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Herbert Africa History
Africa History
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Social Studies
7th Grade
04/14/2013

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Carving up Africa into colonies
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What does "European partitioning" of Africa mean?
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borders to colonies that combined ethnic groups together into the same colony
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What does "artificial boundaries" mean when talking about Africa?
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conflict and civil war between ethnic groups
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What did the European partitioning of Africa lead to AFTER those colonies became independent?
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nationalism
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South Africa, Kenya, and Nigeria all wanted freedom from the British. They wanted to rule themselves. What feeling of wanting your own country led to the independence movements?
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Apartheid
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South Africa - the separation of races. Non-whites had almost no rights.
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F.W. De Klerk
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South African president who freed Nelson Mandela and helped end Apartheid
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Nelson Mandela
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Helped De Klerk end Apartheid. Became South Africa's first black president
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Pan-African Movement
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Idea that all African countries should work try to become independent from colonial rules; all African countries should work together to solve African problems.
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Arab Muslims
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Main ethnic group and religion in North Sudan
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Black ethnic groups/Chritians
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Main groups and religion in South Sudan
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North Sudan
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The part of Sudan that Great Britain developed economically
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civil war
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The result of the economic, ethnic, and religious differences in Sudan
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South Sudan became its own country.
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End result of the civil war in Sudan
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