Flashcards in geography "ch19 Africa" Deck (49):
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What happened to prevent European wars over Africa
14 European nations convened the Berlin Conference in 1884 to lay down rules for dividing Africa
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Who wasn't invited to attend the Berlin conference
No African rulers were invited
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What continues to cause political violence and ethnic conflict
The Berlin conference divided Africa without regard to where different ethnic groups lived
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What was going on by 1914
Only Liberia and Ethiopia were free from European control
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What kinds of problems do many people in Africa face
Health
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What has become a pandemic in Africa
AIDS
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uncontrollable outbreak of disease affecting a large number of people over a large geographic area
Pandemic
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Marketplaces
Souks
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What are common features of life in North Africa
Souks
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Who entertains the crowds in the Souks
Storytellers
Musicians
Fortune tellers
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What takes place in the souks
Bartering
Haggling
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Trading
Bartering
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Trying to change the price on an item being sold
Haggling
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What aroma fills the air of the souks
Lamb
Spices
Animals
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Who is the center of the household in North Africa
Male
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How many women hold jobs
Few
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Man and woman do what separately
Eat
Pray
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Where are things changing for women
Tunisia
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What percent of Tunisia's parliamentary seats do women hold
20%
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What do women manage in Tunisia
A growing number of businesses in the capital city
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What is the capital city of Tunisia
Tunis
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A society in which people rely on family lineages to govern themselves rather than an elected government or monarch
Stateless society
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Who did the stateless societies face challenges from
19th century European colonized who expected one ruler to govern
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What two continents were salves traded between
Europe
Africa
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Where did European traders travel and wait on the coast where merchants brought potential slaves to them
Africa
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What did the African merchants receive in exchange for slaves
Guns and other goods
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Where did Europeans transport millions of slaves
Americas
Europe
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What does Africa deal with a shortage in
Trained teachers
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What rate is high in Africa dealing with education
The drop out rate
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How many languages are spoken in central Africa alone
What is the result of this
More than 700
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What did apartheid ban
What did it establish
Social contact between blacks and whites
Segregated schools, hospitals, and neighborhoods
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How much of the population do blacks make up
75%
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How much land do blacks receive
A small portion
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Who led a fight against apartheid
What did it lead to
Nelson Mandela
His imprisonment
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Who became president and led reform in 1989
F.W. De Klerk
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What part of Africa had a peaceful revolution
South
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Who was elected president in 1994 after being released from prison
Nelson Mandela
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A conference of 14 European nations held in 1884-1885 in Berlin, Germany to establish rules for potential control of Africa
Berlin conference
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A monotheistic religion based on the teachings of the prophet Muhammad, and the biggest cultural and religious influence in North Africa
Islam
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A people who live in what is now Ghana, in West Africa, and who are known for their artificial weaving of colorful Asasia, or kente cloth
Ashanti
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The movement of the Bantu peoples southward throughout Africa, spreading their language and culture from around 500BC to around AD1000
Bantu migrations
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Carved boxes containing the skulls and bones go deceased ancestors, created by the Fang, who live in Gabon, Southern Cameroon, and Equatorial Guinea
Fang sculpture
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a city established in what is now Zimbabwe by the Shona around 1000; it became the capital of a thriving gold-trading area
Great Zimbabwe
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A policy of complete separation of the races, instituted by the white minority government of South Africa in 1984
Apartheid
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One of the leaders of the African national congress who led a struggle to end apartheid and was elected president in 1994 in the first all-race electron in South Africa
Nelson Mandela
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What influenced Picasso's work
Fang Sculptire
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What people place a high value on wooden stools
Ashanti kings
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What is the largest influence in North Africa
Islam
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