Brainscape's Knowledge GenomeTM

Browse over 1 million classes created by top students, professors, publishers, and experts.


See full index

Global > Chapter 11: Africa > Flashcards

Chapter 11: Africa Flashcards

1
Q

What are Africa’s two nicknames?

A

Unexplored continent and the dark continent

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
2
Q

Why is it so difficult to explore Africa?

A 
Sarrraha is in the North
Coast line is not inviting
Rivers are blocked by waterfalls and Rapids
Diseases were rapid
Distrustful and hostile natives 
Limited to Ivor,slaves, and gold
Hot and humid
How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
3
Q

Where were the earliest fossils found?

A

Tanzania

Kenya

Eutheopia

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
4
Q

Where did Ghana stretch?

A

Between Niger and Senegal River

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
5
Q

What was Ghana

A

Center of trade route

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
6
Q

What was traded with the north by Ghana and what was it called?

A

Called camel trade

Traded 
Cloth
Wheat
Pot
Fruits
Sugar
How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
7
Q

What did Ghana receive from trading with the North?

A

Golds
Slaves
Salt

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
8
Q

What was the group of Muslims called who invaded Ghana and what did they tell people

A

Convert or die

Almoravids

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
9
Q

What was another name for the mandinga empire

A

Mali

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
10
Q

What was Mali known for?

A

Trade
Fighting ability
Use of metal to make tools or weapons

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
11
Q

Who was Malis greatest ruler

A

Mansa Musa

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
12
Q

What were Malis two biggest cities

A

Timbuktu

Jenne

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
13
Q

On Malis leader trip to Mecca, what did he take and bring back?

A

Took:
60,000 people
24,000 lbs. of gold

Brought Home:
Architectures to oversee temple building

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
14
Q

What Muslim group caused the fall of Mali?

A

Sung High

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
15
Q

Who was sung highs greatest leader?

A

Askia Mohammed

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
16
Q

What did Askia Mohammed return from his trip to Mecca with?

A

Doctors
Scientists
Mathematicians
Etc.

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
17
Q

What was Askia Mohammed’s greatest contribution

A

Education

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
18
Q

What happened to sing high in 1591

A

Defeated

Everything destroyed

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
19
Q

Where did the institution of slavery start?

A

Portuguese off the coast of Mauritania

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
20
Q

Who started the trade of slaves in Africa?

A

The Africans themselves

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
21
Q

Who expanded slave trade in Africa

A

Europeans
Muslims
Eurobes

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
22
Q

What are domestics

A

Taken to work in a home

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
23
Q

What did slaves often do in order to be treated better

A

Convert to Islam and work in the house

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
24
Q

What was the Europeans motives for having slaves?

A

Slaves could be made into Christains

A way to get rich

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
25
Q

What were the three groups of people that were forced to work and how did they fail/succeed?

A 
Native Americans (ARAWAK)
Refused to work so were killed

Enduntred servents
You pay for them to go and they woke for you
Temporary

Slaves
Permanent and didn’t know the land

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
26
Q

What did prince Henry the Navagator set up on the west coast in the 1400’s and why were they called what they were called?

A

Factories

Produced slaves

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
27
Q

What did bishop Bart delas casas allow each Spanish to do?

A

Bring 12 slaves with them to the new world

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
28
Q

most slaves were sent to the west indies to do what

A

raise sugar cane

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
29
Q

what were the crops grown by the slaves

A

sugar cane
tobacco
cotton
indigo

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
30
Q

what encouraged slavery

A

the demand for crops

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
31
Q

who were taken out of Africa to become slaves

A

the strongest
healthiest
smartest

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
32
Q

what is an abolitionist

A

someone against slavery

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
33
Q

in 1787, a group of English people bought land in Africa. What was this land called? What was it used for? What is the problem? What is the capitol city?

A

Sierra Leone
place for freed slaves to go
often got caught and taken again
freetown

34
Q

Americans bought land in Africa and that became known as…?

A

Republic of Liberia

35
Q

England and USA passed laws that…?

A

did away with slave trade

36
Q

Lincoln issued the … that …?

A

emancipation proclamation

declared slaves free in the south

37
Q

who was the Christian missionary that went to the heart of Africa and what did he do there?

A

Doctor David Livingstone

wanted to expose slave traders

38
Q

what was a result of Livingstones actions

A

opened up Africa which led to scramble to divide it into colonies

39
Q

who explored the Niger river

A

Mungo park

Richard lander

40
Q

who discovered the source of the nile

A

John speke

James grant

41
Q

who finished Livingstones work when he died

A

Henry stanley

42
Q

what were the goals of the missionaries and what did the Africans think about it?

A

religion
education
medicine

sounded good but forced them to be like europeans

43
Q

why did the dutch come to africa

A

trade

44
Q

where did the dutch land when they first came over and what was it used for and what is it called now?

