Africa Study Guide
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woof_hrsht on January 11, 2010
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Autralopitecus | 5-10 million years ago (years of existance) |
| homo habilis | 2.5 million years ago |
| homo erectus | 1.5 mil. yrs ago |
| homo sapiens | 120,000 yrs ago |
| agriculture | 10,000 years ago |
| out of africa | everyone originated in africa, and then spread out (homo sapiens) |
| multi-regional | homo erectus spread, then homo sapiens evolved in separate places independently |
| lucy | most famous Australopiticus founded in 1974 |
| bantu migration | from 3,000 bc - 1,000 ac |
| navigational system | ships and sails, navigational tools, knowledge |
| caravel | used by Henry the Navigator (triangular sail, more maneuverable, bigger) |
| navigational tools | austolabe, compass, charts |
| India | Where did Henry the Navigator want to go? |
| (to) trade | Why did Henry want to go to India? |
| Islam (Arabic) empire blocking way | Why did henry the navigator take a special route? |
| Vasco de Gama | sails to india (1497) |
| 1430 - 1460 | Henry the Navigator's exploration years |
| Portugal | where is Henry the navigator from? |
| Bartholomew Dias | discovers cape of good hope |
| cape of good hope | southernmost tip of Africa |
| 56 | # countries in Africa |
| 1000 | # languages in africa |
| diverse | is africa diverse or not diverse? |
| drought | lots of africa is inhabitable because of this (starts with d) |
| sahara (desert) | some of africa inhabitable because of this (starts with s) |
| developed | one trait of Mediterranean (starts with d) |
| wealthier | trait of Medirerranean (starts with w) |
| Islam | culture/religion of Mediterranean |
| poor | is africa poor or not poor |
| GDP | how can you check to see if africa is poor (_ _ _) |
| natural resources | diamonds, oil, slaves, gold, ivory, copper, bauxite |
| borders | can cause conflict between people because these were un-thoughtout |
| apartheid | violence and suffering characteristic of... |
| race | what is apartheid based off of |
| limited | what is black's education like? |
| legal, human(minimal) | none of these rights under apartheid |
| press, speech | no freedom of...under apartheid |
| power | whites want to maintain this |
| minority | how are whites compared to places in S.Africa (mi...) |
| information, behavior | whites control these two things so africans don't take power away (i, b) |
| fear | white's actions based off of this |
| powerless | whites make africans feel like this |
| thoughts, emotions | whites affect this (related to self-confidence) |
| slave | owned, porperty |
| slave | very little pay/reward for work |
| slave | no human (locke) or legal rights |
| slave | job perpetual |
| similar | is slavery similar or not similar to apartheid? |
| Ancient Ghana | western edge of Sahara |
| ancient ghana | 1000-1235 |
| ancient ghana | trades: gold, slaves, salt, pickles, bodies, meat |
| ancient ghana | carried camels and islam with them to the north |
| elite | kind of people who knew islam at first |
| mali | larger than ancient ghana |
| mali | centered on senghal river |
| mali | same location as Ghana |
| Timbuktu | center of ancient scholarship |
| craftsmanship, art | areas of specialty in timbuktu |
| mali | gold, slaves, salt, copper, iron (trade) |
| mali | became islamic (elite only) |
| kanem | in southern sahara desert (lake chad) |
| kanem | 1000 - (peak 1200s) - 1600s |
| kanem | ivory, plumes, slaves |
| horses | kanem used these instead of camels |
| islam(ic) | religion of kanem |
| asante | located in area of modern ghana |
| asante | 1670-1870 |
| asante | slaves, gold |
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