GEOGRAPHY & EARLY RIVER VALLEY CIVILIZATIONS

Climate Zones

Tropical wet

• Rainforest region• Occupies 8 % of Africa

around the equator• Many disease carrying

insects• Contains tsetse fly- makes ability to raise livestock impossible

Tropical wet and dry

• Known as the savannah region

• Occupied 45-50 % of Africa

• Area where most people live

• Unpredictable rainfall• Desertification

occurring in Sahel region

Deserts

• Makes up 40 % of Africa

• Sahara Deserts: largest desert in the world

• Other deserts: Kalahari and Namib

Mediterranean

• Hot, dry summers, cool moist winters• Found in

northern and southern tip

Impact of geography

• although many of Africa’s people have

lived on and migrated across the region, it

discouraged Europeans from

sailing and exploring it

• Europeans referred to this

land as the “Dark

Continent”

Migration

1. What words do you associate with migration?

migrate

move immigrate

Emigrate

2. What is migration?•Moveme

nt from one

place to another

3. who does it?•People•Animals•Plants

4. Why is it done?People

• Economic opportunities• Political reasons• Get an education• Better climate

Animals

• Food source

Plants•Wind•Water•Animals•people

5. How does it happen?• Travel on foot• Horseback• Car• Boat• Plane• train