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Africa Unit Flashcards

1
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Africa’s stage of development

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Less Developed/Developing

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2
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Many rural areas lack electricity, roads, schools=limited__________

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Infrastructure

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3
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Most people produce just enough to survive, whether it is farming or herding

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Subsistence

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4
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What do these countries have in common, economic concern?
Mali, Chad, Ethiopia, Zimbabwe

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Lanlocked

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5
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Overgrazing and drought have caused this in the Sahel

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Desertification

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6
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Main climate type in central Africa

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Tropical wet

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7
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World’s largest hot desert

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The Sahara

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8
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Populations cluster around this limited resource

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Water

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9
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Dramatic features of eastern Africa caused by plate tectonics, often form deep lakes

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Rift Valleys

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10
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Climate pattern of the Sahel(going left to right)

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Zonal or Banded

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11
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These are banned from sale after being used to fund the war in Sierra Leone

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Blood Diamonds

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12
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This disease had lowered life expectancy in some countries by as much as 20 years

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AIDS

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13
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Most common languages in North and sub-Saharan Africa

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Arabic and English

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14
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Most indigenous African religions fall in this category

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Animism

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15
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Rate of Africa’s population growth

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Rapid

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16
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The two countries which were not colonized

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Ethiopia and Liberia

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17
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Gaining political control of a country by a foreign area of people

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Colonialism/Imperialism

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18
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14 European nations met to establish rules for dividing Africa

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Berlin Conference

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19
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Positive effects of Imperialism

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Built school, modern cities, improved some infrastructure, improved medical care, introduction of lingua franca

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20
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Negative long term consequences of Imperialism

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Limited development, dictatorship and political instability

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21
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Nelson Mandela led the fight against this policy with civil disobedience

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Apartheid

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22
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Elected in the first, free-all-race election

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Nelson Mandela

23
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During the genocide in Rwanda, this group killed one million Tutsi

24
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Genocide in Darfur, Sudan based on what difference

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What is ethnic(Arab vs. African)

25
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Africa sometimes called a continent of ________ - people fleeing famine or conflict

26
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Oil in the southern part of this country caused outbreak of civil war

27
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United States came to this country in 1992 to deliver food, ultimately mission unsuccessful

28
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Desert made up of sand

29
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Africa is known as the “ ________ continent”

30
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Tectonic activity in East Africa created this landform where the area is breaking away from the continent

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Great Rift Valley

31
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Ethiopia, Somalia, Eritrea and Djibouti make up this land form

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Horn of Africa

32
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Reasons for Ethnic Conflict

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Resources, political influence, and power

33
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The systematic and planned extermination or an entire, racial, political, or ethnic group

34
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Effects of Civil War

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Impoverished nations, millions of casualties, regional wars, refugees, disease and famine, Genocide, and child soldiers

35
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The name of the Arab militia group in Dafur, Sudan

36
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The largest cash crop in South Africa

37
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Colonized central Africa

38
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Colonized East Africa

39
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Organization helping to stop the spread of disease across the world, especially Africa

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World Health Organization

40
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The source and mouth of the Nile River

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Lake Victoria and Mediterranean sea

41
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Political party for Black Africans formed to assist them getting rights

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African National Congress(ANC)

42
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Reason Liberia was created

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Freed slaves from the US

43
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Grassy transition area between desert and rainforest

44
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Unifies Africa

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Religions and share many cultural values such as respect for elders and communal raising of children

45
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Region of Africa called “the Cradle of Humanity”

46
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An uncontrollable outbreak of disease that affects a large population over a large geographic area(more widespread)

47
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Percentage of South Africa infected with HIV/AIDS

48
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The economies of most African nations are based on this

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Raw Materials

49
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An agricultural or mining product that can be sold

50
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Central African merchants gave this to Europeans in exchange for guns and goods

51
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Leader of the African National Congress

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Nelson Mandela

52
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Most African nations gained their independence by then

53
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Major cultural and religious influence in North Africa

54
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The purpose of the Berlin Conference

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To prevent conflict over Africa’s raw materials

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