Transcript AFRICA 1-2 - Mr Crake at Grayson

AFRICA
CLIMATE AND VEGETATION
CHAPTER 1, SECTION 2
MR. CRAKE
7th GRADE SOCIAL STUDIES
MASON MIDDLE SCHOOL
1. Irrigate-
AFRICA
CLIMATE AND VEGETATION
CHAPTER 1, SECTION 2
MR. CRAKE
7th GRADE SOCIAL STUDIES
MASON MIDDLE SCHOOL
1. Irrigate-to supply with water
through a ditch, pipe, channel or
sprinkler.
UZBEKISTAN
2. Drought-
UZBEKISTAN
2. Drought-a long period of little
or no rain.
UZBEKISTAN
3. Oasis-
UZBEKISTAN
3. Oasis-a fertile place in the desert
where there is water and vegetation.
4. Savanna-
4. Savanna-a region of tall grasses with
scattered trees.
5. Nomad-
5. Nomad-a person who has no
permanent, settled home and who
moves from place to place.
6. Name three factors that influence
climate?
6. Name three factors that influence
climate?
Location relative to the equator, distance
from large bodies of water, influence of
major landforms, elevation, rainfall.
7. Give an example of how one of these
factors can influence the climate of the
area.
7. Give an example of how one of these
factors can influence the climate of the
area. The Equator provides a warm
tropical climate for the region.
8. Identify the types of vegetation found in each
of Africa’s regions.
8. Identify the types of vegetation found in each of
Africa’s regions. North Africa-desert scrub or desert, West
and Central Africa-tropical Savanna and tropical rainforest,
East Africa-tropical savanna and grassland, and Southern
Africa-tropical savanna, with desert scrub, grassland, and
vegetation.
KAZAKHSTAN
UZBEKISTAN
TAJIKISTAN
9. How do climate and vegetation affect the
ways African’s make a living?
KAZAKHSTAN
UZBEKISTAN
TAJIKISTAN
9. How do climate and vegetation affect the
ways African’s make a living?
Vegetation is dependent on climate and that
amount of vegetation in a place affects how
people make a living.
10. What health risks do people and
animals in different climate regions of
Africa face?
10. What health risks do people and
animals in different climate regions of
Africa face? Many disease-carrying insects
live in the rainforests, malaria thrives in parts of
Africa south of the Sahara.
11. In which of Africa’s climate regions do
you think you would be least likely to
contract Malaria?
11. In which of Africa’s climate regions do
you think you would be least likely to
contract Malaria?
Dry places such as deserts.