Geography of Central and Southern Africa
The Congo,Zimbabwe, and
South Africa
Objectives
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Terms and People
Rain forest is a moist is and densely wooded area.
To migrate means
A migrant worker is a
ethnic groups are
A compound is a
In the center of Africa is the Congo Basin.
A basin is a place in which all the water flows down toward a center.
The Congo Basin is a wet is a densely forested area.
Travel in the Congo Basin is difficult even today. Civilizations developed late here.
Nigeria Ethiopia
The Lakes
South Africa
The Sahara Desert has almost no population.
The Congo Basin has a
low population.
Examine this chart. What two
factors does it compare?
Many nations of
Central and Southern Africa are the worst places to live in the
world.
However, several of
these nations are better off,
but still below the
world average.
Health problems other than life-expectancy in Sub-Saharan Africa.
Central and Southern Africa are also among the worst areas in the
world for crime.
Zaire-Congo
Angola
Rhodesia-
Zimbabwe
Civil War 1.5 million dead
Civil War 3.5 million dead
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Civil Wars and
rebellions
Zambia
Botswana Namibia
South Africa
Ethnic cleansing & Destroyed
economy
What landform divides Africa into two major ethnic regions?
The Niger RiverThe Sahara DesertThe rainforest The Nile Delta
Who lives to the north of the Sahara Desert?
Arabs and Berbers
What great religious change began 500 years ago and is still occurring in Africa?
Islam is driving out animism.Animism is driving out Christianity.Christianity is driving out Islam.Animism is driving out Buddhism.
Which religion believes that trees is a rocks is a and bodies of water have spirits of their own?
Animism
What is the name of the geographical feature in which water flows downward and inward?
A rift valleyA basinA delta A savannah
What is the name of the geographical feature in which the Earth’s plates pull away from each other?
A rift valleyA mountainA volcanoA savannah
What large land feature makes living and travel difficult in central Africa?
The Great Rift ValleyThe Congo BasinThe Nile Delta The Great African Savannah
Around what geographical feature did most of Sub-Saharan Africa’s early civilizations develop ?
The Niger RiverThe Sahara DesertThe Great Rift ValleyThe central rainforests