Sub- Saharan Africa Flashcards
Three main Climates
Desert, Steppe, Tropical Wet and Dry
What Climate Region does most of the population live
Tropical Wet and Dry
Main Natural Resource
Lots of ores very valuable
How is Global Warming effecting Food
The desert and step are growing meaning there is going to be a lot more food shortage ( there is already struggling )
Global warming effecting water
Again, with global warming the water is getting worse than it already is
Why/ what are they poaching
Elephants are a main target for their ivory.
Definition of poaching
Killing animals illegally
Boarders decided in 1880
Tribes decided boarders based on physical features
1913 boarders
Decided completely by the countries without consulting Africa
Name of the conference that decided how to split Africa
Congress of Berlin
Current Maps
It is a combination of the before and after and it is kinda chunky instead of being separated by physical features
First guy to come ‘colonize’ Europe
Cecil Rhodes
Imperialist definition
Trying to go build an empire/ concurring
How many countries came to the Congress of Berlin
15
European views on Africans
They are not human therefore we can treat them poorly
Pros of European colonization ( 5 )
- spread religion
- Education
- infrastructure
- weapons
- language ( didnt do it on purpose but helps them now with trading, etc )
Cons of European colonization in Africa
- slaves in their own country
- their work did not benefit them
- destroyed culture
- chaos when Europe left
- power vacune
what is a power vacune
When Europe left there was nobody qualified to lead which made a mess. Think of the example of PD
What countries were in the trading triangle
US, Europe, and Africa
What did the US bring to the Trading Triangle
Raw material like
- cotton
- sugar
- tobacco
Needed labor
What did Europe bring to the Trading Triangle
turn raw materials into
- clothes
- rum
Needed raw materials
What did Africa bring to the trading Triangle
Needed finished goods
Had labor
What is the middle passage
The bad boat trip while being traded to the US from Africa
Who was sold into slavery
Criminals ( or people that were captured during war )
Mainly men
What was the cat of nine tales
A weapon with three leather straps with bullets in them ( 9 ) to split the backs of slaves that didnt want to listen
The viscous cycle or war, weapons, and slavery
Needed money, sold captured, needed more captured so went to war to capture, needed weapons for war, needing money, needing slaves.
Indigerned servants
The ‘owner’ payed for a ( Usually European ) person to come to the US that could not afford it. They re-pay with 7 years of service
How many were sold into slavery
About 10 million
Problem with more men being in slaved
More women, therefore less children because it takes two to tango
What caused the economic collapse
When we stopped buying slaves, then Africa had almost nothing to export, but still needed to buy
Racism problem for Europeans
Can’t enslave Christians so they enslaved the ‘non’ humans
Tight pack on a boat
As many people as possible, but many died bc of poor conditions
Loose pack on a boat
Took better care and took less, so sold the slaves for more in the market
What did men have to do on the boat
Dance to stay in shape
True or false: sometimes women and children stayed above deck while men stayed below
True
True or false: some slaves committed suicide rather than being slaves
True
True or false: most people in Africa live in huts
False
