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Africa
Africa
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History
9th Grade
06/13/2013

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desertification
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The expansion of the desert into the Savanna
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Mary and Louis Leakey
Definition
Found a fossil in Tanzania they called Lucy. It was a one of the oldest fossils found that proved human life started in Africa.
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archeologists
Definition
Study objects left by early people
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Geologists
Definition
Study rock to learn when it was formed
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Botanists
Definition
Study Plants and climate
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Pharaoh
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A powerful ruler along the Nile River Civilization
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Polytheistic
Definition
Belief in many gods
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Gift of the Nile
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When the Nile River Overflowed leaving behind silt which was good for farming
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Kush and Axum
Definition
Two Empires in Eastern Africa that traded Egyptian goods into Arabia and along the Mediterranean Sea
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Ghana, Mali & Songhai
Definition
Kingdoms in North West Africa known for the Gold – Salt trade through the Sahara desert.
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Mansa Musa
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Famous Mali King who converted to Islam and spread it throughout North Africa
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Benin
Definition
Famous empire in rainforest near the Niger River that famous for its sculptures
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Middle Passage
Definition
The African slave boat ride across the Atlantic Ocean
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Triangular Trade System
Definition
Europeans brought African Tribes Guns and traded for slaves. Slaves were then brought along to the Atlantic Ocean on the Middle Passage where they then sold for Sugar and Tobacco which was brought back to Europe. European trades made money on every leg of the system
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Diaspora
Definition
The spreading out of a culture
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Scramble for Africa
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In the Late 1800’s European countries rushed down to claim as much land as possible in Africa before the other European countries did.
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Berlin Conference of 1884
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Meeting where Europeans split Africa up amongst the European nations
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Bantu
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Common language of South African Natives
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Boers
Definition
Dutch Settlers in South Africa
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Great Trek
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The Dutch moved north after being defeated by the British in South Africa
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Boer War
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War fought between the British and the Dutch (Boers) for control of South Africa. The British won.
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Shaka Zulu
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Famous South African Leader who fought against the Europeans for control of South Africa
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White Man’ Burden
Definition
A racist Poem by Rudyard Kipling saying that the Europeans had a duty to take over Africa and “civilize” the Africans
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Pan-Africanism
Definition
Unifying all of Africa – African people and nations working together
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Jomo Kenyatta
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Kenyan Nationalist leader who helped Kenya gain independence
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Kwame Nkrumah
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Independence leader of Ghana
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mixed economy
Definition
Government controls some aspects of the economy while the citizens control other parts
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Apartheid
Definition
A strict legal system that separated the races in South Africa
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pass laws
Definition
Laws that forbid where blacks could travel in South Africa. Blacks had to carry passes with them explaining where they could travel.
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pass laws
Definition
Laws that forbid where blacks could travel in South Africa. Blacks had to carry passes with them explaining where they could travel.
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Sharpsville Massacre in 1960
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The White police fired and black protesters which united the protestors further.
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A.N.C.
Definition
African National Congress - A group in South Africa that fought against apartheid
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Nelson Mandela
Definition
South African leader who was a founder of ANC and the first black president of the South Africa
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