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SUBSAHARAN AFRICA Intro Size Cultural diversity

SUBSAHARAN AFRICA Intro Size Cultural diversity. Physical geography A. Importance of plate tectonics. 1. Coastline 2. Mountains 3. Rift valleys 4. Rivers. http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/ngm/0412/sights_n_sounds/media1.html. Climate Tropical rainforest Savanna Steppe Desert.

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SUBSAHARAN AFRICA Intro Size Cultural diversity

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  1. SUBSAHARAN AFRICA • Intro • Size • Cultural diversity

  2. Physical geography • A. Importance of plate tectonics

  3. 1. Coastline 2. Mountains 3. Rift valleys 4. Rivers http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/ngm/0412/sights_n_sounds/media1.html

  4. Climate • Tropical rainforest • Savanna • Steppe • Desert Okavango - Okavango

  5. Cultural History • Hunters/gathers – Dorobo • Arid/semi-arid – Khoisa, Maasai • Rainforest – Baka pymgies, Mbuti

  6. Farming / herding • Maasi Iron hoe Maasai

  7. Rise of states

  8. North/East • Nile (3800 BC) • Kush (2000 BC) • Axum (0-900 AD)

  9. 14th cent- main Sahara trade routes • West • Ghana (800-1200 AD) • Mali (1200-1400 AD) • Timbuktu

  10. Europeans (pre 1884) • Coastal trade – • Portuguese, Dutch Elmina fort, Ghana

  11. Slave trade – source areas, mortality • C. Impact on Africa

  12. D. European colonialism 1. Berlin Conference (1884) 2. Why colonies?

  13. 3. Impact of colonialism • Limited industrialization • Small, land-locked states • Civil unrest • Infrastructure oriented toward exports • “Neocolonialism”

  14. Demographics • Physiologic density • Pop growth • Why are rates high

  15. VI. Medical Issues • A. Mortality rates • B. Why is disease so prevalent here?

  16. Specific diseases • 1. Malaria – 1 million deaths/yr

  17. Tsetse fly • HIV/AIDS

  18. Malaria Cases • Origins of AIDS • Spread • Impact • Treatment

  19. Conflict • A. Religious – animist, Christian, Muslim Darfur

  20. Ethnic – Rwanda • Racial – Zimbabwe, South Africa

  21. D. Civil unrest / blood diamonds http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2006/11/061130-diamonds-video.html

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