Sahara Desert Flashcards
Nile river
Longest river in the world
Sahel
Area between the Sahara dearer and Congo river basin that is Undergoing Desertification
King Leopold ll
Leader of Belgium who convinced European leaders that common trade was in the best interest
East Africa
Region with
- Persistent problems with piracy Warfare and famine in Horn of Africa
- Cash crops such as coffee, tea, sugar
- Crossroads for trade routes
- Mainly rural and agricultural
- Relies heavily on tourism
Sub- Saharan Africa
Where do 80% of the world’s cases of Malaria Occur ?
Olduvai Gorge
Area discovered by the Leakey Family, home to old hominid fossils
Bantu Migrations
Led to the spread of West Africa Culture throughout the rest of Africa
Nelson Mandela
Led the fight against Apartheid in South Africa despite imprisonment from 1963-90
South Africa
Region that:
Faces huge problem with AIDS/HIV, 25% infection rate of higher
- Vast amounts of natural resources: gold, diamonds, metals, uranium, etc.
-Has a country once under Apartheid– whites ruled, blacks as 2nd class citizens.Ended in 1994 due in part to Nelson Mandela
Killer Lakes
Three lakes that sit atop masses of CO2, capable of exploding
1884 Berlin Conference
European Conference where leaders gathered to divide up Africa
African Scramble
This term refers to the time of the dicing and colonization of Africa in the 1800s
West Africa
- region
- Cultural Hearth
- High amount of Cases of Ebola
- Three major empires, Ghana, Mali and Songhai
- Extremely diverse population with thousands of languages on ethnic groups
Why was the Aswan High Dam built?
To provide electricity
Provide water to Africa
Control floods
Serengeti Plains
Flat grasslands located in Kenya and Tanzania, home to many wild animals
Basin
Area that holds water and feeds rivers
Sahara desert
land feature located in North Africa. 20% sand dunes, rest of it is regular desert.
Stateless society
Area with people with no formal government
Portuguese
This nation in Europe explored and mapped Africa in the 1400s
Central Africa
Region which is:
- Originally home to the Bantu people, who migrated and spread their culture
- Centered on the Congo River Basin
Great Rift Valley
Area in East Africa, pulling the Horn of Africa from the mainland. Lots of earthquakes and volcanoes
Mt. Kilimanjaro
Inactive volcano located in the Serengeti plains
Rainforest
15% of the Land surface of Africa is covered in this particular biome. can be found throughout Central Africa
Lake Tanganyika
This lake is the deepest lake in Africa
Malaria
This disease is spread through mosquitos in Africa
What happened when the Aswan High Dam was built
It sank ancient ruins in the area and created lake Nasser
