Chapter 11: Africa Flashcards
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What are Africa’s two nicknames?
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Unexplored continent and the dark continent
2
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Why is it so difficult to explore Africa?
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Sarrraha is in the North Coast line is not inviting Rivers are blocked by waterfalls and Rapids Diseases were rapid Distrustful and hostile natives Limited to Ivor,slaves, and gold Hot and humid
3
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Where were the earliest fossils found?
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Tanzania
Kenya
Eutheopia
4
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Where did Ghana stretch?
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Between Niger and Senegal River
5
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What was Ghana
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Center of trade route
6
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What was traded with the north by Ghana and what was it called?
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Called camel trade
Traded Cloth Wheat Pot Fruits Sugar
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What did Ghana receive from trading with the North?
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Golds
Slaves
Salt
8
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What was the group of Muslims called who invaded Ghana and what did they tell people
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Convert or die
Almoravids
9
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What was another name for the mandinga empire
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Mali
10
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What was Mali known for?
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Trade
Fighting ability
Use of metal to make tools or weapons
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Who was Malis greatest ruler
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Mansa Musa
12
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What were Malis two biggest cities
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Timbuktu
Jenne
13
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On Malis leader trip to Mecca, what did he take and bring back?
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Took:
60,000 people
24,000 lbs. of gold
Brought Home:
Architectures to oversee temple building
14
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What Muslim group caused the fall of Mali?
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Sung High
15
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Who was sung highs greatest leader?
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Askia Mohammed
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What did Askia Mohammed return from his trip to Mecca with?
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Doctors
Scientists
Mathematicians
Etc.
17
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What was Askia Mohammed’s greatest contribution
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Education
18
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What happened to sing high in 1591
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Defeated
Everything destroyed
19
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Where did the institution of slavery start?
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Portuguese off the coast of Mauritania
20
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Who started the trade of slaves in Africa?
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The Africans themselves
21
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Who expanded slave trade in Africa
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Europeans
Muslims
Eurobes
22
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What are domestics
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Taken to work in a home
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What did slaves often do in order to be treated better
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Convert to Islam and work in the house
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What was the Europeans motives for having slaves?
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Slaves could be made into Christains
A way to get rich
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What were the three groups of people that were forced to work and how did they fail/succeed?
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Native Americans (ARAWAK)
Refused to work so were killed
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Enduntred servents
You pay for them to go and they woke for you
Temporary
Slaves
Permanent and didn't know the land
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What did prince Henry the Navagator set up on the west coast in the 1400's and why were they called what they were called?
Factories
Produced slaves
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What did bishop Bart delas casas allow each Spanish to do?
Bring 12 slaves with them to the new world
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most slaves were sent to the west indies to do what
raise sugar cane
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what were the crops grown by the slaves
sugar cane
tobacco
cotton
indigo
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what encouraged slavery
the demand for crops
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who were taken out of Africa to become slaves
the strongest
healthiest
smartest
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what is an abolitionist
someone against slavery
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in 1787, a group of English people bought land in Africa. What was this land called? What was it used for? What is the problem? What is the capitol city?
Sierra Leone
place for freed slaves to go
often got caught and taken again
freetown
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Americans bought land in Africa and that became known as...?
Republic of Liberia
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England and USA passed laws that...?
did away with slave trade
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Lincoln issued the ... that ...?
emancipation proclamation
declared slaves free in the south
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who was the Christian missionary that went to the heart of Africa and what did he do there?
Doctor David Livingstone
| wanted to expose slave traders
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what was a result of Livingstones actions
opened up Africa which led to scramble to divide it into colonies
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who explored the Niger river
Mungo park
| Richard lander
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who discovered the source of the nile
John speke
| James grant
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who finished Livingstones work when he died
Henry stanley
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what were the goals of the missionaries and what did the Africans think about it?
religion
education
medicine
sounded good but forced them to be like europeans
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why did the dutch come to africa
trade
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where did the dutch land when they first came over and what was it used for and what is it called now?
tablebay
supply station
capetown
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who was put in charge of setting up supply stations
jan van riebeek
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why did the europeans what to settle in africa
good climate for crops
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what was the problem and resolution with dutch wanting to live in tablebay (capetown)?
bantoos already lived there
were driven out or enslaved by the dutch
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what did the dutch eventually become known as?
bores
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what happened when great britain won against french and dutch
Holand gave cape colony to great britain
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what caused a big problem
britain did away with slavery
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what did the dutch set up when they left the land the British took
natal
| orange free state
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When the Dutch finally found land, what was in that land and what happened when people found out?