A

tablebay
supply station
capetown

45
Q

who was put in charge of setting up supply stations

A

jan van riebeek

46
Q

why did the europeans what to settle in africa

A

good climate for crops

47
Q

what was the problem and resolution with dutch wanting to live in tablebay (capetown)?

A

bantoos already lived there

were driven out or enslaved by the dutch

48
Q

what did the dutch eventually become known as?

A

bores

49
Q

what happened when great britain won against french and dutch

A

Holand gave cape colony to great britain

50
Q

what caused a big problem

A

britain did away with slavery

51
Q

what did the dutch set up when they left the land the British took

A

natal

orange free state

52
Q

When the Dutch finally found land, what was in that land and what happened when people found out?

A

Diamonds and gold

People came from all over to get the minerals
No longer had privacy and isolation they wanted

53
Q

Why did European countries come to Africa?

A

Prestige and respect rested upon the amount of tertiary one owned

54
Q

What led to the need or raw materials

A

Industrial revolution

55
Q

What happened in the 1800’s that was caused by Europe?

A

Africa was split up

56
Q

Who fought the French for 28 years and who was their leader?

A

Manding people fought

Samori Toure was leader

57
Q

Who fought the British u too 1896

A

Ashanti empire (Ghana)

58
Q

Who defeated who in 1890 and what were the results?

A

Eutheopia defeated Italians

Remained free
Eutheopia and Liberia only two places not under British rule

59
Q

Who gets hired by King Leopoldo to purchase land and what is that land called?

A

Henry stanly

Belgium Congo State

60
Q

What were the problems with the Belgium Congo state?

A

Private company
Purpose was to make a profit
King never stepped foot on land
Treatment of people was terrible

61
Q

What happened in the Congo state when the government stepped in and took over?

A

Better treatment
Health services
Housing

PARENTALISM

62
Q

As a result of parentalism in the Congo state, People could not…

A

Vote
Be educated
Become gov officials

63
Q

Who was the guy who left England poor and be some rich off …? He had a dream of …? He began working … In …? He … that dream. What was this whole process called?

A

Cecil Rhodes

Diamonds and gold

Building a railroad connecting South Africa to Egypt

North
Botfuwana 
Zimbabwe 
Zambia
Catania
Malawi

Never accomplished

Cyro to capetown

64
Q

The bores war was caused by a power struggle between…

A

Cecil Rhodes

Paul Kruger

65
Q

What was the problem and resolution between the Dutch and French?

A

Dutch wanted to be left alone
Moved north but found much hold there

British came and took over
Dutch said British can’t vote

66
Q

What did Germany take

A

Tanganyika

67
Q

What did Italy take

A

Eritrea
Lybia
Somalyland

68
Q

How were colonies divides and how did this cause problems

A

Geographical features

Had to learn diff language and customs
When independence came it made it hard to come together again

69
Q

what happened between the french and British in 1896? What did this allow the British to do? who was it led by?

A

uprising
start a war
Dr. Jameinson

70
Q

who won the early battles of the bores war and why

A

dutch bc they knew the land

71
Q

what two men were sent to fight for the british in the bore war

A

Lord Roberts

Lord Kitchener

72
Q

when the british won the bores war, what did the peace treaty state?

A

british pay bores a lot for damage
dutch states were given self rule
dutch and british states joined to form the union of south africa
two languages were spoken (english and afrikan)

73
Q

britains experience with the colonists led they to believe that the colonists should

A

be trained for their independence

74
Q

through their plan to train the people for their independence the british wanted

A

colonies to one day be free

lead to friendship and more trade

75
Q

what did the french take in africa

A

more than anyone else

french north africa (maroca, algeria, tuneisa)
french west africa (Madagascar)
French equatorial africa

76
Q

what did the french want with africa and how did they acomplish this?

A

draw them closer to france

colonists (all) were made french citizens
all school use french language
elected officals would come take place in french assembly in Paris

77
Q

what did portugal take

A

mozambque
angola
portugeese guinea

78
Q

what was portugal phlisophy and how did they accomplish this

A

make art of portugal

intermarriage
only speak and write portugeese
become christains

79
Q

Before colonizers the village was…

A

The center of living

80
Q

To accomplish getting villagers to go to the city, the Europeans did what

A

Forced work by paying chief to make their tribe members work

Taking all the good farmland so Africans were squeezed out

Europeans taxes Africans to pay for their projects but since Africans dong have money they had to work to pay

Many went willingly because of the excitement of the city

81
Q

What was allowed since Europeans don’t have enough soilders

A

African local leaders were used a puppets

82
Q

What were the outcomes of all this happening to Africa

A

Western education

Improved transportation and communication led to the growth of trade more jobs available

Medicine and improved sanitation

Development of countries

Global (5 decks)

Brainscape helps you reach your goals faster, through stronger study habits.
© 2025 Bold Learning Solutions. Terms and Conditions