africa

Question 1

How do MOST people in Central Africa make their living?

Answer 1

farming

Question 2

What was the timeline for EARLY SETTLEMENTS in Central Africa?

Answer 2

Dry phase, migration, agricultural revolution, cereal farming, village life

Question 3

What was/is Apartheid?

Answer 3

A system of segregation where rights were taken away from non-white South Africans.

Question 4

What do we call a BAN on trade?

Answer 4

Embargo

This was done against South Africa.

Question 5

Describe the difference between a NUCLEAR and an EXTENDED family.

Answer 5

A nuclear family consists of 2 parents and children in one household (2 generations), while an extended family includes 3 generations living together.

Question 6

What body of water links North Africa to Southwest Asia (and Europe)?

Answer 6

Mediterranean Sea

Question 7

What resource did Portuguese explorers TAKE from West Africa?

Answer 7

Gold and salt

Question 8

Define the term GENOCIDE.

Answer 8

The killing of a large group of people, particularly those of a specific ethnic group.

Question 9

What is DESERTIFICATION?

Answer 9

The process by which the nutrients are depleted and the area becomes a desert.

Question 10

What type of power takes advantage of the rapids/waterfalls of the CONGO RIVER?

Answer 10

Electricity

Question 11

What body of water borders WEST AFRICAN countries?

Answer 11

Atlantic Ocean

Question 12

What is MALARIA? How is it fought?

Answer 12

A disease transmitted by mosquitoes, fought through intravenous (IV)antimalarial therapy.

Question 13

Describe “TRIANGULAR TRADE”, what are the 3 regions involved?

Answer 13

America, Africa, and Europe

Question 14

How did Palm oil affect the lives of early people in Central Africa?

Answer 14

Helped them live longer

Question 15

Why were stone tools NOT completely replaced by Iron in early Africa?

Answer 15

Iron was expensive and limited.

Question 16

Describe the difference between the SAHARA of 10,000 years ago and the SAHARA of today.

Answer 16

10,000 years ago, it had lots of plants; now it is dry with limited vegetation.

Question 17

What activity did the small African kingdoms in WEST AFRICA engage in starting around the 1500’s?

Answer 17

Slave trade

Question 18

Around what time period did the Shona people build a kingdom in what is now Zimbabwe and Mozambique?

Answer 18

900 AD

Question 19

What Wealthy West African ruler gained his riches on trading gold & salt?

Answer 19

Mansa Musa

Question 20

What was the main reason a guerilla war began in Rhodesia during the 1970’s?

Answer 20

Africans didn’t get the right to vote.

Question 21

How did some countries pressure South Africa over the issue of Apartheid?

Answer 21

Through economic sanctions and arms embargoes.

Question 22

What is the most widely spoken language in EAST AFRICA?

Answer 22

Swahili