Central, South and East Africa
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hansell2springexam on May 16, 2012
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Bantu Migrations | Bantu people moved southward through Africa in 2000 BC |
| King Leopold II | Belgian King who opened European trade along Congo river. Had interest in the Congo |
| Mobutu Sese Seko | Leader of the Congo from 1967-1977. Used army to maintain his own power |
| Colonization | What the French and Belgian did in Central Africa, during this they installed more centralized governments, system of settling new lands that remain under the government of their native land |
| Fang Sculpture | This tribe's art, they live in Gabon, Cameroon, and Equitorial Guinea and famous for wooden masks. A sculpture that inspired Pablo Picasso to use African themes in his work |
| Great Zimbabwe | City established by Shona around 1000 AD, big with gold, City, now in ruins whose many stone structures were built between about 1250 and 1450, when it was a trading center and the capital of a large state. (p. 385) |
| Mutapa Empire | a state founded in the 15th century by a man named Mutota and that extended throughout all of present-day Zimbabwe except the Eastern part |
| Apartheid | a social policy or racial segregation involving political and economic and legal discrimination against non-whites in South Africa |
| Nelson Mandela | South African statesman who was released from prison to become the nation's first democratically elected president in 1994 |
| AIDS | a serious (often fatal) disease of the immune system transmitted through blood products especially by sexual contact or contaminated needles. Big problem especially in Zimbabwe and Botswana |
| Zulu | The name of a tribe of South Africa people who live in the northern part of Natal. They were the dominate tribe in the late 19th century when European Imperialism began. They resisted both the Boers and the British, but ultimately lost their homeland and freedom by 1879. |
| Olduvai Gorge | a gorge in northeastern Tanzania where anthropologists have found some of the earliest human remains |
| Aksum | an african kingdom, in what is now ethiopia and eritrea, that reached the height of its power in the fourth century A.D. |
| Berlin Conference | A meeting from 1884-1885 at which representatives of European nations agreed on rules colonization of Africa |
| Cash Crops | crops, such as coffee, sugar, and tea, raised in large quantities in order to be sold for profit |
| Masai | East African ethnic group that lives on the grasslands of the rift valleys in Kenya and Tanzania. Grease themselves with cow fat to protect themselves from sun and rain. Known for intricate beadwork and jewelry |
| Kikuyu | the largest ethnic group in kenya |
| Pandemic | Disease that occurs over a wide geographic area and affects a very high proportion of the population. |
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