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Ancient Africa Flashcards

1
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what does boycott mean

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people refuse to buy or use certain products for services

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2
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what does civilization mean

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a society with cities, a government, and social classes

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what does colonize mean

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to settle an area and take control of its government

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what does democracy

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a government over which citizens exercise power

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what does domesticate mean

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adapt them for their own use

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what does literate mean

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being able to read and write

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what does nationalism mean

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a feeling of pride in one’s homeland

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what does pilgrimage mean

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a religious journey

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what does plantation mean

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a large farm where cash crops are grown

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what does Pan Africanism mean

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a belief that all Africans should work together for their rights and freedom

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what does hybrid mean

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a plant created by breeding different types of the same plant
Diversify Economy

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how did the anicent africans use the sharah desert

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the desert used to be covered in water, the water was used for farming

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how did the early africans get their food?

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they were hunter-gatherers. Which peans people who hunt and collect food in the wild

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where did early africans settle

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near the sharah because of its water

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what did early humans start to do to plants

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domesticate them

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what was the Bantu Migration

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The Bantu migration was people who spoke the BAntu language migrated out of the region that is the border between Nigeria and Cameroon today.

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why did the Bantu migration happen

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no one really knows why

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what was spread through the Bantu movment

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Bantu language

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why do some experts think that the bantu migration happen

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to grow certain crops

20
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why was egypt a succesful civilization

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because of the Nile

21
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how did early african kingdoms get their wealth

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the job you have determined your wealth

22
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which european contries traded in africa

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netherlands, france, engliand, portugal, germany,

23
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what did european countries trade for

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gold from the empires of Ghana and Mali. Eventually became enslavment and forced migration of Africans

24
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what was the triangular trade

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Europe took slaves from africa and took them across the atlantic to sell them to the americans

25
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how did the triangular trade route go

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The route went from europe-Africa-America-Europe

26
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what were portugese traders exchanging for slaves

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manufactured goods

27
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how many slaves were being shipped across the atlantic each year

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80,000

28
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how were enslaved africans treated

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very poorly

29
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what was the scramble for Africa

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When european leaders met in Berlin and set rules for which European countries could claim which African land

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what was pan-Africnism

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a movment with the belief that all Africans should work together for their rights and freedom

31
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what did WWll inspire for the Africans

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W|| inspired many people throughout africa to seek freedom for their own nations

32
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what are some education issues in Africa today

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most children have to work on parents farm, going to school sacrifices farm time. Very few and crowded school

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what are some current medical issues in Africa

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life expectantcy is low. The main reason is childhood disease. Insects spread disease. Unclean water and poor living conditions can also cause other diseases

34
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what disease do insects in africa spread

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malaria

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what are some envormental issues in Africa

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2/3 of Africa is desert or dry land. High quality farmland and rain is scarce. These factors make farming hard

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what are some economical issues in africa

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africa has little manufacturing, most econimes are bases on farming and mining

37
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what did africa exchange for manufactured good

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slaves

38
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why did europeans start the slave trade

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for wealth and power

39
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who was Mana Musa and what did he do

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King of mali, brought islam to freedom

40
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what is diveristy economy

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when a country is exporting more than one resource

41
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what is substince farming

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peopel who work small plots of land to provive for themselves

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