Chapter 19 Flashcards
Who discovered Homo habilis?
Mary Leakey
What gorge in northern Tanzania has yielded fossils from 65 individual hominids?
Olduvai gorge
What civilization is emerging in present-day Ethiopia?
Aksum
What was it called when 14 nations convened to lay down rules for dividing up Africa?
Berlin conference
What percentage of East Africa is rural?
Over 70%
What are crops grown for direct sale?
Cash crops
What are the two major East African ethnic groups?
Masai and the Kikuyu
What East African ethnic group lives on the grasslands of the rift valleys of Kenya and Tanzania?
Masai
What is the largest ethnic group in East Africa?
The Kikuyu
What is an uncontrollable outbreak of disease affecting a large population over a large geographic area?
Pandemic
What great city of Africa was founded by a Phoenician queen around 814 B.C.?
Carthage
What is another name for Egypt?
The “gift of the Nile”
Who ruled Egypt during the Middle Kingdom?
Pharoahs
What is the major cultural and religious influence in North Africa?
Islam
What does North Africa’s economy revolve around?
The discovery of oil
What is Algeria’s major export?
Oil
What are North African marketplaces typically located in the old section of a North African town?
Souks
What type of music was developed in the 1920’s by poor, urban children?
Rai
Women hold what percentage of Tunisia’s parliamentary seating?
7%
What island off the coast of Senegal served as one of the busiest points for exporting slaves?
Gorée Island
What are West Africa’s three trading empires?
Ghana, Mali, and Songhai
Who conquered Ghana?
Sundiata, a leader of Mali
What army invaded Songhai, causing the fall of the empire?
The Moroccans
What is a society in which people rely on family lineages to govern themselves?
Stateless society
