Applying Map Skills, page 406; Write down questions and use map to answer; Planners on table.

1.Which three countries share Lake Victoria?

2.Which country is cut off from the sea by Eritrea, Djibouti, and Somalia?

3.What valley runs through Tanzania and Kenya?

4.Which mountain in Africa is 19,340 feet high?

5.What five countries in Central and East Africa are landlocked?

Describe landforms found in countries of Central Africa

Explain factors preventing countries from reaching their full potential

Compare economies & people of countries in region

Ch. 13 test today (open book)

3rd AR book due today

BR – Analyze Maps

Wheel Chart DRC

8 vocabulary terms you should know …

Web Map – People of the Congo

About ¼ size of USA; only -- miles of coastline

Borders -- different countries

4 major lakes; Lake Tanganyika (Q) is longest ------- lake in world

Large rain forest (Q) covers center of ------- different types of trees live in rain forestRain forest is ------------- River weaves its way through countryCongo & its tributaries supply -------- power

Electricity generated

By flowing water

A plant fiberUsed to make rope

And twine

Structure at or Near the water’s Surface formed By the skeletons

Of small sea animals

Wide spreadCutting of forests

Person who flees to another Country to escape persecution

Or disaster

Region drained By a river

Plant with rootsThat can be groundInto flour to makeBread or porridge

Plant or animal Under the threat

Of completelyDying out

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-------- is capital

6 million peoplelive there

Country is named after

The -----people

Most live in ------- areas & follow a

Traditional way Of life (farming)

------ is official Language; Local

languages are alsoSpoken (Lingala &

Kingwana)

56.6 million people from over ---ethnic groups

75 percent are Christian, Mostly -----

-----

-------- is capital

6 million peoplelive there

Country is named after

The -----people

Most live in ------- areas & follow a

Traditional way Of life (farming)

------ is official Language; Local

languages are alsoSpoken (Lingala &

Kingwana)

56.6 million people from over ---ethnic groups

75 percent are Christian, Mostly -----

-----

1.What is Africa’s third largest country?

2.What is the major unifying factor of Zaire?

3.Which European country first visited Zaire?

4.What is the biggest problem facing Zaire?

5.How much is a Zaire dollar worth in American money?

Please copy down the question (10). Please skip three lines per question. You have 45 seconds per question.

6.What percentage of Zaire’s population are subsistence farmers?

7.What animal could become extinct in the next century?

8.The government has created what to protect the gorillas of Zaire?

9.What two problems has the government of Zaire failed to solve?

10.What holiday did Zaire try to ban?

Please copy down the question (10). Please skip three lines per question. You have 45 seconds per question.

Describe landforms found in countries of Central Africa

Explain factors preventing countries from reaching their full potential

Compare economies & people of countries in region

Bell ringer

Video - DRC

Outline – Island Countries of Africa

HWK – GR 14-1

A. Equatorial Guinea1. Won independence in --------2. ----------- (capital) (Q) is on country’s largest island

B. Main Economic Activities1. ----------, ------------ and ---------------2. ---------- was recently discovered / now is main export

C. Sao Tome and Principe1.Gained independence from -------------- (Q) in 19752. No one lived there originally, now ------------- live

D. Volcanic Islands1. Soil is rich and productive; -------- and -------- are grown

there2. Biggest export crop is --------

ISLAND COUNTRIES, PG 409

1) What are Africa’s two tallest peaks?2) The economy of Burundi relies almost

entirely on what?3) What is the most densely populated

country in Africa?4) Upon which Lake is Kampala built?5) Ethiopia is almost twice the size of

what state?

Please copy down the question (10); Please skip three lines per question.

6) What can turn the Rift Valley into a desert?

7) What were two cash crops for Kenya before 1963?

8) What is the main crop of the small island of Mauritius?

9) List all the countries that border Tanzania.10)What is the primary catch from Lake

Victoria?

Please copy down the question (10); Please skip three lines per question.

Describe landforms found in countries of Central Africa

Explain factors preventing countries from reaching their full potential

Compare economies & people of countries in region

Ch. 14-1, 14-2 quiz on 9/29

5 AR books read and passed, 10/11

End of grading period, 10/11

BR

Web Map – Congo/Gabon

Video – East Africa

Web Map – Central African Republic

Independence from France in

---------------- River

supports most of farmland and

industries

More than half of people ----- small plots of

land

Economies rely on exports of -----

Both countries beginning to rely on

------- exports

Capital of Gabon is -------------; Congo’s

is ---------

Most people of CAR Speak

what language?

What is an umbrella-Like

forest covering? The world’s largest

What covers the DRC?

Lake TanganyikaIs the world’s Largest what?

What is widespread

Cutting of too Many trees?

Who are the Ancestors of the

CongolesePeople today?

What is electricity generatedby flowing water?

What was theDRC once known as?

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Most are -------

Few ------------raise cacao,

cotton, tobacco rubber

Can claim only ------------ mining

as important industry

Colony of ------- from 1910 to

1960

French is official ---------- of

Central African Republic

---------- (Q) is language of the

people

Read Making Connections on page 410. Write question and answer1.Where do tsetse flies live?

