Africa

27 Cards with Facts & Images

Africa Words:

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Sahara Desert
Sahel
Savannah
Tropical rain forest
Congo River
Niger River
Nile River
Lake Tanganyika
Lake Victoria
Atlas Mountains
Kalahari Desert
Deforestation
Desertification
Religious Group
Ethnic Group

Arab
Ashanti
Bantu
Swahili
South Sudan
Famine
AIDS
Nationalism
Apartheid
Nelson Mandela
F.W. de Klerk
Pan-African
Movement

SS7G1
SS7G1 The student will locate selected features of
Africa.
a. Locate on a world and regional political-physical
map: the Sahara, Sahel, savanna, tropical rain forest,
Congo River, Niger River, Nile River, Lake Tanganyika,
Lake Victoria, Atlas Mountains, and Kalahari Desert.
b. Locate on a world and regional political-physical map
the countries of Democratic Republic of the Congo
(Zaire), Egypt, Kenya, Nigeria, South Africa, Sudan, and
South Sudan.

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SS7G2
SS7G2 The student will discuss environmental issues
across the continent of Africa.
a. Explain how water pollution and the unequal
distribution of water impacts irrigation, trade,
industry, and drinking water.
b. Explain the relationship between poor soil and
deforestation in Sub-Saharan Africa.
c. Explain the impact of desertification on the
environment of Africa from the Sahel to the
rainforest.

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SS7G3 The student will explain the impact of location,
climate, and physical characteristics on population
distribution in Africa.
a. Explain how the characteristics in the Sahara, Sahel,
savanna, and tropical rain forest affect where people
live, the type of work they do, and how they travel.

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SS7G4
SS7G4 The student will describe the diverse cultures
of the people who live in Africa.
a. Explain the differences between an ethnic group
and a religious group.
b. Explain the diversity of religions within the Arab,
Ashanti, Bantu, and Swahili ethnic groups.
c. Evaluate how the literacy rate affects the standard
of living.

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SS7CG1
SS7CG1 The student will compare and contrast
various forms of government.
a. Describe the ways government systems distribute
power: unitary, confederation, and federal.
b. Explain how governments determine citizen
participation: autocratic, oligarchic, and democratic.
c. Describe the two predominant forms of
democratic governments: parliamentary and
presidential.

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SS7CG2
SS7CG2 The student will explain the structures of
the modern governments of Africa.
a. Compare the republican systems of government in
the Republic of Kenya and the Republic of South
Africa, distinguishing the form of leadership and role
of the citizen in terms of voting and personal
freedoms.
b. Explain how political, economic, and social conflicts
resulted in the independence of South Sudan.

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SS7CG3
SS7CG3 The student will analyze how politics in Africa
impacts standard of living.
a. Compare how various factors, including gender,
affect access to education in Kenya and Sudan.
b. Describe the impact of government stability on the
distribution of resources to combat AIDS and famine
across Africa.

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SS7E1
SS7E1 The student will analyze different economic
systems.
a. Compare how traditional, command, and market
economies answer the economic questions of (1)
what to produce, (2) how to produce, and (3) for
whom to produce.
b. Explain how most countries have a mixed economy
located on a continuum between pure market and
pure command.
c. Compare and contrast the economic systems in
South Africa and Nigeria.
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SS7E2
SS7E2 The student will explain how voluntary trade
benefits buyers and sellers in Africa.
a. Explain how specialization encourages trade
between countries. Compare and contrast different
types of trade barriers, such as tariffs, quotas, and
embargos.
b. Explain why international trade requires a system
for exchanging currencies between nations.

