African Studies Name:__________________________

Ms. Dubuc Date:______________

Unit Guide: Geography

***Chapter Reading: World Geography and Cultures packets
World Cultures textbook: Chapter 3 Sections 1-2 - pgs. 58-71

Standards / Vocabulary: By the end of this unit, you should know / be able to:

Standard # 1: Define geography and apply geographical concepts and skills.
Geography
Latitude
Longitude
Tropics
Equator
Prime Meridian
Topography
Climate
Weather
Interdependence
The five themes of Geography


Location
Place
Regions
Interaction
Movement


Standard # 2: Identify the major political and physical features of Africa.
Continent
Plateau
Escarpment
Cataract
Savannah
Sahel
Climate zone


















North Africa:
Morocco
Algeria
Tunisia
Libya
Egypt (Cairo)
East Africa:
Sudan (Khartoum)
Southern Sudan (Juba)
Ethiopia
Kenya
Tanzania
Somalia (Mogadishu)
Rwanda (Kigali)
West Africa:
Mali
Nigeria
Ghana
Ivory Coast
Sierra Leone
Central Africa:
Democratic Republic of
the Congo (Kinshasa)
Southern Africa:
South Africa (Pretoria, Johannesburg, Cape Town)
Botswana
Zimbabwe (Harare)
Madagascar
Topography: Bodies of Water:
Mediterranean Sea
Red Sea
Indian Ocean
Atlantic Ocean
Lake Victoria
Nile River
Suez Canal
Niger River
Congo River
Zambezi River
Orange River
Topography: Land Forms and Masses:
Sahara
Kalahari Desert
Horn of Africa
Great Rift Valley
Mount Kilimanjaro
Atlas Mountains
Victoria Falls
Standard # 3 and 4: Identify the major demographic features of Africa. Explain how geography
and demography illustrate the theme of diversity within Africa.
Location of various ethnic groups
Indigenous Black Africans
Islamic North Africans (Arabs)
Europeans
Asians
Religious beliefs
Language groups
Population (density, Life expectancy, economic
pursuits)


Standard # 5: Explain how selected geographic features and environmental challenges of Africa
influence where and how people live.

Landforms / Challenges
Sahel
Sahara
Climate
Arable Land

Resources
Desertification
Tropics
Global climate change

Impact on People
Population density
Rural vs. Urban
Economics
Farming / herding

Tentative Schedule:
- Unit Introduction
-Mapping Africas Political and Physical Features
- Geography and the 6 Elements of Geography
- Atlas Activity
- Africas Major Physical Features
- Climate Zones and Environmental Challenges
- Africas Demographic Features
- Video (Continent of Contrasts)
- Review of Material
- Geography and Map TEST
-Environmental Challenges Report/Poster