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Ch 19
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Geography
9th Grade
03/11/2010

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Olduvai Gorge
Definition
region in northern Tanzania
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Aksum
Definition
ancient east African civilaztion in Ethiopa emgerged in 100 AD
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Ethiopia
Definition
country that avoided European colonization
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Berlin Conference
Definition
1884-85, 14 European countries met to discuss African colinization and to avoid conflict
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Cash Crops
Definition
coffee, tea, sugar
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Masai and Kikuyu
Definition
two major ethnic groups in East Africa
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Carthage
Definition
814 BC Phoenician queen founded it on the peninsula on the Gulf of Tunis
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Rai
Definition
music developed in 1920's by poor urban children
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Souk
Definition
marketplace in North Africa
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Medina
Definition
old section of North African cities
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Goree Island
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island of coast of Senegal, busiest point for exporting slaves during the slae trade
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Ashanti
Definition
live in Ghana make kente cloth
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Bantu migrations
Definition
2000 BC- Bantu people began moving throughout southern Africa, spreading language and culture
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King Leopold II
Definition
Belgian king who controlled Congo in late 1800's
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Mobutu Sese Seko
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leader of DRC from 1967 to 1997 who used the army to maintain his own power
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Mutapa Empire
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man named Mutota left Great Zimbabwe around 1440 and settled to the north and founded an empire
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apartheid
Definition
complete seperation of blacks and whites
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