SubSaharan Africa ESPN and mapping Complete an ESPN

Sub-Saharan Africa ESPN and mapping Complete an ESPN chart for this region. Use your atlas pages 121 -132 and your textbook pages 402 -469 for information.

Sub-Saharan Africa Economics • Land Use • Subsistence Farming, Commercial Farming, Nomadic Herding, Ranching, Herding, Urban • Resources • Oil, Coal, Gold, Lead, Iron, Diamonds • Tourism • Wildlife parks • Civil wars cause economic struggles • AIDS impairs economic activity in parts of Africa Social • Traditional Societies • Healthcare Issues • Pandemic-uncontrollable outbreak • Crafts, Art, Music • Education is improving but faces obstacles due to lacking infrastructure. • Apartheid still impacts lifestyles of those in South Africa.

Sub-Saharan Political • Colonization-Berlin Conference • Africa divided among European countries in 18841885. • Except Ethiopia. • Stateless society-prior to colonization people relied only on family history to govern themselves. • Most countries gained independence in the 1960 s, but borders imposed during colonization caused problems leading to civil wars. Natural Environment • Landforms • Huge plateau covers most of Africa. • Narrow lowlands along coast. • Basins (depressions) lakes and Rivers • Rift Valley • Mountains • The Great Escarpment • Climate • Tropical wet, tropical wet and dry, arid (desert), semiarid, humid subtropic, marine west coast and highland. • Biomes • Desert, Rainforest, Grasslands • Desertification of the Sahel

Sub-Saharan Africa • • • • • • Political Mauritania Senegal Guinea Bissau Guinea Sierra Leone Liberia Mali Niger Chad Sudan Eritrea Ethiopia Democratic Republic of Congo Kenya Angola Zambia Madagascar Namibia Botswana South Sudan Equatorial Guinea Sao Tome and Principe • • • • • • Cote D’ivoire Burkina Faso Ghana Togo Benin Nigeria Cameroon Central African Republic Uganda Somalia Gabon Republic of Congo Burundi Rwanda Tanzania Malawi Mozambique Zimbabwe South Africa Swaziland Lesotho Djibouti Physical • • • • • Great Rift Valley Horn of Africa Kalahari Desert Nubian Desert Namib Desert Congo Basin Congo R. Lake Victoria Falls Niger R. Sahel Cape of Good Hope Mozambique Channel Mt. Kilimanjaro Indian Ocean Atlantic Ocean Mediterranean Sea Gulf of Guinea