Please enter the room quietly and make note of the class work and homework in your agendas.

1. Please enter the room quietly and make note of the class work and homework in your agendas. Will the person responsible for retrieving the journals for your table please do so.

2. Vocab Word Search (128 - 132): Sub-Saharan - Plateau - savannah - Natural resource -

3. Vocab Word Search (128 - 132): Sub-Saharan - The part of Africa that lies south of the Sahara. Plateau - savannah - Natural resource -

4. Vocab Word Search (128 - 132): Sub-Saharan - The part of Africa that lies south of the Sahara. Plateau - A highland area of fairly flat land. savannah - Natural resource -

5. Vocab Word Search (128 - 132): Sub-Saharan - The part of Africa that lies south of the Sahara. Plateau - A highland area of fairly flat land. A broad grassland with scattered trees. savannah - Natural resource -

6. Vocab Word Search (128 - 132): Sub-Saharan - The part of Africa that lies south of the Sahara. Plateau - A highland area of fairly flat land. A broad grassland with scattered trees. savannah - Natural resource - Products of nature that have economic value.

7. Sub-Saharan Africa What is Africa’s climate like and what are its natural resources?

8. Read the section An Unusual Continent on page 128 and answer these questions: 1) How is Africa unlike other continents? 2) What did Africa’s coastline discourage and why?

9. Read the section An Unusual Continent on page 128 and answer these questions: 1) How is Africa unlike other continents? Most of Africa is a large plateau. 2) What did Africa’s coastline discourage and why?

10. Read the section An Unusual Continent on page 128 and answer these questions: 1) How is Africa unlike other continents? Most of Africa is a large plateau. 2) What did Africa’s coastline discourage and why? It discouraged seagoing trade because of its lack of harbors.

11. The Sahara Desert

12. Read the section A Vast Desert page 129 and answer these questions: 1) What is the Sahara, how large is it? 2) What did this region used to be like, when did it change and how?

13. Read the section A Vast Desert page 129 and answer these questions: 1) What is the Sahara, how large is it? It is the worlds largest desert.It is about 3.5 million square miles. 2) What did this region used to be like, when did it change and how?

14. Read the section A Vast Desert page 129 and answer these questions: 1) What is the Sahara, how large is it? It is the worlds largest desert. It is about 3.5 million square miles. 2) What did this region used to be like, when did it change and how? The region had rivers, tress and grassland. About 6,000 years ago the climate began to get drier.

15. The Sahel

16. Read the section The Sahel on page 129 and answer these questions: 1) What is the Sahel and what does the word Sahel mean? 2) What does it support and how do droughts affect it?

17. Read the section The Sahel on page 129 and answer these questions: 1) What is the Sahel and what does the word Sahel mean? The Sahel is a fertile region with limited and unpredictable rainfall along the southern edge of the Sahara. The word Sahel is Arabic for "shore." 2) What does it support and how do droughts affect it?

18. Read the section The Sahel on page 129 and answer these questions: 1) What is the Sahel and what does the word Sahel mean? The Sahel is a fertile region with limited and unpredictable rainfall along the southern edge of the Sahara. The word Sahel is Arabic for "shore." 2) What does it support and how do droughts affect it? It supports crops and herds of animals. Droughts are a constant thread to the people who live in the Sahel.

19. African Vegetation Zones

20. Read the section Vegetation Zones on page 130 and answer these questions: 1) What is the Sahel similar to? 2) What types of seasons does the savannah have? 3) What region is located south of the savannah and how is the region described? 4) Why has some of the rainforest been cut down?

21. Read the section Vegetation Zones on page 130 and answer these questions: 1) What is the Sahel similar to? It is similar to the American prairies. 2) What types of seasons does the savannah have? 3) What region is located south of the savannah and how is the region described? 4) Why has some of the rainforest been cut down?

22. Read the section Vegetation Zones on page 130 and answer these questions: 1) What is the Sahel similar to? It is similar to the American prairies. 2) What types of seasons does the savannah have? It has wet and dry seasons. 3) What region is located south of the savannah and how is the region described? 4) Why has some of the rainforest been cut down?

23. Read the section Vegetation Zones on page 130 and answer these questions: 1) What is the Sahel similar to? It is similar to the American prairies. 2) What types of seasons does the savannah have? It has wet and dry seasons. 3) What region is located south of the savannah and how is the region described? The rainforest is located South of the savannah and it is hot and wet all year round. 4) Why has some of the rainforest been cut down?

