SI material for Midterm 2 Flashcards
What is considered the hub of East Africa and what are the factors of it?
Nairobi - Kenya
political and economic center
transportation, finance, and communication
3.5 million people
What countries rely of Zambezi as a vital source of Hydroelectricity?
Zimbabwe
Zambia
Mozambique
Highest peak in Africa
Mount Kilimanjaro - Tanzania
Largest river by volume
Congo
Flows through Ituri and Dem. Rep. of the Congo
Sahel and its importance
Ecological transition between Sahara and Ituri
dangers of unchecked population growth and env. degradation
Is deforestation a problem in Sub-Saharan Africa
Yes, harder for families to gather wood or supplies especially vegetation as a food source.
What region is “ground zero” of AIDS
Southern Africa
(Namibia, Botswana, South Africa, Lesotho Zimbabwe, Zambia, Malawi, Mozambique, and Swaziland
Pastoralist
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
What is the African Union
continent wide organization whose main role has been to mediate disputes between neighbors
What conference divided up Africa into countries during colonization? Who held the meeting, where, when, how many countries attended? Were there african leaders?
13 countries convened in Berlin Conference by invitation of German Chancellor Bismarck in 1884 with no African representatives present
Kleptocracy
State in which corruption is so institutionalized that most politicians and government bureacrats siphon off huge percentage of the country’s wealth
What body of water separates the continent of Africa from Madagascar
The Mozambique Channel
What sea separates Africa from Europe?
Mediterranean Sea
South Africa is home to the Cape of
Good Hope
Africa geologically has what type of crust?
Old Continental
What separates Spain from Africa? How is it strategic?
Strait of Gibraltar
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Country home to the Suez Canal
Egypt
Why does the US have such interests in using the Suez Canal?
Trade?
What are the 4 major rivers of Africa?
Niger
Nile
Congo
Zambezi
Is Djibouti strategic for the US military? Why?
Yes, we have a naval base there that we send air strikes from
What sea is joined by the Mediterranean through the Suez Canal
Red Sea
Why can’t boats trade use the rivers as means to get products inland in Africa?
They flow out into the sea
What geological and geographical features are located in the Eastern Rift Zone? What famous artifact was found here?
Lucy… Finish Question
What type of climate does the Cape of Good Hope have?
IDK
Nile flows
north
Where were the Ashanti located
idk
Pretoria
South Africa
Luanda
Angola
Antananarivo
Madagascar
Rabat
Morocco
Abuja
Nigeria
Kigali
Rwanda
Freetown
Sierra Leone
Mogadishu
Somalia
Tripoli
Libya
Bloemfontein
South Africa
Accra
Ghana
Nairobi
Kenya
Cape Town
South Africa
How many independent states are in Africa
What percentage is that amongst the world
57
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What is the overall pop of Africa? Estimate what percent that would be in the world?
920 million
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How many regions of Africa are there? What are they
5 North South East West Central
What countries consist in South Africa
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Which countries had independence before WWII
South Africa…..
What is the largest city in South Africa
Johannesburg
What is considered the hub of East Africa
Nairobi - Kenya
What is the Capital of Egypt and why is it considered the Paris of the Nile
Cairo
Great open spaces, grand boulevards and key gov buildings
Tahrir Square is also know as what
Liberation square
Arab Spring Movement Protests
In Egypt
What countries make up the Fertile Crescent
Lebanon, Syria, Northern Iraq, Eastern Turkey
oldest hearth for agriculture domestication
What is Islamic fundamentalism
advocates a return to more traditional practices within the Islamic religion
Islamism
challenges the encroachment of global popular culture and blames colonial, imperial, and Western elements for many of the regions political, economic, and social problems
What is salinization and how is this an issue in Middle East?
buildup of toxic salts in the soil
depleted lands in agricultural based locations
Hydropolitics
interplay of water resource issues and politics
What countries are located in the Greater Maghreb region of North Africa?
Morocco, Algeria, and Tunisia
Mountain chain in the Maghreb
Atlas
What is pastoral nomadism
subsistence agriculture where people move livestock seasonally
Two countries 100% urban
Bahrain
Qatar
Medina
Traditional Islamic city features a walled core
Tallest building in the world called and where is it located
Dubai’s Burj Khalifa
Monotheism
Belief in One God
Judaism
Christianity
Islam
original characteristics differences between Shiite and Sunni Muslims
Shiite- favored passing on power within Muhammad’s family
Sunnis- advocating passing down power through established clergy
Countries involved in Arab Spring movement
Tunisia, Egypt, Libya, and Yemen
Arab League
regional political and economic organization focused on Arab unity and development
Progression of power in South Africa
Dutch - British - Independence
Capital of Saudi Arabia
Riyadh
Which language family is most wide spread through Sub-saharan Africa
Niger-Congo (Bantu)
Territorial state with smallest population
Saudi Arabia
Taurus Mountains
Southeast Turkey
Atlas and Casablanca Mountains
Morocco
Elburz Mounatins
Tehran
Mt Kilimanjaro
East African Rift
What is the largest nation in SW Asia dominated by the Altaic language
Turkey
Ankara
Turkey
Beirut
Lebanon
Damascus
Syria
Iraw
Baghdad
Amman
Jordan
Riyadh
Saudi Arabia
Muscat
Oman
Tehran
Iran
