Sub-saharan africa

Question 1

africa is the ______ largest continent by both area and population

Answer 1

second

Question 2

africa often appears (smaller/larger) due to map distortions

Answer 2

smaller

Question 3

the sahara is the _____ largest desert in the world, including … above it

Answer 3

third; antarctic and arctic “deserts”

Question 4

what expansion dominated north africa

Answer 4

islamic

Question 5

what part of africa has the strongest Islamic influence

Answer 5

eastern coast, especially near the horn of africa

Question 6

the horn of africa extends into what sea

Answer 6

arabian

Question 7

the splitting of africa contributes to the formation of the african great lakes, including

Answer 7

lake victoria and tanganyika

Question 8

what is the largest lake in africa by area?

Answer 8

lake victoria

Question 9

the sahel is …

Answer 9

grassland/transition-zone that blends human and geographical characteristics

Question 10

2 largest african language families

Answer 10

afro-asiatic (berber and arabic)
niger-congo (bantu)

Question 11

one common Bantu language that is the lingua franca for much of africa

Answer 11

swahili

Question 12

africans were sold into slavery as part of the ____ and ____ slave trades

Answer 12

atlantic; arab

Question 13

the triangular trade consisted of…

Answer 13

sugar, tobacco, cotton to europe from america
textiles, rum and goods to africa from europe
slaves to america from africa

Question 14

during the scramble for africa, the country went from _________ to ___________

Answer 14

imperialism; colonialism

Question 15

in 1870, only __% of africa was under european control but by 1914, __% was under european control

Answer 15

10; 90

Question 16

two areas/countries that weren’t under european control during the scramble for africa

Answer 16

ethiopia and liberia

Question 17

mostly ______ controlled the west and ______ controlled the east of africa

Answer 17

french; british

Question 18

who is the face of british colonialism in africa and what did he found?

Answer 18

cecil rhodes; DeBeers diamond company

Question 19

who was the rebel leader that established Zimbabwe

Answer 19

robert mugabe

Question 20

who was mugabe’s successor?

Answer 20

mnangagwa

Question 21

zimbabwe consistently ranked poorly on measures of

Answer 21

corruption

Question 22

what did the apartheid do in south africa and who overthrew it?

Answer 22

legalized racism; nelson mandela

Question 23

what country is sub-saharian africa’s largest country by population and GDP? what contributes to this?

Answer 23

nigeria; large oil reserves in the gulf of guinea

Question 24

rates of __________ in africa are very high (where do they rank in the world?)

Answer 24

urbanization; fastest in the world!

Question 25

lagos has __ million people in its city

Answer 25

25

Question 26

mega-cities

Answer 26

populations > 5 million

Question 27

1994 rwandan genocide

Answer 27

1959-62: tutsi monarchy was replaced by hutu republic 1990: rwandan civil war 1994: hutu president was shot down by tutsi rebels - hutus (majority) revolted against tutsi (minority) - ~800,000 killed in state-ordered genocide, about 70% of all tutsi's - reignites civil war but tutsi's win, hutu retreating to DRC

Question 28

american troops withdrew from _____ in march 1994; "no national interest"

Answer 28

somalia

Question 29

congo is fomerly a colony of ______

Answer 29

belgium

Question 30

who was overthrown in the first congo war

Answer 30

mobutu sese seko

Question 31

congo wars/"great african war"

Answer 31

substantial ethnic violence, hundreds of thousands dead

Question 32

second congo war (1998-2003)

Answer 32

Kabila, after taking power in first war, expels uganda and rwanda militaries, and they respond by backing insurgents against him resulting in assassination conflict continues with M23/march 23 movement as valuable resources at stake in eastern congo

Question 33

conflict minerals/diamonds

Answer 33

referring to conflicts near ivory coast around materials such as coltan, cobalt, tin, gold, diamonds, etc.

Question 34

what militant group from nigeria aligned with ISIS

Answer 34

Boko Haram

Question 35

what militant group operates in somalia, kenya, and ethiopia and who's raids and bombings killed dozens-hundreds each year

Answer 35

Al-Shabaab

Question 36

what diseases are widespread in africa

Answer 36

HIV/AIDS

Question 37

what may be the cause of a ethiopia-eritrea war?

Answer 37

border conflicts

Question 38

what is the mean age of africa? how does it relate to the rest of the world?

Answer 38

18; young!