2.What causes sleeping sickness?

3.How many species of flies can transmit the sleeping sickness?

4.How many people in Africa are at risk of being infected with sleeping sickness?

5.How many countries lie within the African tsetse belt?

Identify the landforms found in Kenya & Tanzania

Describe the activities most important to these countries economies

Compare the histories & people of Kenya & Tanzania

Ch. 14-1 quiz will be today.

BR

4 square chart – Kenya

Video – East Africa

Quiz – 14-1

Long --------- of beaches & palm

trees; central part is upland plain

West part contains highlands & ------ -----

Valley (stretches 3000 miles & early

life dates to this area)

In 700’s AD, ---------traders settled area;

culture blended; Swahili emerges. 2 major languages: English & Swahili

Britain was colonial power until Mau

Mau rebellion; Won independence under

Kenyatta in --------

1. What unusual feature dominates western Kenya?

2. On what is Kenya’s economy based?3. How did the Swahili language come

about?4. Why have Kenyans demanded

democratic changes recently?5. What term do Kenyans use to describe

their spirit of cooperation?

Please place planners on corner of your table; Copy down question; you have 45 seconds per

question.

6. What makes up Tanzania’s landscape7. Where do most Tanzanians work?8. Why has the Tanzanian government

set aside several national parks?9. What policy has the government of

Tanzania set up to prevent the land from becoming desert?

10.What language to most of people in Tanzania speak?

Please place planners on corner of your table; Copy down question; you have 45 seconds per

question.

Identify the landforms found in Kenya & Tanzania

Describe the activities most important to these countries economies

Compare the histories & people of Kenya & Tanzania

Fourth AR book is due on Friday, 2/24

Ch. 14 test will be on Thursday, March 1

5 AR books read by March 13

End of the 9 weeks is on March 13

BR

4 square chart – Kenya

Video – East Africa

4 Square Chart - Tanzania

HWK – GR 14-2

Operates on a ------ ---------- system; Nairobi is capital

and center of business

Poor farmers; fastest growing

industry is ----- (safaris to see

natural surroundings)

31 million people in Kenya; -------- are

main ethnic group; belief in harambee or pulling together

Two major cities, capital of Nairobi

(2.3 million) & ------- (chief port on

Indian ocean)

1. What unusual feature dominates western Kenya? (411)

2. On what is Kenya’s economy based? (412)

3. How did the Swahili language come about? (413)

4. Why have Kenyans demanded democratic changes recently? (413)

5. What term do Kenyans use to describe their spirit of cooperation? (413)

Homework … Due on Thursday Morning. Please write in complete sentences…

6. What makes up Tanzania’s landscape? (413-14)

7. Where do most Tanzanians work? (414)8. Why has the Tanzanian government set

aside several national parks? (414)9. What policy has the government of

Tanzania set up to prevent the land from becoming desert? (415)

10.What language to most of people in Tanzania speak? (415)

Homework … Due on Thursday Morning. Please write in complete sentences…

--------- Plain wildlife Mt. ---------- highest pointGreat -------- ValleyLakes -------- & Tanganyika are also in Tanzania

--------- Plain wildlife Mt. ---------- highest pointGreat -------- ValleyLakes -------- & Tanganyika are also in Tanzania

80 percent work in ------- --------- is fast growingNational Parks protect areas; attract -----------Preserve farmland also to prevent -------- from spreading

Planners on corner of your table; Please copy down the questions (5); read the passage on the next slide

to answer1.Why did Kawab Bulyar Lago sell his

animals2.What are Paul’s three career goals?3.If Kawab Bulyar Lago had not sold his

animals, what would Paul have done?4.In what country does Paul go to

university?5.How many brothers and sisters does Paul

have in his family?

“With 7 children, Kawab Buylar Lago sold his animals & saddled himself with debt to send his son Paul to … school outside Marsabit,

Kenya. Now awaiting the results of the national exams that will determine his fate, Paul hopes to attend university and become

either a doctor, a civil engineer, a teacher, or even a tour guide. “I’d prefer to be a doctor,

“ he tells me one morning, ‘but anything would be all right … In the old days Paul

would have inherited his father’s herd. Today he inherits his hopes and dreams.”

- National Geographic

Identify the landforms found in Kenya & Tanzania

Describe the activities most important to these countries economies

Compare the histories & people of Kenya & Tanzania

Fourth AR book is due on Friday, 2/24

Ch. 14 test will be on Thursday, March 1

5 AR books read by March 13

End of the 9 weeks is on March 13

BR

Video – East Africa

4 Square Chart – Tanzania

Hwk – Read pages 416-418

Serengeti Plain wildlife Mt. Kilimanjaro highest pointGreat Rift ValleyLakes Victoria & Tanganyika are also in Tanzania

80 percent work in farmingTourism is fast growingNational Parks protect areas; attract ecotouristsPreserve farmland also to prevent desert from spreading

19-- Union of Zanzibar and Tanganyika TanzaniaGenerally politically ------Moving toward ---- enterprise systemAlso moving toward more democratic --------

35.4 million people with --- ethnic groupsMost speak ----- Two main religions are ------ and -----Capital is --- -- --------