Living in Africa with Natural Resources

1. Living in Africa with Natural Resources

2. North Africa • Area primarily covered in desert. • In order to grow crops people must irrigate their fields • In Egypt, there is an oasis, that allows for some crops to be grown • Oasis – a fertile spot in the desert where water is found. • Niger has subsistencefarmingand grows grains • subsistencefarming– farming where most of what is grown is consumed by the farmer and family. Leave little to sell • The more rainfall this region has, the more crops • More water = more crops Subsistence Farming

3. Oasis in Egypt

4. North Africa continued.. • Morocco grows barley and wheat • Libya and Algeria have large amounts of petroleum • Nomadicherdingis a common way of living in North Africa • bringing individual animals together into a group (herd), maintaining the group and moving the group from place to place • Remember – a nomad is a desert wanderer

7. Aswan High Dam • Located on the Nile River • Built to prevent the annual flooding of the Nile. • Also built to provide farmers with irrigation • Created hydroelectric power

8. What your North Africa row should look like…

9. East Africa • Nomadic herding • What is this? • Farmers in Kenya, Tanzania, and Zimbabwe, grow tea and coffee as a cashcrop • A crop grown to sell • Trees are an important resource so people can cut them down and sell them as exports • But do they really want to cut them down? • What does cutting down the trees do?

12. What your East Africa row should look like…

13. Land Used For- • Hunting and gathering • Livestock raising • Cash Crop farming • Nomadic herding Central Africa

16. Tropical Rainforest • Gum, rubber, Kola-nuts, palm oil • The forests primary resource is commercial timber • Deforestation is becoming a growing problem • WHY?! • Over 8,500 rare plant species and animals • At risk for being endangered and hunted • There are many diverse fruits

17. The Kola-Nut is a unique and common symbol in many Nigerian tribes. Bitter taste and highly caffeinated Medicinal purposes, cuisine item, spiritual ceremonies

18. Palm Oil

19. What your Central Africa row should look like…

20. West Africa • Ghana and Cameroon have major cash crops of cocoa and coffee • Nigeria is a major oil producer • Oil = $$$$ (remember??) • Raising livestock and fishing are important for families • Ghana was once called the “Gold Coast” • African gold, copper, silver, uranium, titanium, and diamonds

24. What your West Africa row should look like…

25. Land used for Livestock raising and Commercial Farming • Resources include: diamonds, coal, uranium, iron ore, zinc, and other gems • This region also provides an important resource –hydroelectric power South Africa

26. Zimbabwe = iron ore • South Africa = platinum, gold, diamonds South Africa

27. Blood Diamonds • Known as conflict diamonds • Refers to a diamond mined in a war zone • Sold to finance the invading army’s war efforts (pays for their war) • Africa is known for two-thirds of the world’s diamond extractions Panning for Diamonds in Sierra Leone

28. What your South Africa row should look like…

29. Throughout all of Africa… • Variety of crops • Farming is a MAJOR part of Africa’s economy • Raw materials • Manufactured goods • Mining • People move to cities to apply for jobs in factories