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GPS Standards
SS7H1 The student will analyze continuity and change in Africa leading to the 21st century
a. Explain how the European sectioning/dividing across Africa contributed to conflict, civil war, and artificial political boundaries.
b. Explain how nationalism led to independence in South Africa, Kenya, and Nigeria.
c. Explain the creation and end of apartheid in South Africa and the roles of Nelson Mandela and F. W. de Klerk.
d. Explain the impact of the Pan-African movement
SS7G1 The student will locate selected features of Africa.
a. Locate on a world and regional political-physical map: the Sahara, Sahel, savanna, tropical rain forest, Congo River, Niger River, Nile River, Lake
Tanganyika, Lake Victoria, Atlas Mountains, Kalahari Desert., the countries of, Democratic Republic of the Congo* (Zaire), Egypt, Kenya, Nigeria
South Africa, and Sudan.
Guiding Question
Explain how geographic features can have a positive or negative effect on access to resources and to a region’s economic development.
Vocabulary
Test
Wednesday
April 19/17
1. Location: 150-154
2. Words of the day: Atlas Mountains - a mountain range in northern Africa between the Mediterranean
and the Sahara Desert; extends from southwestern Morocco to northern Tunisia.
Sahel - a region in Africa, between the Sahara to the north and a more humid zone
(Sudan) to the south; a region in the center of West Africa on the margins of the Sahara and prone to
drought
Savanna - a flat grassland in tropical or subtropical regions; is a grassland ecosystem characterized
by the trees being sufficiently small or widely spaced so that the canopy does not close
Sahara Desert
Sahara Desert - the world's largest desert (3,500,000 square miles) in northern Africa
Tropical rainforest - A forest with high rate of precipitation and high humidity, usually located near
the equator; They are common in Asia, Australia, Africa, South America, Central America, Mexico
and on many of the Pacific Islands.
3. Students in first, second, third and fifth period classes will continue Packet on Africa “Geographic Understanding. Students in
fourth period class will continue reading chapter 17 section 2 teacher directed.
4. HOMEWORK: Study for Test on Wednesday All Classes
Students Mr. Patenaude’s class will complete flash cards (11-20). Test Wednesday.
1. Journal Topic: OPEN
2. Words of the day: Kalahari Desert - is a large arid to semi-arid sandy area in Southern Africa
extending 900,000 square kilometers (350,000 sq. mi), covering much of Botswana and parts of Namibia and South Africa
Nile River - the world's longest river (4150 miles); flows northward through eastern Africa into the
Mediterranean; the Nile River valley in Egypt was the site of the world's first great civilization
Lake Tanganyika - the longest lake in the world, located in central Africa between Tanzania and
Congo in the Great Rift Valley
Hutu - A member of a Bantu people inhabiting Rwanda and Burundi; Hutu
make up the vast majority of the population in both Rwanda and Burundi but
were traditionally subject to Tutsi rule after colonialism.
Tutsi - A member of a Bantu-speaking people inhabiting Rwanda and Burundi;
Tutsi represent a traditional aristocratic minority population.
3. Students in first, second, third and fifth period classes complete begin Africa Packet on Africa “Geographic Understanding”.
Students in fourth period class will continue reading chapter 17 section 2.
HOMEWORK: Students in first, second, third and fifth period classes complete chart on page 496.
Study for Test on Wednesday All Classes
1. Journal Topic: OPEN
2. Words of the day: Nomads - a group of people who have no permanent home but move about according to the
seasons
Swahili - is a Bantu language spoken by various ethnic groups that inhabit several large stretches
of the Indian Ocean coastline from northern Kenya to northern Mozambique, including the Comoros
Islands
Animist - The belief, widespread among primitive peoples, that certain material objects, trees
and stones, are possessed by spirits which are the cause of their movements and characteristic
qualities.
Literacy - able to read and write
4. Students in first, second, third and fifth period classes will continue Africa Packet on Africa “Geographic Understanding”.
Students in first, second, third and fifth period classes will complete chapter 17 section 3 activity sheet.
1. Journal Topic: “Discuss Nelson Mandela, African National Congress, William de Klerk, apartheid, racism”
2. WORDS OF THE DAY: apartheid - a social policy or racial segregation involving political and economic and legal
discrimination against people who are not Whites
Civil war - a war between factions in the same country
Imperialism - The policy of forcefully extending a nation's authority by territorial
gain or by the
establishment of economic and political dominance over other nations.
Great Rift Valley - extending from Jordan in the Middle East south to
Mozambique in southern Africa
Rwanda – small landlocked country in East Africa, west of Lake Victoria, often
called the “land of a thousand hills.”
Burundi – a small landlocked country in the African Great Lakes region of East
Africa, bordered by Rwanda to the north, Tanzania to the east and south, and
the Democratic Republic of the Congo to the west
3. Students in first, second, third and fifth period classes will complete Africa
Packet on Africa “Geographic Understanding”.
Students in fourth period class will continue reading chapter 17 section 3.
4. HOMEWORK: None
1. Students in first, second, third and fifth period classes will complete Chapter assessment page 518. Students in fourth period
class will continue reading chapter 17 section 3.
Chapter 17 Test April 26, 2017
Next Vocabulary and locations Test May 5, 2017
Map Packets will be collected NEXT WEEK (test grade)