Diamonds and gold
People came from all over to get the minerals
No longer had privacy and isolation they wanted
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Why did European countries come to Africa?
Prestige and respect rested upon the amount of tertiary one owned
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What led to the need or raw materials
Industrial revolution
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What happened in the 1800's that was caused by Europe?
Africa was split up
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Who fought the French for 28 years and who was their leader?
Manding people fought
Samori Toure was leader
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Who fought the British u too 1896
Ashanti empire (Ghana)
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Who defeated who in 1890 and what were the results?
Eutheopia defeated Italians
Remained free
Eutheopia and Liberia only two places not under British rule
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Who gets hired by King Leopoldo to purchase land and what is that land called?
Henry stanly
Belgium Congo State
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What were the problems with the Belgium Congo state?
Private company
Purpose was to make a profit
King never stepped foot on land
Treatment of people was terrible
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What happened in the Congo state when the government stepped in and took over?
Better treatment
Health services
Housing
PARENTALISM
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As a result of parentalism in the Congo state, People could not...
Vote
Be educated
Become gov officials
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Who was the guy who left England poor and be some rich off ...? He had a dream of ...? He began working ... In ...? He ... that dream. What was this whole process called?
Cecil Rhodes
Diamonds and gold
Building a railroad connecting South Africa to Egypt
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North
Botfuwana
Zimbabwe
Zambia
Catania
Malawi
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Never accomplished
Cyro to capetown
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The bores war was caused by a power struggle between...
Cecil Rhodes
| Paul Kruger
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What was the problem and resolution between the Dutch and French?
Dutch wanted to be left alone
Moved north but found much hold there
British came and took over
Dutch said British can't vote
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What did Germany take
Tanganyika
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What did Italy take
Eritrea
Lybia
Somalyland
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How were colonies divides and how did this cause problems
Geographical features
Had to learn diff language and customs
When independence came it made it hard to come together again
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what happened between the french and British in 1896? What did this allow the British to do? who was it led by?
uprising
start a war
Dr. Jameinson
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who won the early battles of the bores war and why
dutch bc they knew the land
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what two men were sent to fight for the british in the bore war
Lord Roberts
| Lord Kitchener
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when the british won the bores war, what did the peace treaty state?
british pay bores a lot for damage
dutch states were given self rule
dutch and british states joined to form the union of south africa
two languages were spoken (english and afrikan)
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britains experience with the colonists led they to believe that the colonists should
be trained for their independence
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through their plan to train the people for their independence the british wanted
colonies to one day be free
| lead to friendship and more trade
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what did the french take in africa
more than anyone else
french north africa (maroca, algeria, tuneisa)
french west africa (Madagascar)
French equatorial africa
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what did the french want with africa and how did they acomplish this?
draw them closer to france
colonists (all) were made french citizens
all school use french language
elected officals would come take place in french assembly in Paris
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what did portugal take
mozambque
angola
portugeese guinea
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what was portugal phlisophy and how did they accomplish this
make art of portugal
intermarriage
only speak and write portugeese
become christains
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Before colonizers the village was...
The center of living
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To accomplish getting villagers to go to the city, the Europeans did what
Forced work by paying chief to make their tribe members work
Taking all the good farmland so Africans were squeezed out
Europeans taxes Africans to pay for their projects but since Africans dong have money they had to work to pay
Many went willingly because of the excitement of the city
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What was allowed since Europeans don't have enough soilders
African local leaders were used a puppets
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What were the outcomes of all this happening to Africa
Western education
Improved transportation and communication led to the growth of trade more jobs available
Medicine and improved sanitation
Development of countries
