Unit 2- Africa Flashcards
Afrikaaner
descendants of Boers, Blacks- 70% Whites- 17% Mixed- 9% Asians- 3%
Developed/ Developing nation
own government, stable economy/ goals include political stability, economic diversity, education & services, and mixed success
Africa’s landscape
savanna- grassland, unreliable rainfall
Middle Passage
2 month voyage, many died due to living conditions, slaves chained up below deck, couldn’t move
Slave trade impact
former slaves went back to Africa (Liberia 1850)
end of slave trade
Britian: 1800s, religious dimension
US: Civil War, amendments
European interest in African colonies
missionaries, science expeditions, wealthy playground, good investments, national security, need for sheltered markets
East African languages
Swahili
Mansa Musa
led the empire in Mali, known for leading pilgrimage to Mecca
Ghana/Mali/Songhai similarities
Niger River Valley, Gold-Salt trade route/Mansa Musa, hajj to Mecca/ efficient government, providence with regulation
Apartheid restrictions
strict segregation in education, jobs, salaries, and voting; countries filed sanctions and Africa’s economy suffered
African colonization time period
Great Britain, France, and Dutch
Challenges to independence
difficult to build national unity, loss of ethnic ties
Desmond Tutu
arch bishop, international shaming, “ain’t gonna play sun city”
Cecil Rhodes
“Colossus Rhodes,” British Prime Minister of Cape and he proposed the Cape to Cairo Railroad
