WELCOME TO THE AFRICA LAND SCRAMBLE, 2011

COUNTRY TABLESEACH TABLE WILL REPRESENT A DIFFERENT EUROPEAN COUNTRY

Table 1: France Table 4: Italy

Table 2: Germany Table 5: Portugal

Table 3: Spain Table 6: Great Britain

Table 7: Portugal

Resources for Land Scramble Research

The following resources are available for your use during your “Africa Land Scramble” research.

Copies of the student atlas (use the political, physical, and thematic maps of Africa)

Chapters 19-22 in the geography textbook on the regions of Africa and their resources

Thematic maps on Google Earth (see next slide).

OPEN GOOGLE EARTHGo to my homework page on the Bigelow Middle School website. Go to “List Server” (under “Daily Homework”). Click on the link to Thematic Maps of Africa (this is a kmz, or Google Earth, file).Click the arrow to the left of Thematic Maps of Africa to display the list of thematic maps.Check the boxes (one at a time!) to view the various thematic maps.

The thematic maps are…

Water Crisis map

Vegetation map

Precipitation map

Natural Resources map

Physical map

Climate map

SURVEY THE LAND

Where will you and your country mates establish your empire? Consider the following:

ClimateAccess to water (fresh water and coastline)Proximity (closeness) to Europe and other nations for tradeFertility of land – which areas are best for growing crops of different kinds Proximity to other areas you choose as you create your empire

USE ALL AVAILABLE RESOURCES FOR YOUR RESEARCH!

Take notes on your choices. Be prepared to defend why you choose each area.

SHADE IN THE COUNTRIES YOU AND YOUR TEAMMATES SELECT ON YOUR BLANK POLITICAL MAP OF AFRICA

Central AfricaCentral Africa

South AfricaSouth Africa North AfricaNorth Africa

Advantages are…

Advantages are…

Moderate rainfall

Moderate rainfall

Fertile soil

Use a showing relationships frame OR a categorizing frame for taking notes on your areas of choice in Africa.