More Related Content Similar to Africa Obstacles Similar to Africa Obstacles (20) 2. “ In understanding Black Africa, geography is more important than history.” Fernand Braudel 5. 5 of Africa’s 10 richest countries are located in Northern Africa WHY?? 6. 2. Lack of easy access to oceans 9. 3. Limited Islands/Peninsulas Only 2% of Africa’s landmass is made up of islands/peninsulas. WHY is this a problem?? 10. 4. Landlocked countries 1/3 or 15 countries in Africa are landlocked. 12. Many rivers only navigable during rainy season. No rivers reach from inner continent to ocean anywhere in sub-Saharan Africa. 13. Asia: Yangtze River can carry boats weighing up to 10,000 tons 15. 6. Lack of access to rivers that exist Many sandbars block mouth of river 17. 7. Lack of mountains in tropics/dependence on rainfall. 18. No mountains = no collection of snow=no runoff=no water to refill rivers 19. 8. Bad Bugs Tsetse Fly (sleeping sickness) Malaria 20. People are sick they can’t work!! Bugs effect pack animals can’t work Animals die there is no fertilization…dead animals can not poop!! 21. 9. Language Barrier 800-2000 different languages spoken in Africa Difficult to dialogue with each other 23. European Colonialism Late 1800s-1960 **Divided groups **Forced groups who disliked each other to live next to each other. **Diseases Editor's Notes When the rest of the world was exploding with new ideas…paper, number 0 from Mayas/Muslims, improvements in medicine, contact Africa had was very negative. What you could get out because of the obstacles was gold, diamonds, and people.
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