Ch4 pp. 156-164 Flashcards
Southern Africa
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Great Escarpment
The edge of the African Plateau
Victoria Falls
One of Africa’s most spectacular formations
Kalahari and Namib
Southern Africa’s largest desert and another desert in southern Africa.
South Africa
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Dutch - Capetown
One of three main groups that were in southern Africa. And the legislative capital of Africa
Zulu + Xhosa
Two tribes northeast of the Orange River
British
Joined in the territorial conflict in South Africa
Boers = “Great Trek”
A group of Dutch farmers that migrated inland meeting the two African tribes who were moving south.
Transvaal and Orange Free State
Two republics that the Boers started
Boer War
A war which the Boers and the British fought that ended in British victory
Afrikaners
The name that the Boers changed to
Apartheia
A program of racial segregation
Nelson Mandela
The leader of the African National Congress ; the first president of South Africa
David Livingstone
Africa’s greatest missionary explorer
Angola and Mozambique
Even though they are located on opposite sides of the continent, they share the same characteristics.
1) Both are former Portuguese colonies
2) Won their independence in 1970
3) Suffered from Communism
Malawi and Zambia
These countries depended on ports from Angola and Mozambique to ship their goods
Zimbabwe
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“Southern Rhodesia”
What Zimbabwe was formerly called
Robert Mugabe
First Communist president
Namibia
Became an independent country in 1990
Botswana
Developed a prosperous mining industry, especially in diamonds
Lesotho and Swaziland
Became independent in 1960
