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UNIT FOUR

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Exploring Africa

SEQUENCE OF UNIT
  1. Physical Geography of Africa
    • Regions of Africa
    • Physical Features of Africa
    • Phyiscal Map of Africa
    • Climate of Africa
    • Vegetation of Africa
    • Resources of Africa
    • Adaptation to Africa 
  2. Impact of Human Migration on Africa
    • Africa's First People
    • Bantu Migration
    • Africa's Kingdoms and Empires
    • European Influence on Africa 
  3. Imperialism's Role in Africa's Development
    • African Economic Development Hindered
    • African Political Development Hindered
    • Africans Embrace Democracy, Revolution, and Nationalism
    • The Impact of Ethnic Diversity
    • Nigeria - One Country, Many Ethnic Groups
    • Rwanda - Torn by Ethnic Conflict
  4. Independent Student Research Project (select one)
    • I-Search Project based on personal question from Acrivity 1
    • Country Tourism Project

ENDURING UNDERSTANDINGS
  • As the land of Africa shapes the people there and the people shape the land.
  • Cultural and/or geographical characteristics create regions within Africa.
  • Cultural contact is a catalyst for change.
  • Global distribution of resources, both natural and human, in Africa and the rest of the world result in various types of human interaction, such as exploitation, interdependence, and/or isolation, between people within and outside of Africa.