Africa Flashcards

1
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What are the richest countries in Africa

A

Gabon, Rep south Africa, Botswana, Namibia, and Swaziland

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2
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Tunisia to cape good hope

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4,800 miles very vast north south

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3
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Sahel

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steppes of Africa once bread basket of Rome

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4
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Desiccation

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Pincer movement of desertification

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5
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fault escarpment

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cliff or drop off not the same as tectonics

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6
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What are the effects of Hydraulic erosion

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causes monotonous but irregularity’s combined with heat

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7
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Climate of Africa

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Goes from tropical-subtropical-arid-semiarid-mediteranean

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8
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What is climate of Eastern Africa

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mountainous and more temperate

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9
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What are the commercial crops of Africa

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bananas cacao palm oil rubber cotton and fruits

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10
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Where are rainforests found

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Central Africa

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11
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Ghana, Mali, and Songhai

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Early trading kingdoms of Africa

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12
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Ashanti tribe

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traded slaves with Europeans hot areas were West and Southwest

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13
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Kush and Nubian

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Ancient kingdoms that are mentioned in the bible

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14
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What happened in 1910

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African countries were already split up regardless of ethnic groups

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15
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1970

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Most of Africa was liberated

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16
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1998

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Africa is finally fully independent

17
Q

What region was independent first

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The northern countries were independent first

18
Q

Equatorial Africa

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English French and Spanish speaking countries contains 200 ethnic groups North is Muslim South is Christian

19
Q

Gabon

A

Only wealthy country in Western Africa OPEC member

20
Q

Congos

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have half of pop rich in minerals like Ag and copper

21
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Western Africa

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4 former British colonies most Urban known for gold iron and slave trade West-East tropical to savannah

22
Q

Nkrumah

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Legendary African Socialist leader wanted to spread Pan-Africanism

23
Q

Mali and Ghana

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former powerful Moslem kingdoms

24
Q

Primate cities in Africa

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Lagos and Ethiopia

25
Nigeria
Largest country by pop and wealth OPEC
26
What country has a large rubber export and links to the west
liberia
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Eastern Africa
physical diversity is greatest made of arable soils from plateaus and volcanoes had contact with Arabic countries
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Swahili
Language only spoken in the east made of multiple different languages
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Tanzania
German then became British Mandate Jules Nyerere from here promoting bottom up socialist which lead to faster rate of urban growth
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Southern Africa
most physically diverse large mineral wealth have SADC (south African development community)
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Angola
oil rich provides oil to rest of region
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Mozambique
good land minerals zambeezi river
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South Africa
Bor people fought in a 3 way war with British and Zulu Orange Free state is where the good whites lived