African Exam World Cultures
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Created by:
isabellathomas on December 6, 2010
Subjects:
world cultures, african history, african geography
Description:
Cards over Africa
Classes:
Westminster!!!, Mrs.T's English Class
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Africa is the... | 2nd largest continent in the world |
| How many independent nations are there in Africa? | There are 55 |
| What is a Plateau? | An area of flat raised land that is above sea level. |
| Escarpments | Steep Cliffs dividing the plateau from the coastal plain |
| Cataracts | Waterfalls that form as they move towards the coast. |
| What are they four climate zones of Africa? | Tropical wet, Tropical wet and dry, desert, Mediterranean. |
| What are located in the tropical wet climate zone? | Rain forests |
| Leaching happens in what climate zone? | tropical wet |
| What is the largest climate zone? | Tropical wet and dry. |
| How much does it cover? | 1/2 of the continent |
| What is desertification | it is the proses in which semi-desert lands turn into deserts. |
| What causes desertification? | People chop down trees, allow cattle to over graze, and our plants take all the nutrients from the soil. |
| What is the longest river in the world. | The Nile river |
| What are some natural resources in Africa? | Copper, diamonds, cobalt, oil and gold. |
| How much of Africa is covered in deserts? | 40% of Africa is covered in deserts. |
| What was the main resource in the savanna? | Gold |
| where did the most powerful kingdom first develop. | In West Africa. |
| What titles are used to refer to ruler? | King of the gold or ghana. |
| What was the land later called... | Ghana |
| What group attacked this kingdom in 1076. | The Almoravids. |
| What empire did the Mandingos set up. | The empire of Mail. |
| Who ruled this area for 30 years? | Mansa Musa |
| What religion did he adopt? | Islam |
| What new empire arose in West Africa after the decline of the Mandingos? | The empire of Songhai. |
| Who was the leader when the empire reached its peak? | Askia Muhammed. |
| What group caused this empire to fall in 1591? | The Morocos |
| Why were they able to defeat the people that were living there? | They had superior weaponry.(guns and cannons) |
| What kingdom developed on the banks of the Niger River? | The kingdom of Benin. |
| Who was considered their most glorious leader? | Eware |
| What is a city-state? | It is a large town that has its own government. |
| What were some famous East African city-states? | Manlindi, Mombasa, Kilwa, and Sofala, |
| Why was religion important to the people of African societies? | It brought the community together and helped them understand their origins. |
| What role did ancestors play in African lives? | They believed that they could help them or hurt according to how they prayed. |
| How did Africans feel about nature and objects on Earth. | They believe that everything on earth has a living spirit because it was created by the Supreme Being. |
| What was the role of Diviners? | Served as interpreters to the divine world and explained the causes of Misfortune. |
| What was the role of healers? | to seek the cause if someone fell ill and to seek the solution. |
| When did Islam spread to Africa? | 800 A.D |
| What does jihad mean. | It means holy war. |
| Why is it used? | to purify Islam. |
| Who was the British doctor who spent most of his life in Africa? | David Livingstone |
| What did he want to accomplish? | To open highways for commerce and Christianity to pass into the interior of Africa. |
| What was the name of the river that the doctor discovered. | the Zambezi River |
| What did he call the falls there? | Victoria Falls |
| What was the name that the native people gave these falls? | The Smoke that Thunders. |
| What 2 African countries were NOT claimed by Europe in 1914? | Liberia and Ethiopia. |
| What were 3 motives for interests in Africa. | Economic, political, and Religious. |
| How many countries attended the Berlin conference? | 14 |
| What were 4 material improvements made by the Europeans. | built roads, set up telegraphs, built railroads, and added transportation and communication systems |
| What was the slogan used by African nationalists in the early 1900's | Africa for the Africans. |
| What was the first black African nation to win its Independence. | Ghana |
| What is the name of the idea to unite African countries politically. | Pan-Africa |
| Which African nation did not join the Organization of African Unity | South Africa |
| What two thing did the developing African nations in the UN want. | access new technology and to sell their own manufactured goods in markets controlled by the industrial world. |
| What was the policy of most African countries to the super powers during the Cold War. | Nonalignment, It means did not favor ether side |
| How many years did Nelson Mandela spend in prison | 27 |
| What is the percentage of whites in South African | 16% |
| What is the percentage of blacks in South Africa | 70% |
| What is the percentage of Asians in South Africa | 3% |
| What is the percentage of mixed backgrounds in South Africa. | 11% |
| apartheid | Laws (no longer in effect) in South Africa that physically separated different races into different geographic areas. |
| Which 2 black South Africans won the Nobel Peace Prize. | Luthuli and Tutu |
| What historic changes did make in the mid 80 and and early 90's | repealed the pass laws, opened SOME segregated faculties, let the AMC member out of jail, lifted the ban on groups against apartheid. |
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