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| Name the four major climate zones of Africa |
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| tropical wet, tropical wet and dry, desert, Mediterranean |
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| Describe the Mediterranean climate |
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-mild climate
-a lot like Los Angeles |
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-40% of Africa
-Desert in Arabic-Sahara
-No rainfall for 10 years possible
-Highway and a barrier
-Namib- driest place on Earth
-Kalahari grows wild melons sometimes |
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| Most of Africa is what type of landform? |
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| steep cliffs that results from erosion or faulting and separates two relatively level areas of differing elevations. |
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| How have Oceans benefited Africa? |
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| How do escarpments affect hydroelectric power? |
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| -lots of escarpments in Great Rift valley, (?) |
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-communicated with the gods
-believed they had the power to foretell events
-done to guarantee a bountiful harvest |
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| How does the consensus system reflect traditional values of Africa? |
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| showed that Africans favored a voice in government |
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| How do family patterns reflect the values of traditional Africa? |
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| matrilineal societies show that men had higher status (owned property, men moved into wife's house) |
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| What to age grades say about traditional African values? |
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| girls and boys had separate responsibilities |
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| What two languages are mixed to create Swahili? |
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| What effects did the Atlantic slave trade have on African society? |
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-killed millions on the Middle Passage
-Cast African tribes against one another
-led to African diaspora |
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| What were the main reasons for imperialism in Africa? (explain) |
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-economic - looking for new markets and raw materials like rubber, oil, and tin
-political - gain colonies in Africa for more power
-social darwinism/racism - in the struggle between nations, the fit are victorious
humanitarian - moral responsibility to civilize primitive people |
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| What was the idea that the Europeans had to bring Western democracy, capitalism, and Christianity? |
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| What occurred in the late 1800s that increased interest in Africa? |
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| The Industrial Revolution |
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| Describe the advances in technology that made colonization easier for Europeans |
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-steamships
-new mercenaries |
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| medical missionary and explorer in Adrica |
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| nineteenth century Egyptian ruler |
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| What is known as "the lifeline to India?" |
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| European nations ruled over colonies with this type of rule |
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| Which European nation used direct rule? |
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| tried to make all Africans aware of heritage |
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| Who was Leopold Sedar Senghor? |
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| Negritude movement (value heritage) |
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| What were the effects of European colonization? |
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-built roads, bridges, railroads
-dredged harbors
-set up schools, introduced new crops and farming methods
-Africans wanted same modern technology and SOL
-New nations weren't equipped for independence
-very small nations couldn't meet economic needs |
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| What political issues did independent African nations face? |
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-loyalty to family, not government
-economic differences
-civil wars
-one-party rule
-military rule |
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What economic issues did independent African nations face?
Include: what was the key issue in forming the economic system? |
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-How much control should the government have over the economy????
-some tried socialism, end special privileges, failed
-mixed economies made money for foreign investors
-food v cash crop farming
-population growth, food needs
-drought
-dependence |
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| Negative effects of rapid urbinization? |
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-jobs are scarece
-shantytown apartments
-no money
-"new" urban elite
-changing social dynamics (good/bad?) |
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