africa economies, people, problems. deserts any country south of the sahara desert is considered...
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AFRICAEconomies, People,
Problems
DESERTS
•Any country south of the Sahara Desert is considered Sub- Saharan•Video on Kenyan drought
• Most of Sub-Saharan Africa is situated on a huge plateau.– This creates escarpments where the plateau drops off to lower elevations.
Congo River
•Feeds Congolese Junglesv
Congo River Basin• Second Largest rain forest, water
flow–Heavily used for trade
• Railroads bypass waterfalls
–Hydroelectric power
–Infertile, rain forest soil
Nile River•Supports Felaheen in Egypt and Sudan
Nile River• Longest river in the world
–ASWAN HIGH DAM
–LAKE NASSER •(Reservoir)
Zambezi River• Empties into Indian Ocean
• Hydroelectric Power:
African Industry• Agriculture: 60% of Africa’s
population works in agriculture– Over half of this is subsistence
farming– Commercial cash crops include:
Coffee, cotton, cocoa, rubber
African Industry• Mining / Drilling: valuable
export but the industry doesn't employ many people– Oil: North Africa and central west
coast
– Precious Metals: Diamonds, gold, silver
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Economic Problems• Landlocked countries have no
access to oceanic industry / trade
• Overgrazing by livestock, shifting agriculture, and need for timber leads to deforestation– This combined with the climate
leads to desertification
Economic Problems• Droughts kill crops, cause famine
(see life expectancy p. 511)– Hungry refugees flood cities
• Political unrest / civil war
• Little to no infrastructure
• National debt
Health Issues
– Malaria
(mosquitoes)
– Rabies (1885)
– Cholera (1879)
– Tuberculosis (1927)
– Polio (1955)
– Hepatitis (1981)
•Many Africans die from normally treatable / preventable diseases
(Dates represent discovery / invention of vaccines that prevent these diseases) video on Aids in Africa
1. Read – Read your article in silence. 2. Write – Determine the main point of the article and write a 5
sentence summary on s separate sheet of paper.3. Discuss – Then discuss with your partner the presentation of
the article you will make to the class. You will have 5minutes to get it ready.
• Present - Come up to the board and give us your summary.– Say the country’s name.– Point to the country location on the map. – Write some notes on the board about the history and current situation of
the events in the article.EVERYONE must take notes on the country.
• Every day in Africa, 7,000 people die of AIDs.
• 79% of children with AIDs are African
Health Issues• High population growth rate
• Large percent of population under age 15
Population growth rates by percent
(US = .91%, African average approximately 2%)
Health Issues• Low life expectancy
• High infant mortality – Sub-Saharan Africa averaged 107
infant deaths in 1998• The US averaged 6
Average life expectancy (Est. 2006)
World Wide Infant Mortality Rates
(Est. 2006)
Rank Country \ region Infant mortality rate
1 Angola 187.49
2 Afghanistan 163.07
3 Sierra Leone 162.55
4 Liberia 161.99
5 Mozambique 130.79
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184 United States of America 6.50
223 Japan 3.26
224 Hong Kong, SAR, PRC 2.96
225 Sweden 2.77
226 Singapore 2.29
UN Ranking
QUALITY OF LIFE
(Lower # is better)
Health Issues• HIV / AIDs is more prevalent in
Africa than anywhere else in the world.– Roughly 42 million people live
with aids worldwide• 29 million of those live in Africa
