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CUBA #8
Mr. Etter's Class
35
History
10th Grade
05/30/2012

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In Africa, _______ has occurred with the move toward multiparty elections
Definition
democratization
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_____ have invested large amounts of capital of Africa
Definition
multinational corporations
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African nationalists often used economic _______ to protest colonial rule
Definition
boycotts
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In the 1970's, black nationalists turned to ______ to end white rule in Indonesia
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guerrilla warfare
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A key feature of _____ is government ownership of large businesses
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socialism
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European imperialism helped spark nationalism in Africa by...
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following policies that created opposition to foreign control
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Through the negritude movement, Leopold Sedar Senghor hoped to...
Definition
show Africans the value of their heritage
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As a result of colonial rule, most African nations had...
Definition
artificial boundaries that included many rival ethnic groups
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A political challenge facing most Africans after independence was...
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building national unity
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African nations have tried to end economic depression by...
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limiting foreign imports
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The population explosion in Africa has resulted in...
Definition
lack of money for schools
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Urbanization has resulted in the...
Definition
weakening of traditional family ties
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The lives of rural people are changing due to...
Definition
new technologies
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A geographic feature that has helped Nigeria's economic development is it's...
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oil resources
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Ethnicity and regionalism in Nigeria led to...
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a tragic civil war
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After Rhodesia declared independence, the UN imposed economic sanctions to force...
Definition
whites to share power with the blacks
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To develop Zimbabwe's economy, the government has followed all but one government policy which was...
Definition
closing most foreign-owned businesses
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Africa's population in the 50's was...
Definition
4.5 million
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Muslim religious services are held in a _____
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mosque
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To reach a ______, villagers discussed all sides of an issue
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consensus
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The African ______ refers to the scattering of Africans throughout the world as a result of the slave trade
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diaspora
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Africans who attended western schools formed an educated _______ in Africa
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elite
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Britain supported the cause of _______ by outlawing the slavery in it's empire in ____.
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abolition,
1834
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The empires of Ghana, Mali, and Songhai were similar in that they all...
Definition
controlled the gold trade
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Mansa Musa is best remembered for...
Definition
increasing the influence of Islam in Mali
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What evidence shows that Zimbabwe was a powerful kingdom in the 1300's and 1400's?
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It's large stone palaces
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The statement "Women held positions of power in some societies, but many societies were patriarchal" best describes...
Definition
The status of women in African societies
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The age-grade system served as a method of...
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teaching children the value of their society
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A belief that many traditional African religions had in common was that...
Definition
people's ancestors could help or harm them
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By the 1600's, European demand for slaves from Africa was growing because of the...
Definition
spread of Islam into west africa
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The Atlantic slave trade led to the...
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disruption of life in parts of west africa
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European imperialism in Africa resulted from the following motives;
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A demand for raw materials, a desire to spread Christianity, and the desire for a large empire
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The fact the Europeans had much better weapons that Africans was a reason that...
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African resistance to english imperialism failed
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An economic effect of European rule in Africa was...
Definition
the growth of a money economy
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The statement "It reduced the influence of local African rulers" best describes the impact of...
Definition
European rule on traditional African cultures
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