

  7. The rainforest is in danger from slash/burn farming. The Wildebeest migrate between Kenya and Tanzania The Wildebeest migrate on the Serengeti Plain. The physical geography of africa

  8. Lucy is the oldest remains found. The importance of ancient Egypt is agric, technology, traded, developed government, religion, writing system called hieroglyphics, culture hearth, controlled the Nile and used irrigation The effects of Bantu Migration-overpopulation, slash and burn, central government, spread language, agriculture, iron working. A brief history of AFrica

  9. Three kingdoms from west Africa are Mali, Songhai, and Ghana West African kingdoms mostly consisted of Muslims. Reasons Europe was interested in Africa were the resources (Gold), conversion to Christianity, and strategic waterways. God, Gold, Glory Slavery existed in Africa before the Slave Trade. A brief history of AFrica

  10. The Europeans had advantages with slavery through profitable, cheap labor, and investment in a capital base. Disadvantages of the slave trade: separated families, Disease, Oppression, left Africa Weak The triangular trade: Europe (weapons) to Africa (Slaves), to Americas (sugarcane) back to Europe. A brief history of AFrica

  11. The Middle Passage is the route the Slave Ships took across the Atlantic Ocean. The Goal of the Berlin Conference was to decide how to partition Africa. Divide it up between European Powers Effects of colonialism: artificial borders, centralized governments replace tribal governments, oppression. Some infrastructure A brief history of AFrica

  12. The number of Africans affected by AIDs is 24.5 million. AIDs has many effects on Africa: lowers life expectancy, leaves orphans, no workers lowers economic production. The percentage of world’s AIDs population in Africa is 71%. AIDS: A continent in crisis

  13. The first black president of South Africa was Nelson Mandela. The policy of racial segregation was called Apartheid. South Africa has a democratic government. During Apartheid blacks: had to carry a pass card, could not marry whites, lived on reservations, were not allowed to vote. Apartheid

  14. The original difference between the Tutsi and Hutus was on appearance. The group that Belgium favored were the Tutsi (elite). The Hutus were killing the Tutsi’s in the genocide. The Rwanda genocide happened in 1994 and lasted 100 days. 800k ppl were killed The UN is peacekeeping society (operation). Rwanda Genocide

  15. The Janjaweed are attacking the black Africans. Darfur is located in Western Sudan. The Janjaweed are attacking by killing, beating, raping, burning and bombing. The are attacking the black Africans for their land due to desertification. Refugee camps present challenges such as competition for resources, disease, fear, rape, castration Darfur

  16. The Janjaweed are being supported by the Sudanese government. The number of deaths in Darfur are 400,000 + The Darfur Genocide began in 2003. Janjaweed means “Devil on a Horse”. darfur

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