Chapter 13 SQ and Chapter Review Flashcards
sub-Saharan Africa
Encompasses all the land below the Sahara
savanna
Grass lands
escarpment
A steep rise from a plain or plateau
Afrikaans
A mix of Dutch and the Zulu language
apartheid
A rigorous policy of racial separation
Swahili
A language that came from the coastal people and the Arabs
cataract
Six falls that the Nile river flows over
Cape Town
The third largest city in souther and Eastern Africa
Zulu
The most famous of the Bantu tribes
Boers
The original Dutch farmers
Nelson Mandela
The jailed ANC leader
Skeleton Coast
The northern shore of Namibia
Cabinda
An isolated region of Angola north of the Congo river
Zanzibar
Was once the Arabs largest slave trading port in Eastern Africa
African Union (AU)
The OAU became the African Union
Why are the river systems if Africa not considered navigable?
Great falls and rapids
What was the name of the South African plan of segregation during the twentieth century?
Apartheid
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Why is the Sahara the single most important geographic factor in the history of Africa?
It divides to groups of people
What two major deserts lie in Southern Africa?
The kalahari and Namib desert.
Between what two countries is Victoria falls located?
Zimbabwe and Zambia.
What are the two significant features of east Africa
The Nile river and the great Rift Valley
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The Horn of Africa is the name for what peninsula?
The wide Somali peninsula
What East African country was never successfully colonized by a European power?
Ethiopia
What is the largest country on Africa?
Sudan
What are the two main branches of the Nile?
The white and blue Nile
What did Sudan originally refer to?
The entire Sahel
