Adapting to Climate Changes in Sub-Saharan Africa
Assignment to hand in: Adapting to Climate Change Critical Thinking Student Handout
Directions: Look at the pictures below and answer the Critical Thinking prompt by reading both the student handout: Adapting to Climate Change and the corresponding region information texts below. Your answers should be in paragraph form and on a lined piece of paper.
Tropical Rainforest
Rainforest near Mweka, Zaire
Tropical Rainforest Information
Women carrying bundles walking through manioc fields in a rainforest in Zaire.
Critical Thinking: Describe at least four ways a family living in the rainforest can overcome the challenges of obtaining food.
Savanna
Grasslands near Kufua, Zambia.
Masai cattle traders in Kenya.
Critical Thinking: Describe the availability of food and shelter in the savanna region.
Semiarid
Sahel area in Sudan.
Ayourou market on the Niger River in the Niger Republic.
Critical Thinking: How do settlers make use of the limited water sources in the semiarid region?
Desert
A group of camels (police on patrol) passing near a settlement in the Kalahari Desert in Tshabong, Botswana.
The Kalahari Desert
Critical Thinking: What are some of the challenges of crossing the Kalahari Desert?
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