geography "ch19 Africa" Flashcards
Who wasn’t invited to attend the Berlin conference
No African rulers were invited
What happened to prevent European wars over Africa
14 European nations convened the Berlin Conference in 1884 to lay down rules for dividing Africa
What continues to cause political violence and ethnic conflict
The Berlin conference divided Africa without regard to where different ethnic groups lived
What was going on by 1914
Only Liberia and Ethiopia were free from European control
What kinds of problems do many people in Africa face
Health
What has become a pandemic in Africa
AIDS
uncontrollable outbreak of disease affecting a large number of people over a large geographic area
Pandemic
Marketplaces
Souks
What are common features of life in North Africa
Souks
Who entertains the crowds in the Souks
Storytellers
Musicians
Fortune tellers
What takes place in the souks
Bartering
Haggling
Trading
Bartering
Trying to change the price on an item being sold
Haggling
What aroma fills the air of the souks
Lamb
Spices
Animals
Who is the center of the household in North Africa
Male
How many women hold jobs
Few
Man and woman do what separately
Eat
Pray
Where are things changing for women
Tunisia
What percent of Tunisia’s parliamentary seats do women hold
20%
What do women manage in Tunisia
A growing number of businesses in the capital city
What is the capital city of Tunisia
Tunis
A society in which people rely on family lineages to govern themselves rather than an elected government or monarch
Stateless society
Who did the stateless societies face challenges from
19th century European colonized who expected one ruler to govern
What two continents were salves traded between
Europe
Africa
Where did European traders travel and wait on the coast where merchants brought potential slaves to them
Africa
What did the African merchants receive in exchange for slaves
Guns and other goods
Where did Europeans transport millions of slaves
Americas
Europe
What does Africa deal with a shortage in
Trained teachers
What rate is high in Africa dealing with education
The drop out rate
How many languages are spoken in central Africa alone
What is the result of this
More than 700
What did apartheid ban
What did it establish
Social contact between blacks and whites
Segregated schools, hospitals, and neighborhoods
How much of the population do blacks make up
75%
How much land do blacks receive
A small portion
Who led a fight against apartheid
What did it lead to
Nelson Mandela
His imprisonment
Who became president and led reform in 1989
F.W. De Klerk
What part of Africa had a peaceful revolution
South
Who was elected president in 1994 after being released from prison
Nelson Mandela
A conference of 14 European nations held in 1884-1885 in Berlin, Germany to establish rules for potential control of Africa
Berlin conference
A monotheistic religion based on the teachings of the prophet Muhammad, and the biggest cultural and religious influence in North Africa
Islam
A people who live in what is now Ghana, in West Africa, and who are known for their artificial weaving of colorful Asasia, or kente cloth
Ashanti
The movement of the Bantu peoples southward throughout Africa, spreading their language and culture from around 500BC to around AD1000
Bantu migrations
Carved boxes containing the skulls and bones go deceased ancestors, created by the Fang, who live in Gabon, Southern Cameroon, and Equatorial Guinea
Fang sculpture
a city established in what is now Zimbabwe by the Shona around 1000; it became the capital of a thriving gold-trading area
Great Zimbabwe
A policy of complete separation of the races, instituted by the white minority government of South Africa in 1984
Apartheid
One of the leaders of the African national congress who led a struggle to end apartheid and was elected president in 1994 in the first all-race electron in South Africa
Nelson Mandela
What influenced Picasso’s work
Fang Sculptire
What people place a high value on wooden stools
Ashanti kings
What is the largest influence in North Africa
Islam
What empire thrived on the gold trade
The British empire