Assignment 1-
a. Read pp38 to 49.
b. Label the outline map of Africa (see the map on p 40). Place the following countries on your map: Algeria, Libya, Egypt, Sudan, Ethiopia, Eritrea, Somalia, Kenya, Uganda, Rwanda, Tanzania, Swaziland, South Africa, Nigeria, Zaire(the Republic of Congo). Add the capital cities of these countries. Add to your maps: the equator, the Tropic of Cancer and the Tropic of Capricorn, Great Rift Valley, Lake Victoria, Atlas Mountains, Sahara Desert, Kalahari Desert, Zaire River, Red Sea, Suez Canal, Mediterranean Sea, Atlantic Ocean, and Indian Ocean.
c. From your reading identify the following terms with a definition: savanna, desertification, Sahel, tsetse fly

Assignment 2-
a. Find Ethiopia on the map on page 40. On the outline map of Ethiopia: list the neighboring countries; what is the capital city.
b. Go to the internet using one of the search engines and find information about Hailie Selassie. How did he leave office?

Assignment 3-
a. Find Uganda and Rwanda on the map on page 40. list the neighboring countries; what is the capital city.
b. Click HERE and find information about Idi Amin Dada.

Assignment 4
a.  Do a contrast and compare using the above assignments.

Assignment 5
a. Find South Africa on the map on page 40.
b. Read pp 67-72.  Identify: apartheid Nelson Mandela, ANC, Archbishop Desmond Tutu, F. W. de Klerk.

Assignment 6
a. Can you identify the items on the Africa Photo ID page? They will be on the test!
b. Read pp 60-63.

Assignments Review
1- Review the map, the completed assignments in your notebook from this unit, key terms from the reading, and the items contained in the Photo ID.
2- Take the Africa Unit Quiz using your map and notebook.
a- Click HERE to go to the quiz
b- On the right hand side of the page, select Take a Quiz and click on ‘Take Your Teacher's Quiz.’
-On the upper right go to Students and Parents ‘Login here’ and click
-On this page choose ‘single class login’
-On this page, the Classword (or student ID) is global05
-For student password, use the password that Mr. Gaffey will give you.
c- You will find a long list of quizzes, click on Africa Summer School
d- You do not need to print out the results, they will be sent to me automatically by the funbrain.com website. You must take the Africa Summer School Quiz at least twice, or until you get 100%. Funbrain.com will send me the result each time you take the quiz.
e-Taking the quiz: choose an answer by clicking on one of the small circles that you feel is correct; then click on "Check It"; this will take you to the next question; meanwhile in the upper right hand corner, funbrain tells you if the choice was correct or incorrect; if the choice is incorrect, funbrain will provide the correct answer. Students should keep notes in their notebook on the correct responses for questions that they might have missed. Taking the test over and over helps the student retain the correct answers by taking notes. Repetition increases retention!