Chapter 14 – Southern and Eastern Africa
Name: ___________________________________
Key Learning: The five themes of geography can be used to understand the
geographical and cultural aspects of the Southern and Eastern Africa.
Unit Essential Question(s):
How do the five themes of geography help us understand cultural
differences?
How do Southern and Eastern Africa’s geography, climate, and natural
resources affect the way people live?
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Concept:
Concept:
Concept:
Chapter Atlas
History of Southern and
Eastern Africa
Southern and Eastern
Africa Today
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Lesson Essential Questions:
Lesson Essential Questions:
Lesson Essential Questions:
What are the region’s major
landforms, bodies of water,
and ecosystems?
Who were the early cultures in
Southern and Eastern Africa?
How has the ethnic, language,
and religious diversity affected
the region?
How has uneven distribution
of resources benefitted and
challenged the area?
How did contact with Arabs
and Europeans influence the
culture, religions, and ethnic
makeup of the region?
What are some ethnic,
political, and economic
challenges for the region?
How did African citizens gain
independence?
Vocabulary:
Great Rift Valley
Serengeti Plain
poaching
ecotourism
Vocabulary:
Boers
ethnocentrism
Mau Mau
apartheid
African National Congress
Vocabulary:
indigenous
genocide
nongovernmental organization
(NGO)
Section 1 – Chapter Atlas
LESSON ESSENTIAL QUESTIONS:
1. What are the region’s major landforms, bodies of water, and
ecosystems?
2. How has uneven distribution of resources benefitted and
challenged the area?
KEY IDEAS:
1. Africa’s highest point is ______________________.
2. Southern and Eastern Africa tends to be _______________ and
____________ than West & Central Africa because it has higher
elevations in most parts.
3. A disadvantage of the ___________________ industry is that it
can hurt the environment.
4. A lack of ___________________ is why farming is not a viable
economic option for the region.
KEY TERMS:
Great Rift Valley - a long, flat area of land between areas of
higher ground in Eastern Africa.
Serengeti Plain - the most famous part of the savanna in Kenya
and Tanzania.
poaching - illegal hunting.
ecotourism - a kind of tourism in which people learn about
conservation and try to do little or no harm to the environment.
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Section 2 – History of Southern and Eastern Africa
LESSON ESSENTIAL QUESTIONS:
1. Who were the early cultures in Southern and Eastern Africa?
2. How did contact with Arabs and Europeans influence the
culture, religions, and ethnic makeup of the region?
3. How did African citizens gain independence?
KEY IDEAS:
1. The Earth’s first people moved around in search of _________.
2. The Dutch East India Company started a _________________
in South Africa to help supply their traders on the way to Asia.
3. ____________________ first became involved in East Africa’s
slave trade.
4. Scientists found fossils of early humans in Eastern Africa.
KEY TERMS:
Boers – Farmers from the Netherlands, France, and other
European countries. Boer is Dutch for “farmers”.
ethnocentrism - belief that one’s own culture is superior.
Mau Mau - a movement that used force to end British rule in
Kenya.
Apartheid - a government policy of keeping white & black South
Africans apart.
African National Congress (ANC) - political party that worked
for black civil rights
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Section 3 – Southern and Eastern Africa Today
LESSON ESSENTIAL QUESTIONS:
1. How has the ethnic, language, and religious diversity affected
the region?
2. What are some ethnic, political, and economic challenges for the
region?
KEY IDEAS:
1. Corruption is common in Zimbabwe because the president rules
the country like a __________________.
2. Some important trends that occurred in Southern and Eastern
African countries after independence include _________________
and _______________.
KEY TERMS:
indigenous - native to a region.
genocide - attempt to destroy a whole people.
nongovernmental organization (NGO) - groups that operate with
private funding.
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ESSAY: Why is the location of water resources so important
in Southern and Eastern Africa?
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Evidence #3
Explanation
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