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Africa Flashcards

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What climates are found in Africa

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Arid and semi arid
Mediterranean
Tropical humid
Tropical wet and dry

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What natural resources can be found in Africa

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Agricultural products 
Fish 
Natural gas 
Diamonds 
gold
Hydropower
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What four things threaten Africa’s environment today

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Overdevelopment
Over grazing
Mining
Deforestation

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What is the great Rift Valley

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Tectonically active, long narrow region between two larger areas of evolution

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What are hominids

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Early human-like animals

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What are the three largest lakes

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Lake Victoria
Lake Malawi
Lake Tanganyika

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Who was Lucy

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Oldest hominid found in 1917

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What is the signal origin theory

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All humans come from east Africa long ago and migrated out

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Why is te Serengeti and ngoro-goro crater significant

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Migrating herds

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What natrual barrier is in North Africa

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Sahara desert

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Why was tomboy you so important to Islam in Africa

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Learning center

Trading center

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What is a caravan

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Group of people traveling together

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What is te second largest rainforest on earth

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Congo basin

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What conference was held in 1884 to help decide how to divide Africa

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Berlin conference

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What is a failed state

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A country without a functioning government

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What two groups fought in Rwanda and Burundi

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Hutu and Tutsi tribes

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What geographic challenges do refugees camps create

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Deserts
Droughts
Economic disaster

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What areas of Africa are prime to desertification

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Sahel area

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18
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What African countries produce oil

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Algeria
Nigeria
Libya

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19
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Where did the refugees in Rwanda go to

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Dem. rep. Of the Congo.

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20
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Where in Sudan did the Muslims and Christian animist fight

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Darfar

21
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What geological challenges do refuge camps create

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Deserts
Drought
Economical disaster

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What areas is Africa are prone to drought and desertification?

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Sahel areas

23
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What percent of Africans rely in farming/ herding for substance?

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75%%

24
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What is duel economy

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Producing food for local consumption and then good for expert

25
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What African nations produce oil

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Nigeria
Algeria
Libya

26
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Who was Muammar Qaddafi

A

Corrupt dictator over Libya

27
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What three problems have been caused by the Aswan dam?

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Pollution
Overcrowding
Stopped transporting nurtruiants of soil

28
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Which plague affected Europe in the 1300

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Black Plague

29
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What is aids

A

Acquired immune definciancy syndrome

30
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How is aids spread

A

Unprotected sex/ sharing needles
Childbirth
Infected blood transfusions

31
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What is an organization that helps people with aids

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HAART

32
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What is debt relief

A

Countries that owe money and don’t need to pay it back.

33
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What is an escarpment

A

Steep cliff g te edge of a platue

34
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Where is one such escarpment located

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The drake burg mountain range

35
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What is a veld

A

High grass land

36
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What is nutrient upwelling

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When warm waters ago to the bottom, pushing the colder water up carrying nutrients and dead stuff

37
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Who was Zulu Shaka

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Warrior King that conquered a huge area of land

38
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Who were the boers

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A group of Europeans that settled in Africa

39
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What was the name of the movement north of the boers

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The Great trek

40
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What was the name of the state the boers settled

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Orange free state

41
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What were the boer wars

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The conflict b/w Britain and the boers

42
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What are two major industrialized and modern cities in South Africa

A

Kimberley

Johannesburg

43
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What is arpearteid

A

White gov. Way of separating the three races in Africa

44
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What were the three races of South Africa

A

White
Black
Colors

45
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What was the name of the seperate communities

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Townships

46
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What was the African national congress

A

Opposition through political means to end arpithead.

47
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Who was Nelson mandela

A

ANC leader

48
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What are sanctions

A

Penalties used to force a country

49
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Who ended the ban on aroethead

A

FW DeClerk

50
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When did South Africa hold it’s first universal election

A

1994

51
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What was the truth and recolilation. Commission

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Brings to light human rights violations that took place during the time of arpithead

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