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SS7E3
SS7E3 The student will describe factors that influence
economic growth and examine their presence or
absence in Nigeria and South Africa.
a. Explain the relationship between investment in human
capital (education and training) and gross domestic
product (GDP).
b. Explain the relationship between investment in capital
(factories, machinery, and technology) and gross
domestic product (GDP).
c. Explain how the distribution of diamonds, gold,
uranium, and oil affects the economic development of
Africa.
d. Describe the role of entrepreneurship.
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SS7H1
SS7H1 The student will analyze continuity and change
in Africa leading to the 21st century.
a. Explain how the European partitioning across Africa
contributed to conflict, civil war, and artificial political
boundaries.
b. Explain how nationalism led to independence in
South Africa, Kenya, and Nigeria.
c. Explain the creation and end of apartheid in South
Africa and the roles of Nelson Mandela and F.W.de
Klerk.
d. Explain the impact of the Pan-African movement.
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Sahara Desert
Worlds largest desert
Runs across the width of
northern Africa & covers
1/3rd of the continent
Few people live here
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Sahel
Dry, semi-arid region
south of the Sahara
Desert that is slowly
turning into desert
Vegetation is sparse here
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Savannah
Area of grassland and
tropical habitats in the
middle of Africa
Close to equator
Large variety of wildlife
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Tropical Rain Forest

Located along the central coast
of Africa (near the Equator) &
touches 37 countries
Hot, humid climate
Shrinking due to deforestation
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Congo River
Located in western central
Africa
2nd largest river in Africa
(3,000 miles)
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Niger River
Located in western Africa
(Guinea, Mali, Niger, Benin, &
Nigeria)
3rd largest river in Africa
Flows through the Oil Delta
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Nile River
Located in eastern Africa
Worlds longest river at
4,150 miles
Provides water for Sudan
and Egypt
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Lake Tanganyika
Located in central Africa
Deepest lake in Africa
1 of the largest freshwater
lakes in the world
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Lake Victoria
Located in central Africa and
extends into 3 countries:
Tanzania, Uganda, and Kenya
largest lake in Africa and the
second largest freshwater lake in
the world
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Atlas Mountains
Extend from Morocco to Tunisia,
between the Mediterranean
Sea and the Sahara desert
Separate the coastal regions
from the Sahara Desert
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Kalahari Desert
Located in southwestern Africa &
covers parts of Botswana, Namibia,
and South Africa
not a true desert because it
receives 3-10 inches of rain per
year
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Deforestation
Process of forests being
destroyed to make way for
human development
Main cause in Africas
rainforests is commercial logging
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Desertification
Process of land becoming like a
desert
Due to overgrazing,
deforestation, & drought
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Ethnic Group
Group of people who share
a common culture traditions, foods, language,
etc.
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Religious Group
Believe in the same god (or
gods) and have common
sacred text with a specific
set of rules about how to
live
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Arab
Most (not all) practice
Islam and speak Arabic
Majority found in Southwest
Asia and Northern Africa
Migrated from SW Asia
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Ashanti

Group of people found in Ghana &

Ivory Coast
Natural spirits are large part of
religion (animism)
Golden Stool is important to beliefs
Speak Asante (Twi)

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Bantu

Group that makes up about 2/3rds

of Africas population and covers
the southern half of the continent
Some Muslim, some Christian, &
some animist
Over 650 languages

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Swahili

Found in eastern Africa (Kenya,

Tanzania, Mozambique)
Majority practice Islam
Arab traders blended with
African people
Speak Swahili

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South Sudan

Southerners were angered when

northern government established
Islamic law
Fighting lasted 20+ years, killing over
1.5 million people
South Sudan became independent in
2011
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Famine
Extreme scarcity of food
Occurs when a region does
not have enough food for a
long period of time
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AIDS
Disease of the human
immune system
Believe it originated in
west-central Africa in
late 1800s
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Nationalism
Loyalty to a group with whom one shares a
common history, culture, or religion
Pride in ones country
Africans wanted to take control of their own
governments and natural resources
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Apartheid
Legal separation of races
Occurred in South Africa

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Nelson Mandela
South African leader who fought
against apartheid
Imprisoned & released to become
nations first democratically elected
president 1994
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F.W. de Klerk
South African president
Worked to dismantle apartheid
system
Freed Nelson Mandela from
prison
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Pan-African Movement
The desire for people of African
descent, no matter where they
live, to think of Africa as a
homeland
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