{"id":319,"date":"2019-08-19T23:31:16","date_gmt":"2019-08-19T23:31:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/norfolkgeography\/?page_id=319"},"modified":"2019-08-25T02:39:35","modified_gmt":"2019-08-25T02:39:35","slug":"sub-saharan-africa","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/norfolkgeography\/sub-saharan-africa\/","title":{"rendered":"Sub-Saharan Africa"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3><span style=\"color: #000080\">Understandings<\/span><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: left\">Africa is a storehouse of mineral wealth.<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left\">Population growth rates are among the highest in the world.<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left\">The majority of people are subsistence farmers.<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left\">The percentage of urbanization is among the lowest in the world.<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left\">Africa is home to a wide variety of ethnicities, each with a rich cultural heritage.<\/li>\n<li>Most countries in Africa gained their independence from colonial powers after the 1960s.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><span style=\"color: #000080\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: inherit\">Learning Activities<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: inherit\">A choropleth map shows the relative quantity of a numerical variable such as per capita GDP with color.&nbsp; The darker the color the higher the value of the variable. In this exercise students &#8220;research&#8221; a subregion of Sub-Saharan Africa to obtain data for one variable, then create a choropleth map based on that data, and determine correlations among variables through the comparison of maps they created. Students then suggest geographic reasons for the patterns they observe.<\/span><\/p>\n<h4><a href=\"http:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/norfolkgeography\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15209\/2019\/08\/7A_Choropleth_Maps.pdf\">Making Choropleth_Maps (7A)<\/a><\/h4>\n<p>Push and pull factors are the driving forces behind migration. In this learning activity students examine hypothetical headings and determine whether a push or pull factor is described. They extend their learning by categorizing the factor as either social, political, economic, or environmental. As with many of these exercises there are multiple correct answers but some define wrong answer.<\/p>\n<h4><a href=\"http:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/norfolkgeography\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15209\/2019\/08\/7B_Migration_Scenarios.pdf\">Migration Scenarios (7B)<\/a><\/h4>\n<p><strong style=\"color: #008000;font-size: inherit\">Maps from the Arizona Geographic Alliance<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/geoalliance.asu.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/maps\/AFRICA2_0.PDF\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Africa<\/a>&nbsp;outline map<\/li>\n<li><a style=\"font-size: inherit\" href=\"http:\/\/geoalliance.asu.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/maps\/AFREG03_0.pdf\">African Regions<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/geoalliance.asu.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/maps\/Africa%20Resources_10_20_15.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Africa&#8217;s Resources<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"color: #008000\"><strong>ArcGIS Online Maps in the NPS Organizational Account<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/norfolkps.maps.arcgis.com\/home\/webmap\/viewer.html?webmap=9ec221b2a63745e586ac258e0827c6a5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Electricity Access<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/norfolkps.maps.arcgis.com\/home\/webmap\/viewer.html?webmap=9260b94bba02424181035703a0becb07\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Infant Mortality in Sub-Saharan Africa<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/norfolkps.maps.arcgis.com\/home\/webmap\/viewer.html?webmap=9db78fe5cea9431ab5124f9a51a64069\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Living Languages in Africa<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/norfolkps.maps.arcgis.com\/home\/webmap\/viewer.html?webmap=b89faa2bf7d7481fbce2e60e666508d8\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">SubSaharan Africa Data<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/vga.maps.arcgis.com\/apps\/TimeAware\/index.html?appid=449314f78cbf4d8da02c7542b56026a0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">African Independence Timeslider<\/a> click play to see the sequence of independence)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n<p>The map below shows the distribution of infant mortality in Sub-Saharan Africa.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"insert_map_iframe_container insert_map_iframe_container-left\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.arcgis.com\/apps\/Embed\/index.html?webmap=9260b94bba02424181035703a0becb07&legend=true&alignment=left\" width=\"100%\" height=\"500px\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"yes\" marginheight=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Understandings Africa is a storehouse of mineral wealth. Population growth rates are among the highest in the world. The majority of people are subsistence farmers. The percentage of urbanization is among the lowest in the world. Africa is home to a wide variety of ethnicities, each with a rich cultural heritage. 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