MT 5 Africa Notes Flashcards
a mountainous part of a country, the higher land is cooler and wetter, the lower land is warmer and drier
Highland Climate
the raising of livestock for food by moving herds from place to place to find pastures and water
nomadic herding
a very small business with few or no employees
micro-enterprise
a system in which 1 country rules another area as a colony. The ruling country controls trade with its colony for its own benefit
colonialism
growing crops just for family, not enough to sell to others
subsistence farming
-tried to end apartheid laws
-went to jail for 27 years, was the most famous prisoner
-1st black president of South Africa
-established truth and reconciliation commission
Nelson Mandela
city, not very many
Urban
the former official South African policy of separating people according to race, more power to whites
Apartheid
country, most of the continent is this
Rural
in Western Africa, its a dry grassland
Sahel
the division of work into two categories based on gender. The result is that men and women do different kinds of work
gender-based division of labor
a war between groups living in the same country
civil war
ending of conflict between groups
reconciliation
a settlement made up of crudely built shacks
shantytown
What are 5 major landforms in Africa?
Sahara, Sahel, Mt. Kilimanjaro, Nile River, Congo River
What are the main climate regions that run north and south from the Equator?
North: Arid
South: Tropical
