Ancient Africa

Question 1

what does boycott mean

Answer 1

people refuse to buy or use certain products for services

Question 2

what does civilization mean

Answer 2

a society with cities, a government, and social classes

Question 3

what does colonize mean

Answer 3

to settle an area and take control of its government

Question 4

what does democracy

Answer 4

a government over which citizens exercise power

Question 5

what does domesticate mean

Answer 5

adapt them for their own use

Question 6

what does literate mean

Answer 6

being able to read and write

Question 7

what does nationalism mean

Answer 7

a feeling of pride in one’s homeland

Question 8

what does pilgrimage mean

Answer 8

a religious journey

Question 9

what does plantation mean

Answer 9

a large farm where cash crops are grown

Question 10

what does Pan Africanism mean

Answer 10

a belief that all Africans should work together for their rights and freedom

Question 11

what does hybrid mean

Answer 11

a plant created by breeding different types of the same plant
Diversify Economy

Question 12

how did the anicent africans use the sharah desert

Answer 12

the desert used to be covered in water, the water was used for farming

Question 13

how did the early africans get their food?

Answer 13

they were hunter-gatherers. Which peans people who hunt and collect food in the wild

Question 14

where did early africans settle

Answer 14

near the sharah because of its water

Question 15

what did early humans start to do to plants

Answer 15

domesticate them

Question 16

what was the Bantu Migration

Answer 16

The Bantu migration was people who spoke the BAntu language migrated out of the region that is the border between Nigeria and Cameroon today.

Question 17

why did the Bantu migration happen

Answer 17

no one really knows why

Question 18

what was spread through the Bantu movment

Answer 18

Bantu language

Question 19

why do some experts think that the bantu migration happen

Answer 19

to grow certain crops

Question 20

why was egypt a succesful civilization

Answer 20

because of the Nile

Question 21

how did early african kingdoms get their wealth

Answer 21

the job you have determined your wealth

Question 22

which european contries traded in africa

Answer 22

netherlands, france, engliand, portugal, germany,

Question 23

what did european countries trade for

Answer 23

gold from the empires of Ghana and Mali. Eventually became enslavment and forced migration of Africans

Question 24

what was the triangular trade

Answer 24

Europe took slaves from africa and took them across the atlantic to sell them to the americans

Question 25

how did the triangular trade route go

Answer 25

The route went from europe-Africa-America-Europe

Question 26

what were portugese traders exchanging for slaves

Answer 26

manufactured goods

Question 27

how many slaves were being shipped across the atlantic each year

Answer 27

80,000

Question 28

how were enslaved africans treated

Answer 28

very poorly

Question 29

what was the scramble for Africa

Answer 29

When european leaders met in Berlin and set rules for which European countries could claim which African land

Question 30

what was pan-Africnism

Answer 30

a movment with the belief that all Africans should work together for their rights and freedom

Question 31

what did WWll inspire for the Africans

Answer 31

W|| inspired many people throughout africa to seek freedom for their own nations

Question 32

what are some education issues in Africa today

Answer 32

most children have to work on parents farm, going to school sacrifices farm time. Very few and crowded school

Question 33

what are some current medical issues in Africa

Answer 33

life expectantcy is low. The main reason is childhood disease. Insects spread disease. Unclean water and poor living conditions can also cause other diseases

Question 34

what disease do insects in africa spread

Answer 34

malaria

Question 35

what are some envormental issues in Africa

Answer 35

2/3 of Africa is desert or dry land. High quality farmland and rain is scarce. These factors make farming hard

Question 36

what are some economical issues in africa

Answer 36

africa has little manufacturing, most econimes are bases on farming and mining

Question 37

what did africa exchange for manufactured good

Answer 37

slaves

Question 38

why did europeans start the slave trade

Answer 38

for wealth and power

Question 39

who was Mana Musa and what did he do

Answer 39

King of mali, brought islam to freedom

Question 40

what is diveristy economy

Answer 40

when a country is exporting more than one resource

Question 41

what is substince farming

Answer 41

peopel who work small plots of land to provive for themselves