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GEOGRAPHY & EARLY RIVER VALLEY CIVILIZATIONS. UNIT ONE. BASIC GEOGRAPHY. Culture : all the things that make up a people’s way of life Nuclear Family : traditionally a wife, husband, and their children Extended Family : several generations living in one household - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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Climate Zones
Tropical wet
• Rainforest region• Occupies 8 % of Africa
around the equator• Many disease carrying
insects• Contains tsetse fly- makes ability to raise livestock impossible
Tropical wet and dry
• Known as the savannah region
• Occupied 45-50 % of Africa
• Area where most people live
• Unpredictable rainfall• Desertification
occurring in Sahel region
Deserts
• Makes up 40 % of Africa
• Sahara Deserts: largest desert in the world
• Other deserts: Kalahari and Namib
Mediterranean
• Hot, dry summers, cool moist winters• Found in
northern and southern tip
Impact of geography
• although many of Africa’s people have
lived on and migrated across the region, it
discouraged Europeans from
sailing and exploring it
• Europeans referred to this
land as the “Dark
Continent”
Migration
1. What words do you associate with migration?
migrate
move immigrate
Emigrate
2. What is migration?•Moveme
nt from one
place to another
3. who does it?•People•Animals•Plants
4. Why is it done?People
• Economic opportunities• Political reasons• Get an education• Better climate
Animals
• Food source
Plants•Wind•Water•Animals•people
5. How does it happen?• Travel on foot• Horseback• Car• Boat• Plane• train