Lecture 7 to the end Flashcards
What is mining?
It is the extraction of precious materials, or other useful materials from the earth’s surface through open cast or deep shaft methods
Africa produces?
70% of the worlds platinum, 54% cobalt, 16% bauxite
Colonial mining activities begun in
South Africa in the 1850s
what type of minerals were mined in 1850s in South Africa?
Copper deposits
What raised the profile of colonial mining in South Africa?
Diamonds and gold
about how many individual prospectors arrived in South Africa due to the availability of diamonds and gold?
30,000
Beryl is mined on a small scale in what part of east Africa?
South West Uganda
large deposits of oil have been discovered, in what part of east Africa
Uganda having 6.5 billion barrels of crude oil reserves.
colonial administration introduced for species of tilapia to the lake between which years ?
1952 to 1963
countries with high population in east Africa are
Ethiopia, Tanzania, Kenya, and Uganda
countries with low population in east Africa are
Eritrea, Djibouti, Comoros, Seychelles
children and youth, in east Africa, constitute about ….. percentage of the region’s total population in 2010.
80%
What are the three main races recognized in east Africa?
Africans, Asians and Europeans
what percentage makes up the African population in east Africa?
98%
what are the main stocks through which the African population comes from?
Bantu, Nilotic, Nilo-Hamitic, Cushitic speaking people
What are the oldest forms of transport in east Africa?
Head porterage and walking
All countries of east Africa have railway lines, except
The islands of Zanzibar
aa in what year was the Mombasa-Uganda railway line started?
In 1896
The port of Tanga in northern Tanzania was linked by rail in what year?
1911
The line was extended to Arusha in what year and why?
in 1929 to serve important Sisal growing areas and coffee, producing regions of Mount Kilimanjaro and Meru
Which country is the Miombo Woodlands?
Tanzania
The defunct East African Airways was established as public corporation in what year?
1945
What is a political system?
The government or administration set-up in a country or community
Democracy is…
government by the people through elected representatives
Totalitarian/autocratic refers to…
individual rule or one party rule with no opposition
Political system in pre-colonial EA was dominated by…
several kingdoms
Why was the east African community set up and in what year was it set up?
In 1948 and it was to operate common services in transporting communication administration, education, banking in currency systems
in what year was the east African community recognized and cold east African community organization?
1961
What was the aim of the east African community organization?
to promote regional cooperation and integration among member states.
Uganda is a landlocked country which depends on transportation network of which country for access to the Indian ocean to transact international trade?
Kenya
in what year did Idi Amin’s ouster happen ?
1979
leaders of Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania agreed again in what year to explore future possibilities for corporation?
1984
A treaty was signed in the year….. to reestablish the EAC and this was formally reconstituted in the year …..when the treats he went into force
2000
in what year was the east African community reestablished?
it was officially revised on seventh of July 2000 in Arusha, Tanzania
