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Africa Unit Exam
Review of Key Terms for Africa Geography Unit
Question | Answer |
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Longest record of human activity | Olduvai Gorge |
Ancient kingdom of eastern Africa | Aksum |
Movement of people that linked Africa with a common language & culture | Bantu Migration |
Exploited central Africa for his own personal gain | King Leopold II |
Meeting of European countries to split up Africa | Berlin Conference |
System that separated blacks and whites in South Africa | Apartheid |
1st president of a 'Free' South Africa | Nelson Mandela |
Last president of an 'Apartheid' South Africa | FW deKlerk |
Auto-Immune disease with no known cure | HIV/AIDS |
Intestinal disease caused by unsanitary drinking water | Cholera |
Blood disease spread by insects | Malaria |
Lung disease | Tuberculosis |
Religious group responsible the most killing in Darfur, Sudan | Muslims - Islam |
Rwanda's version of KKK | Interahamwe |
What 2 ethnic groups live in Rwanda | Hutu, Tutsi |
Combatants in the Boer War | British, Dutch |
Country known as the 'Gift of the Nile' | Egypt |
Group that fought Apartheid in South Africa | African National Congress |
3 types of slavery | Chattel, Pawnship, Clientage |
Who protected 1680 Hutus and Tutsis at 'Hotel Rwanda' | Paul Rusasesabagina |
Where in the Sudan are the Christians located in? | Southern - Western |
Created to control the Nile River | Aswan High Dam |
Where do the Masai live? | Great Rift Valley; Kenya & Tanzania |
Cause of Central Africa's poor education system | Lack of teachers |
One of the world's major oil producers | Libya (49%) |
What country escaped from the Berlin Conference | Ethiopia |
What group did the Muslim government hire to wipe out Darfur? | Janjaweed |
What part of Africa suffers from massive oil spills | Niger River Delta |
What country is most well-off in Africa? | South Africa; Egypt a close 2nd |
Why was Great Zimbabwe important? | Gold |
What is desertification? | Loss of arable land |
What part of Africa is suffering from Desertification? | Sahel |
What type of slavery used children, usually girls, as collateral | Pawnship |
What type of slavery were slaves owned like livestock? | Chattel or Plantation |
What type of slavery did slaves owe a part of the labor or crop to a landlord? | Clientage |