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Intro to Africa
World Geography Ch 24
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Geography
9th Grade
11/21/2008

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Definition
Number of Countries in Africa
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15
Definition
Percent of worlds population in Africa
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Sahel Region
Definition
Region in Northern Africa
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Bantus and Muslims
Definition
2 cultures that spread across Africa
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gold, ivory, and slaves
Definition
Europeans traded Africans for what 3 things
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political or cultural divisions
Definition
European colonialism carved up the continent without regard for what?
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1960's
Definition
Most African countries were independent by what year?
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plateaus
Definition
elevated blocks of land with flat or gently rolling surfaces
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Plateaus
Definition
Most of the continent of Africa consists of what landform
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Great Rift Valley
Definition
This landform is in eastern Africa and is marked by volcanoes, lakes, and hot springs
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Arid, Semiarid, Tropical Wet, Tropical wet and dry, Mediterranean.
Definition
List the 5 major climates of Africa
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Tropical grassland, Desert, Desert Scrub, Tropical rain forest, Chaparral, Temperate grassland
Definition
List the 6 Ecosystems of Africa
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Nile Valley, Nigeria, the East African Highlands, and some Coastal Areas.
Definition
Africa’s population is concentrated where?
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Storytelling and Oral History
Definition
history passed down by word of mouth
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Subsistence
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Type of farming in most of Africa
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leaching and land degradation
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Problems that agriculture in Africa has
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petroleum and uranium
Definition
Africa's main mineral resources
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Nile River Valley
Definition
Highest population density in Africa
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AIDS epidemic
Definition
This slows the population growth in Africa
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South Africa
Definition
This country is highly economically developed and urbanized
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