Africa Unit

Question 0

rift valleys

Answer 0

low lying areas caused by the earths playes pulling aprart (found in east africa)

Question 1

mt. kilmanjaro

Answer 1

africa’s highest peak and largest mountain in africa is also a dormat volcano

Question 2

victoria falls

Answer 2

1 mile long
130 yards high
located on the zambezi river

Question 3

serengeti plain

Answer 3

the hot, dry, hard soil
good for grass, not for trees
found near the coast of africa

Question 4

sahara

Answer 4

desert

the size of the USA

Question 5

sahel

Answer 5

shore of the desert

grassland surrounding sahara

Question 6

desertification

Answer 6

expansion of desert to wet areas

Question 7

congo rain forest

Answer 7

central africa near the equator

Question 8

sleeping sickness

Answer 8

when you get botten by the tsetse fly

•fever, severe headach, lymph node swelling

Question 9

endemic

Answer 9

specific to a particular region

Question 10

cholera

Answer 10

cause by a bacterium
sever direhea
gets infected by eat/drinking contaminated foor or water

Question 11

malaria

Answer 11

from misquitos
endemic
every 30 seconds kids die from malaria

Question 12

pandemic

Answer 12

uncontrollable outbreak of disease that effects a large population over a large group/area

Question 13

colonialism

Answer 13

the establishment, maintance, aquiston and expansion of settlements in a territory by one group from another territory

Question 14

stateless society

Answer 14

tribes or families govern themselves. 
old men (tribal leaders)bsettle disputes with other tribes

Question 15

slave trade

Answer 15

effects on the population
population decrease
smaller people left
tribal wars
shift on tribal power

Question 16

inperlism

Answer 16

when england claims a piece of labd then everyone has to give it to england

Question 17

rules for dividing land

Answer 17

call dibs; claim the land

send your army to hold the territory

Question 18

Berlin Conference

Answer 18

countrys (non-africans) came together

Question 19

child armies - how

Answer 19

treaten family
torture
drugs

Question 20

child armies - why

Answer 20

grow up to be soldiers

easy to manipulate

Question 21

child armies - effects

Answer 21

physical
-death
-loss of limbs
psychological
-PTSD

Question 22

child armies - long term effect

Answer 22

lose trust

Question 23

apartheid - south africa

Answer 23

following WWII became independent

Question 24

apartheid - seperateness

Answer 24

1948-1994 75% black 25% white

Question 25

1948 - the population was classified into four groups

Answer 25

black white coloured indian

Question 26

apartheid acts

Answer 26

- forced removal from territories - illegal to have sex with other races - hair check - had to carry papers-limited movement - only whites vote

Question 27

Who led a resistance to apartheid and was jailed in 1964 on robben island?

Answer 27

nelson mandela

Question 28

South Africa had......

Answer 28

the 2nd largest economic growth in the 1960's

Question 29

1990-FW DeClerk

Answer 29

- elected president - starts to repeat ideas of apartheid - mandela released from prison - whites are mad so a whites only mtg is called - fighting begins between old tribes too - sone tribal groups attack whites

Question 30

when was nelson mandela elected the president of south africa?

Answer 30

1994

Question 31

one commodity countries

Answer 31

countries that rely on one or two commodities for their income

Question 32

commodity

Answer 32

an agriculture or mining product that can be sold

Question 33

diversity

Answer 33

create variety in their economy

Question 34

cash crops

Answer 34

sugar, coffee and tea are used to sell for cash

Question 35

susistence farming

Answer 35

growing food needed to eat

Question 36

wisconsins cash crops

Answer 36

peas, carrots

Question 37

UNAIDS

Answer 37

group of UN who try to stop the spread of AIDS

Question 38

coup

Answer 38

sudden overthrow of government

Question 39

nationlize

Answer 39

government overtake most business

Question 40

what are the 4 groups that the population is classified in?

Answer 40

black white indian coloured

Question 41

what happened to the different groups?

Answer 41

- forced removal from territories - illegal to have sex with other races - hair check - had to carry papers-limited movement - only whites vote

Question 42

brain drain

Answer 42

migrant of educated individuals

Question 43

what percent of africas population is rural?

Answer 43

70%

Question 44

the tragedy in darfur

Answer 44

- racial based - by way of arab militia(janjaweed) and the sudese army - janjaweed entered village on camel or horseback

Question 45

when did darfur genocide begin?

Answer 45

2003

Question 46

about how many people have died directly or from attacks?

Answer 46

about 400,000

Question 47

what does janjaweed mean?

Answer 47

devil on horse