24. Read the section Vegetation Zones on page 130 and answer these questions: 1) What is the Sahel similar to? It is similar to the American prairies. 2) What types of seasons does the savannah have? It has wet and dry seasons. 3) What region is located south of the savannah and how is the region described? The rainforest is located South of the savannah and it is hot and wet all year round. 4) Why has some of the rainforest been cut down? It has been cut down as towns and cities grow.

25. African Rainforests

26. The Niger River Yearly flooding of the Niger River allowed for the growth and development of West African civilizations.

27. Read the section The Niger River on page 130 - 131 and answer these questions: 1) What is the name of the main river in West Africa and how does it flow (where does it end up?) 2) How did the Niger River support West African civilizations, and what did it allow them to do? 3) What else did the Niger River provide?

28. Read the section The Niger River on page 130 - 131 and answer these questions: 1) What is the name of the main river in West Africa and how does it flow (where does it end up?) The Niger is the name of the main river and it flows to the Atlantic Ocean. 2) How did the Niger River support West African civilizations, and what did it allow them to do? 3) What else did the Niger River provide?

29. Read the section The Niger River on page 130 - 131 and answer these questions: 1) What is the name of the main river in West Africa and how does it flow (where does it end up?) The Niger is the name of the main river and it flows to the Atlantic Ocean. 2) How did the Niger River support West African civilizations, and what did it allow them to do? It gave them a reliable source of water in a dry region. It allowed them to farmers to grow crops. 3) What else did the Niger River provide?

30. Read the section The Niger River on page 130 - 131 and answer these questions: 1) What is the name of the main river in West Africa and how does it flow (where does it end up?) The Niger is the name of the main river and it flows to the Atlantic Ocean. 2) How did the Niger River support West African civilizations, and what did it allow them to do? It gave them a reliable source of water in a dry region. It allowed them to farmers to grow crops. 3) What else did the Niger River provide? It provided a route for trade and travel across the interior of West Africa.

31. Niger River Map

32. Africa's Natural Resources

33. Read the section Africa’s Natural Resources on page 131 – 132 and answer these questions: 1) How were some trade goods brought to Africa, and what else came along with the trade goods? 2) What has African long been rich with and what is its most prized resource? 3) What other valuable minerals can be found in Africa?

34. Read the section Africa’s Natural Resources on page 131 – 132 and answer these questions: 1) How were some trade goods brought to Africa, and what else came along with the trade goods? Trade good came across the desert by camel caravan. Contact with other parts of the world came along with this trade. 2) What has African long been rich with and what is its most prized resource? 3) What other valuable minerals can be found in Africa?

35. Read the section Africa’s Natural Resources on page 131 – 132 and answer these questions: 1) How were some trade goods brought to Africa, and what else came along with the trade goods? Trade good came across the desert by camel caravan. Contact with other parts of the world came along with this trade. 2) What has African long been rich with and what is its most prized resource? It has been rich with minerals and its most prized resource was gold. 3) What other valuable minerals can be found in Africa?

36. Read the section Africa’s Natural Resources on page 131 – 132 and answer these questions: 1) How were some trade goods brought to Africa, and what else came along with the trade goods? Trade good came across the desert by camel caravan. Contact with other parts of the world came along with this trade. 2) What has African long been rich with and what is its most prized resource? It has been rich with minerals and its most prized resource was gold. 3) What other valuable minerals can be found in Africa? Copper, iron, diamonds and salt.

37. Read the section Africa’s Natural Resources on page 131 – 132 and answer these questions: 4) What were Africans skilled at doing and how did that skill help effect the African trading empires? 5) How were African empires similar to other ancient cultures like Greece and Rome?

38. Read the section Africa’s Natural Resources on page 131 – 132 and answer these questions: 4) What were Africans skilled at doing and how did that skill help effect the African trading empires? They were skilled and successful farmers and it was important to for the growth of their trade networks. 5) How were African empires similar to other ancient cultures like Greece and Rome?

39. Read the section Africa’s Natural Resources on page 131 – 132 and answer these questions: 4) What were Africans skilled at doing and how did that skill help effect the African trading empires? They were skilled and successful farmers and it was important to for the growth of their trade networks. 5) How were African empires similar to other ancient cultures like Greece and Rome? The African empires also enslaved people and traded them.

40. In your journals create a Classifying (Tree) Map using Africa's natural resources as your topic. Use the information in our textbooks on pages 128 - 132 and your journal notes to help you complete the map. Africa's Natural Resources. Slaves Agriculture Minerals Example Example Example Example Example Example Example Example Example