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Chapter 10
Africa south of the Sahara
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Social Studies
7th Grade
04/16/2014

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1991
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Africans could vote
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1948
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Apartheid became a law (racial segregation)
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Pan African
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All AFrican descendants work together for freedom
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Hutu
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were the poor people
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Tutsi
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the rich people who had 10 or more cows
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US, Denmark & UK
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first countries to outlaw African slavary
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When Europeans came to Africa they...
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forced Africans to be slaves and 10 to 22 million Africans were slaves
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Moroccan Army
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defeated the Songhai Empire
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Mali was taken over by....
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the Songhai Empire after Mansa Musa died
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Mansa Musa
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ruled Mali from 1312-1332.  Was a good Ruler
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Sundiata
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The Muslim Leader that took over Ghana in 1240 and turned people Muslim.
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Importance of Ghana
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Lots of gold.  Called - "Land of Gold"
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caravan
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a group of travelers
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What did Africans trade Salt for?
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Gold, Slaves and Ivory

To stay alive and to preserve meat

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Bantu
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First group of people in Africa
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The First Humans came from
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Africa
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Africa is rich in
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Gold and Diamonds
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Equitorial Region
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has two rainy seasons and two small dry seasons
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Savannah
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a flat grassland with scattered trees
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Semi-Arid
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area suffering from desertification
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Lake Victoria
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Africas Largest Lake
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Great Rift Valley
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area with steep walled vallys
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Plateau
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raised area of flatland
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Most of Africa creates the landform of a
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plateau
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Mount Kilimanjaro means
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Shining Mountain (because of snow)
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Highest mountain in Africa
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Mount Kilimanjaro
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highland
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land in the southeast
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Pangea
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Continent that Africa was once a part of
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lowland
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land in the northwest
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The four climate regions are
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arid, semiarid, tropical & equatorial
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