TOPIC: Geography of Sub-Saharan Africa

KEY QUESTION:

What impact does the varied

geography of sub-Saharan Africa have

on the lives of people?

DOCUMENT ANALYSIS

Use the map on page 357 of the World Cultures and Geography book

1) What specific information can be learned from this document?

2) What unanswered questions still remain after analyzing this document?

3) Can any misleading/unknown information be answered by connecting this document to others?

4) What information from this document can be used to answer the overall key question?

WHAT SPECIFIC INFORMATION CAN BE LEARNED FROM THIS DOCUMENT?

• Political Map of sub-Saharan Africa (shows the country borders and major cities

• Sub-Saharan refers to the land below the Sahara Desert

• Sub-Saharan Africa makes up the majority of the continent (49/54 countries)

• Many African countries are land-locked (border other countries on all sides

• The countries are various in size• Using the scale, I can determine that sub-Saharan

Africa is over 3000 miles from west to east and over 4000 miles from north to south

WHAT UNANSWERED QUESTIONS REMAIN?

• What is the climate like throughout sub-Saharan Africa?

• What are the populations of these countries?

• What type of resources are available throughout the different areas?

CAN ANY MISLEADING/UNKNOWN INFORMATION BE ANSWERED BY CONNECTING THIS DOCUMENT TO OTHERS?

Connections will begin to take place once you have analyzed multiple resources/documents.

WHAT INFORMATION FROM THIS DOCUMENT CAN BE USED TO ANSWER THE OVERALL KEY QUESTION?• Sub-Saharan Africa is large. Depending on location,

people throughout Africa are separated by thousands of miles

• A number of the capital cities appear to be located on or near a coast