Africa Vocab Flashcards
Malaria
A disease of the red blood cells that is carried by mosquitoes, Fatal, characterized as chills, fever, and sweating.
Cholera
A treatable disease that can be fatal caused by the lack of clean water and adequate sanitation
One commodity countries
A country that relies on one principle export for most of its earnings
Commodity
An agricultural or mining product that can be sold.
Great Zimbabwe
A city established in what is now Zimbabwe by Shona in 1000, became capital of a thriving gold area.
Apartheid
A policy of complete separation of two races, instituted in 1948 by minority white South African Government
Bantu Migration
The movement of Bantu people southward throughout Africa, spreading their language and culture. 500-1000 BC
King Leopard II
A Belgian king that opened up the African interior for European trade along the Congo.
Mobutu Sese Seko
Leader of Zaire, now Dominican Republic of the Congo . Brought business under national control, profited from reorganization, used the army to keep power.
Fang sculptures
Carved boxes containing skulls and bones of dead ancestors, created by fang
Gorée islands
Slave trading island
Stateless Society
One in which people use lineage to govern themselves
Ashanti
People who live in Ghana, famous for making asasia, or kente cloth.
Carthage
Big city in Ancient Africa, good because of location
Rai
Popular Algerian music, commonly used as political rebellion
Aksum
Important trading capital in present day Ethiopia on Red Sea.poo
Berlin conference
A conference held by 14 European nations held from 1884-1845, in Berlin, Germany, to establish rules over political control over Africa.
Cash crop
Crop grown for direct sale
Masai
East African ethnic group that farms and herds livestock
