climate zones. tropical wet rainforest region occupies 8 % of africa around the equator many disease...
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Climate Zones
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Tropical wet
• Rainforest region• Occupies 8 % of Africa
around the equator• Many disease carrying
insects• Contains tsetse fly- makes ability to raise livestock impossible
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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
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Deserts
• Makes up 40 % of Africa
• Sahara Deserts: largest desert in the world
• Other deserts: Kalahari and Namib
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Mediterranean
• Hot, dry summers, cool moist winters• Found in
northern and southern tip
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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
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• Europeans referred to this
land as the “Dark
Continent”
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Migration
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1. What words do you associate with migration?
migrate
move immigrate
Emigrate
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2. What is migration?•Moveme
nt from one
place to another
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3. who does it?
•People•Animals•Plants
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4. Why is it done?People
• Economic opportunities• Political reasons• Get an education• Better climate
Animals
• Food source
Plants•Wind•Water•Animals•people
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5. How does it happen?
• Travel on foot• Horseback• Car• Boat• Plane• train