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SI material for Midterm 2 Flashcards

1
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What is considered the hub of East Africa and what are the factors of it?

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Nairobi - Kenya
political and economic center
transportation, finance, and communication
3.5 million people

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2
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What countries rely of Zambezi as a vital source of Hydroelectricity?

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Zimbabwe
Zambia
Mozambique

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3
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Highest peak in Africa

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Mount Kilimanjaro - Tanzania

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4
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Largest river by volume

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Congo

Flows through Ituri and Dem. Rep. of the Congo

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Sahel and its importance

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Ecological transition between Sahara and Ituri

dangers of unchecked population growth and env. degradation

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6
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Is deforestation a problem in Sub-Saharan Africa

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Yes, harder for families to gather wood or supplies especially vegetation as a food source.

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7
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What region is “ground zero” of AIDS

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Southern Africa

(Namibia, Botswana, South Africa, Lesotho Zimbabwe, Zambia, Malawi, Mozambique, and Swaziland

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Pastoralist

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Graze their stock on the stubble of the harvested fields during the dry season then move them to drier uncultivated area during wet season when pastures turn green

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9
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What is the African Union

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continent wide organization whose main role has been to mediate disputes between neighbors

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10
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What conference divided up Africa into countries during colonization? Who held the meeting, where, when, how many countries attended? Were there african leaders?

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13 countries convened in Berlin Conference by invitation of German Chancellor Bismarck in 1884 with no African representatives present

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Kleptocracy

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State in which corruption is so institutionalized that most politicians and government bureacrats siphon off huge percentage of the country’s wealth

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12
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What body of water separates the continent of Africa from Madagascar

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The Mozambique Channel

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13
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What sea separates Africa from Europe?

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Mediterranean Sea

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14
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South Africa is home to the Cape of

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Good Hope

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15
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Africa geologically has what type of crust?

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Old Continental

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16
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What separates Spain from Africa? How is it strategic?

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Strait of Gibraltar

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17
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Country home to the Suez Canal

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Egypt

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18
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Why does the US have such interests in using the Suez Canal?

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Trade?

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19
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What are the 4 major rivers of Africa?

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Niger
Nile
Congo
Zambezi

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20
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Is Djibouti strategic for the US military? Why?

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Yes, we have a naval base there that we send air strikes from

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21
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What sea is joined by the Mediterranean through the Suez Canal

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Red Sea

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22
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Why can’t boats trade use the rivers as means to get products inland in Africa?

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They flow out into the sea

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23
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What geological and geographical features are located in the Eastern Rift Zone? What famous artifact was found here?

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Lucy… Finish Question

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24
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What type of climate does the Cape of Good Hope have?

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IDK

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25
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Nile flows

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north

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26
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Where were the Ashanti located

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idk

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27
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Pretoria

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South Africa

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28
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Luanda

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Angola

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29
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Antananarivo

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Madagascar

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30
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Rabat

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Morocco

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31
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Abuja

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Nigeria

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32
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Kigali

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Rwanda

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33
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Freetown

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Sierra Leone

34
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Mogadishu

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Somalia

35
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Tripoli

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Libya

36
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Bloemfontein

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South Africa

37
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Accra

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Ghana

38
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Nairobi

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Kenya

39
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Cape Town

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South Africa

40
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How many independent states are in Africa

What percentage is that amongst the world

A

57

…..

41
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What is the overall pop of Africa? Estimate what percent that would be in the world?

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920 million

…..

42
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How many regions of Africa are there? What are they

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5 
North
South 
East 
West
Central
43
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What countries consist in South Africa

A

……

44
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Which countries had independence before WWII

A

South Africa…..

45
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What is the largest city in South Africa

A

Johannesburg

46
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What is considered the hub of East Africa

A

Nairobi - Kenya

47
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What is the Capital of Egypt and why is it considered the Paris of the Nile

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Cairo

Great open spaces, grand boulevards and key gov buildings

48
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Tahrir Square is also know as what

A

Liberation square
Arab Spring Movement Protests
In Egypt

49
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What countries make up the Fertile Crescent

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Lebanon, Syria, Northern Iraq, Eastern Turkey

oldest hearth for agriculture domestication

50
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What is Islamic fundamentalism

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advocates a return to more traditional practices within the Islamic religion

51
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Islamism

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challenges the encroachment of global popular culture and blames colonial, imperial, and Western elements for many of the regions political, economic, and social problems

52
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What is salinization and how is this an issue in Middle East?

A

buildup of toxic salts in the soil

depleted lands in agricultural based locations

53
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Hydropolitics

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interplay of water resource issues and politics

54
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What countries are located in the Greater Maghreb region of North Africa?

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Morocco, Algeria, and Tunisia

55
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Mountain chain in the Maghreb

A

Atlas

56
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What is pastoral nomadism

A

subsistence agriculture where people move livestock seasonally

57
Q

Two countries 100% urban

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Bahrain

Qatar

58
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Medina

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Traditional Islamic city features a walled core

59
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Tallest building in the world called and where is it located

A

Dubai’s Burj Khalifa

60
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Monotheism

A

Belief in One God
Judaism
Christianity
Islam

61
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original characteristics differences between Shiite and Sunni Muslims

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Shiite- favored passing on power within Muhammad’s family

Sunnis- advocating passing down power through established clergy

62
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Countries involved in Arab Spring movement

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Tunisia, Egypt, Libya, and Yemen

63
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Arab League

A

regional political and economic organization focused on Arab unity and development

64
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Progression of power in South Africa

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Dutch - British - Independence

65
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Capital of Saudi Arabia

A

Riyadh

66
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Which language family is most wide spread through Sub-saharan Africa

A

Niger-Congo (Bantu)

67
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Territorial state with smallest population

A

Saudi Arabia

68
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Taurus Mountains

A

Southeast Turkey

69
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Atlas and Casablanca Mountains

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Morocco

70
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Elburz Mounatins

A

Tehran

71
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Mt Kilimanjaro

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East African Rift

72
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What is the largest nation in SW Asia dominated by the Altaic language

A

Turkey

73
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Ankara

A

Turkey

74
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Beirut

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Lebanon

75
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Damascus

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Syria

76
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Iraw

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Baghdad

77
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Amman

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Jordan

78
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Riyadh

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Saudi Arabia

79
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Muscat

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Oman

80
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Tehran

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Iran

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