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geography "ch19 Africa" Flashcards

0
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Who wasn’t invited to attend the Berlin conference

A

No African rulers were invited

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What happened to prevent European wars over Africa

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14 European nations convened the Berlin Conference in 1884 to lay down rules for dividing Africa

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2
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What continues to cause political violence and ethnic conflict

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The Berlin conference divided Africa without regard to where different ethnic groups lived

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3
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What was going on by 1914

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Only Liberia and Ethiopia were free from European control

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4
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What kinds of problems do many people in Africa face

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Health

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5
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What has become a pandemic in Africa

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AIDS

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uncontrollable outbreak of disease affecting a large number of people over a large geographic area

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Pandemic

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7
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Marketplaces

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Souks

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8
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What are common features of life in North Africa

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Souks

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9
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Who entertains the crowds in the Souks

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Storytellers
Musicians
Fortune tellers

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10
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What takes place in the souks

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Bartering

Haggling

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11
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Trading

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Bartering

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12
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Trying to change the price on an item being sold

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Haggling

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13
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What aroma fills the air of the souks

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Lamb
Spices
Animals

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14
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Who is the center of the household in North Africa

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Male

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15
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How many women hold jobs

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Few

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16
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Man and woman do what separately

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Eat

Pray

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17
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Where are things changing for women

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Tunisia

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18
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What percent of Tunisia’s parliamentary seats do women hold

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20%

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19
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What do women manage in Tunisia

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A growing number of businesses in the capital city

20
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What is the capital city of Tunisia

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Tunis

21
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A society in which people rely on family lineages to govern themselves rather than an elected government or monarch

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Stateless society

22
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Who did the stateless societies face challenges from

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19th century European colonized who expected one ruler to govern

23
Q

What two continents were salves traded between

A

Europe

Africa

24
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Where did European traders travel and wait on the coast where merchants brought potential slaves to them

A

Africa

25
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What did the African merchants receive in exchange for slaves

A

Guns and other goods

26
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Where did Europeans transport millions of slaves

A

Americas

Europe

27
Q

What does Africa deal with a shortage in

A

Trained teachers

28
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What rate is high in Africa dealing with education

A

The drop out rate

29
Q

How many languages are spoken in central Africa alone

What is the result of this

A

More than 700

30
Q

What did apartheid ban

What did it establish

A

Social contact between blacks and whites

Segregated schools, hospitals, and neighborhoods

31
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How much of the population do blacks make up

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75%

32
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How much land do blacks receive

A

A small portion

33
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Who led a fight against apartheid

What did it lead to

A

Nelson Mandela

His imprisonment

34
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Who became president and led reform in 1989

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F.W. De Klerk

35
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What part of Africa had a peaceful revolution

A

South

36
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Who was elected president in 1994 after being released from prison

A

Nelson Mandela

37
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A conference of 14 European nations held in 1884-1885 in Berlin, Germany to establish rules for potential control of Africa

A

Berlin conference

38
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A monotheistic religion based on the teachings of the prophet Muhammad, and the biggest cultural and religious influence in North Africa

A

Islam

39
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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

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Ashanti

40
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The movement of the Bantu peoples southward throughout Africa, spreading their language and culture from around 500BC to around AD1000

A

Bantu migrations

41
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Carved boxes containing the skulls and bones go deceased ancestors, created by the Fang, who live in Gabon, Southern Cameroon, and Equatorial Guinea

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Fang sculpture

42
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a city established in what is now Zimbabwe by the Shona around 1000; it became the capital of a thriving gold-trading area

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Great Zimbabwe

43
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A policy of complete separation of the races, instituted by the white minority government of South Africa in 1984

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Apartheid

44
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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

A

Nelson Mandela

45
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What influenced Picasso’s work

A

Fang Sculptire

46
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What people place a high value on wooden stools

A

Ashanti kings

47
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What is the largest influence in North Africa

A

Islam

48
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What empire thrived on the gold trade

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The British empire

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