Africa Unit Flashcards
rift valleys
low lying areas caused by the earths playes pulling aprart (found in east africa)
mt. kilmanjaro
africa’s highest peak and largest mountain in africa is also a dormat volcano
victoria falls
1 mile long
130 yards high
located on the zambezi river
serengeti plain
the hot, dry, hard soil
good for grass, not for trees
found near the coast of africa
sahara
desert
the size of the USA
sahel
shore of the desert
grassland surrounding sahara
desertification
expansion of desert to wet areas
congo rain forest
central africa near the equator
sleeping sickness
when you get botten by the tsetse fly
•fever, severe headach, lymph node swelling
endemic
specific to a particular region
cholera
cause by a bacterium
sever direhea
gets infected by eat/drinking contaminated foor or water
malaria
from misquitos
endemic
every 30 seconds kids die from malaria
pandemic
uncontrollable outbreak of disease that effects a large population over a large group/area
colonialism
the establishment, maintance, aquiston and expansion of settlements in a territory by one group from another territory
stateless society
tribes or families govern themselves. old men (tribal leaders)bsettle disputes with other tribes
slave trade
effects on the population population decrease smaller people left tribal wars shift on tribal power
inperlism
when england claims a piece of labd then everyone has to give it to england
rules for dividing land
call dibs; claim the land
send your army to hold the territory
Berlin Conference
countrys (non-africans) came together
child armies - how
treaten family
torture
drugs
child armies - why
grow up to be soldiers
easy to manipulate
child armies - effects
physical -death -loss of limbs psychological -PTSD
child armies - long term effect
lose trust
apartheid - south africa
following WWII became independent
apartheid - seperateness
1948-1994
75% black
25% white
1948 - the population was classified into four groups
black
white
coloured
indian
apartheid acts
- forced removal from territories
- illegal to have sex with other races
- hair check
- had to carry papers-limited movement
- only whites vote
Who led a resistance to apartheid and was jailed in 1964 on robben island?
nelson mandela
South Africa had……
the 2nd largest economic growth in the 1960’s
1990-FW DeClerk
- elected president
- starts to repeat ideas of apartheid
- mandela released from prison
- whites are mad so a whites only mtg is called
- fighting begins between old tribes too
- sone tribal groups attack whites
when was nelson mandela elected the president of south africa?
1994
one commodity countries
countries that rely on one or two commodities for their income
commodity
an agriculture or mining product that can be sold
diversity
create variety in their economy
cash crops
sugar, coffee and tea are used to sell for cash
susistence farming
growing food needed to eat
wisconsins cash crops
peas, carrots
UNAIDS
group of UN who try to stop the spread of AIDS
coup
sudden overthrow of government
nationlize
government overtake most business
what are the 4 groups that the population is classified in?
black
white
indian
coloured
what happened to the different groups?
- forced removal from territories
- illegal to have sex with other races
- hair check
- had to carry papers-limited movement
- only whites vote
brain drain
migrant of educated individuals
what percent of africas population is rural?
70%
the tragedy in darfur
- racial based
- by way of arab militia(janjaweed) and the sudese army
- janjaweed entered village on camel or horseback
when did darfur genocide begin?
2003
about how many people have died directly or from attacks?
about 400,000
what does janjaweed mean?
devil on horse
