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Africa Unit Flashcards

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Desertification in North Africa

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The Sahara is expanding causing parts of the Sahel to become desert

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Physical geography of North Africa

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Sahara Desert, Sahel, ergs, regs

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What are ergs?

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Sand dunes

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What are regs?

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Rocky, dry earth

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Where did most civilizations settle in North Africa?

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Mediterranean shore, oases, and Nile River

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What are the two ancient civilizations of North Africa?

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Egyptians and Carthage

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Cultural diffusion in North Africa

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Muslim invaders, Greeks, Romans, Ottomans, Arabic influence

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Arab spring

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Started in Tunisia and spread throughout North Africa and eventually Southwest Asia

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What are the positives of the Aswan High Dam?

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Contains flood waters, helps with irrigation

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What are the negatives of the Aswan High Dam?

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No silt, too much salt, evaporation, and mosquitoes

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Physical geography of West Africa

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Sahara Desert, Niger River, Atlantic coastline, diverse vegetation and climate

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What are the traditional cultures of West Africa?

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Ghana, Mali, and Songhai; traded gold and salt

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What is a stateless society?

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A group of people with no central government, but are governed by family linages

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What is historical about West Africa?

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Major center for the African slave trade, Gorée Island served as a major export point

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Physical geography of Central Africa

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Congo River, Central African Rainforest

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What is the main traditional culture of Central Africa?

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Bantu

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What is significant about the Bantu Migrations?

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Spread their language, linked diverse areas together through common traits and language

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What is colonialism?

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The control of a group of people, dependent nation or territory by an exterior state

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What happened in the Berlin Conference?

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Divided Africa among 15 colonial powers

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Physical geography of East Africa

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Mt. Kilimanjaro, Mt. Kenya, Rift Valley

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How long is the Great Rift Valley?

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6,000 miles

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What two lakes were created by the Great Rift Valley?

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Lake Tanganyika and Lake Nyasa

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What is the significant about the Olduvai Gorge?

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Considered the birthplace of humanity, contains a continuous record of human history

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What is the traditional culture in East Africa?

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Aksum

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Economics for East Africa

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Agriculture and tourism drive the economics

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When did South Sudan become an independent country?

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2011

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Physical geography of Southern Africa

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Namib and Kalahari Deserts, valuable natural resources

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What are the ancient empires of Southern Africa?

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Great Zimbabwe and Mutapa Empire

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What are the ethnic influences in Southern Africa?

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Dutch, Great Britain, Asians

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What is apartheid?

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Complete separation of races, instituted in South Africa in 1948 and abolished in 1994

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What are the current issues of Southern Africa?

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Malaria, cholera, tuberculosis, and HIV/AIDs

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What is malaria?

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Infectious blood disease passed by mosquitoes

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What is cholera?

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Intestinal infection that is transmitted by contaminated water supplies

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What is tuberculosis?

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Bacteria that attacks the lungs

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What is HIV?

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Virus contracted through unprotected sex and sharing of needles

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What is AIDs?

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HIV that escalated too far, destroys the immune system

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What can solve the current issues in Southern Africa?

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Education and medical care

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What are the 8 Components of Genocide?

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Classification, Symbolization, Dehumanization, Organization, Polarization, Preparation, Extermination, and Denial

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What is classification?

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Us and them

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What is Symbolization?

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Give names and symbols to the different groups

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What is Dehumanization?

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Group members are equated with animals, vermin, insects, or diseases

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What is Organization?

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Either by the state or by terrorist groups

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What is Polarization?

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Extremists drive the groups apart, laws may forbid inter-marriage or social interaction, propaganda

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What is Preparation?

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Victims are identified and separated out, death lists are created

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What is Extermination?

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Murder begins and becomes mass murder

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What is Denial?

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Attempt to cover up evidence, blame what happened in the victims

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