Sub-Saharan Africa Flashcards
(21 cards)
What is the Sahel? Where is it located? How does this region and it’s northward transition match up with linguistic and religious boundaries?
Transition zone where one sees both deforestation and seasonal vegetive cover. In west Africa.
(Zone of ecological transition between the Sahara to the north and wetter Savannah’s and forest to the south) Muslim boundaries & Arabic language
What areas of Sub Sahara Africa are densely settled? What environmental characteristics account for this distribution?
West Africa, Nigeria
Settlement reflects soils and climate and water
What are key environmental issues or problems in sub Sahara Africa?
Sahel- desertification Poaching Water shortage Deforestation Re-forestation
Desertification
Expansion of desert like conditions as a result of human induced degradation
Deforestation
Results in shortages of biofuels
Reforestation
Kenya’s green belt movement plants millions of trees
Evidence of improved resource management in some semi arid regions
Poaching
Recent uptick in illegal trade in ivory, most destined for china
How does urban population growth relate to population rates as a whole? How do urbanization rates in sub sahara africa compare to other world regions?
Many cities (urban pop) is growing twice the national growth rates.
Same as other places.
What percent of sub Saharas live on less than 2$ a day?
68%
Which part of the continent has highest percentages of hiv aids in the world?
South Africa
Which linguistic group has the most speakers in the sub Sahara Africa? Where do they tend to be distributed?
Niger Congo
Lingua Franca of Easten Africa
Swahili
Which country introduced Catholicism to west central Africa in the 16th century and had such success that several African rulers converted, had European priests at their court, and sent emissaries to Europe
Portugal
Which populous country discussed in class is dealing with an ongoing Islamic insurgency?
Nigeria
What happened at Berlin Confernece? When was it? Which countries involved?
- 13 European countries divided and traded Sub Sahara Africa. Africans were excluded from process. Britain, France, Belgium, Germany, Italy, Portugal, Spain,
Brits Portuguese and French=main
Why was Berlin conference called scramble for Africa?
They just talked about it and starting giving away parts of Africa away without there knowing
Which European countries held substantial colonies in Africa? Which countries lost colonies after World War 1?
Germany, they lost war.
Countries formal colonial occupier Senegal Angola Congo Kenya Tanzania South Africa
French Portuguese Belgium British German Dutch English
Which decade did most Sub Saharan Africa states achieve there independence?
South Africa?
60s
1910
New scramble for Africa refers to?
Companies and states are now wanting oil gas and minerals and agriculture purposes because they don’t have them in there countries
Recourse curse
Doesn’t help average person. Relies are there key resources for survival and money
