Page One Flashcards
How did European colonization impact political borders in Africa?
Ethnic groups were often divided by national borders.
Why does desertification happen?
Harmmaton, droughts
Why is the Congo river important economically in Central Africa?
Water for agriculture and fish for food.
What influences the population patterns found in the democratic Republic of the Congo?
What resources and transportation routes.
How does the harmmaton contribute to the process of desertification?
It blows hot winds that carry dust.
What geographic factor influences the settlement patterns in Botswana and Namibia?
They lift up north away from the arid climate in the south.
What events in 1869 increased European interest in Africa?
The discovery of diamonds and the finished build of the Suez Canal.
