Ch4 pp. 156-164

Question 1

Southern Africa

Answer 1

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Question 2

Great Escarpment

Answer 2

The edge of the African Plateau

Question 3

Victoria Falls

Answer 3

One of Africa’s most spectacular formations

Question 4

Kalahari and Namib

Answer 4

Southern Africa’s largest desert and another desert in southern Africa.

Question 5

South Africa

Answer 5

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Question 6

Dutch - Capetown

Answer 6

One of three main groups that were in southern Africa. And the legislative capital of Africa

Question 7

Zulu + Xhosa

Answer 7

Two tribes northeast of the Orange River

Question 8

British

Answer 8

Joined in the territorial conflict in South Africa

Question 9

Boers = “Great Trek”

Answer 9

A group of Dutch farmers that migrated inland meeting the two African tribes who were moving south.

Question 10

Transvaal and Orange Free State

Answer 10

Two republics that the Boers started

Question 11

Boer War

Answer 11

A war which the Boers and the British fought that ended in British victory

Question 12

Afrikaners

Answer 12

The name that the Boers changed to

Question 13

Apartheia

Answer 13

A program of racial segregation

Question 14

Nelson Mandela

Answer 14

The leader of the African National Congress ; the first president of South Africa

Question 15

David Livingstone

Answer 15

Africa’s greatest missionary explorer

Question 16

Angola and Mozambique

Answer 16

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

Question 17

Malawi and Zambia

Answer 17

These countries depended on ports from Angola and Mozambique to ship their goods

Question 18

Zimbabwe

Answer 18

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Question 19

“Southern Rhodesia”

Answer 19

What Zimbabwe was formerly called

Question 20

Robert Mugabe

Answer 20

First Communist president

Question 21

Namibia

Answer 21

Became an independent country in 1990

Question 22

Botswana

Answer 22

Developed a prosperous mining industry, especially in diamonds

Question 23

Lesotho and Swaziland

Answer 23

Became independent in 1960