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Sub-saharan africa Flashcards

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1
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africa is the ______ largest continent by both area and population

A

second

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africa often appears (smaller/larger) due to map distortions

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smaller

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the sahara is the _____ largest desert in the world, including … above it

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third; antarctic and arctic “deserts”

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4
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what expansion dominated north africa

A

islamic

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5
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what part of africa has the strongest Islamic influence

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eastern coast, especially near the horn of africa

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6
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the horn of africa extends into what sea

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arabian

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7
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the splitting of africa contributes to the formation of the african great lakes, including

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lake victoria and tanganyika

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what is the largest lake in africa by area?

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lake victoria

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the sahel is …

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grassland/transition-zone that blends human and geographical characteristics

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10
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2 largest african language families

A

afro-asiatic (berber and arabic)
niger-congo (bantu)

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one common Bantu language that is the lingua franca for much of africa

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swahili

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12
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africans were sold into slavery as part of the ____ and ____ slave trades

A

atlantic; arab

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13
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the triangular trade consisted of…

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sugar, tobacco, cotton to europe from america
textiles, rum and goods to africa from europe
slaves to america from africa

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during the scramble for africa, the country went from _________ to ___________

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imperialism; colonialism

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in 1870, only __% of africa was under european control but by 1914, __% was under european control

A

10; 90

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two areas/countries that weren’t under european control during the scramble for africa

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ethiopia and liberia

17
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mostly ______ controlled the west and ______ controlled the east of africa

A

french; british

18
Q

who is the face of british colonialism in africa and what did he found?

A

cecil rhodes; DeBeers diamond company

19
Q

who was the rebel leader that established Zimbabwe

A

robert mugabe

20
Q

who was mugabe’s successor?

A

mnangagwa

21
Q

zimbabwe consistently ranked poorly on measures of

A

corruption

22
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what did the apartheid do in south africa and who overthrew it?

A

legalized racism; nelson mandela

23
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what country is sub-saharian africa’s largest country by population and GDP? what contributes to this?

A

nigeria; large oil reserves in the gulf of guinea

24
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rates of __________ in africa are very high (where do they rank in the world?)

A

urbanization; fastest in the world!

25
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lagos has __ million people in its city

A

25

26
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mega-cities

A

populations > 5 million

27
Q

1994 rwandan genocide

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1959-62: tutsi monarchy was replaced by hutu republic

1990: rwandan civil war

1994: hutu president was shot down by tutsi rebels
- hutus (majority) revolted against tutsi (minority)
- ~800,000 killed in state-ordered genocide, about 70% of all tutsi’s
- reignites civil war but tutsi’s win, hutu retreating to DRC

28
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american troops withdrew from _____ in march 1994; “no national interest”

A

somalia

29
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congo is fomerly a colony of ______

A

belgium

30
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who was overthrown in the first congo war

A

mobutu sese seko

31
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congo wars/”great african war”

A

substantial ethnic violence, hundreds of thousands dead

32
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second congo war (1998-2003)

A

Kabila, after taking power in first war, expels uganda and rwanda militaries, and they respond by backing insurgents against him resulting in assassination

conflict continues with M23/march 23 movement as valuable resources at stake in eastern congo

33
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conflict minerals/diamonds

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referring to conflicts near ivory coast around materials such as coltan, cobalt, tin, gold, diamonds, etc.

34
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what militant group from nigeria aligned with ISIS

A

Boko Haram

35
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what militant group operates in somalia, kenya, and ethiopia and who’s raids and bombings killed dozens-hundreds each year

A

Al-Shabaab

36
Q

what diseases are widespread in africa

A

HIV/AIDS

37
Q

what may be the cause of a ethiopia-eritrea war?

A

border conflicts

38
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what is the mean age of africa? how does it relate to the rest of the world?

A

18; young!

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