Geography: Chapter 14 notes

The tribal religions of Africa follow this, the worship of the "souls" of animals, rivers, trees, and other objects

Animism

Regular winds off of this ocean continually dumps rain along the equator just as they do in the Amazon River Basin

Atlantic ocean

Is the only landlocked country of Western Africa

Burkina Faso

Means "land of upright men"

Burkina Faso

Previously a German colony, this country was divided betwen France and Britain after WW1.

Cameroon

One of the last nations in Africa to gain independence

Cape Verde

One of the world's largest per capita aid recipients

Cape Verde

This volcanic island was discovered by Portuguese in 1460

Cape Verde

5 percent of Guinea-Bissau are____

Christians

How many countries over the great western bulge of Africa?

13

Only ____percent of the land is arable/suitable for agriculture

15

In____the Senegalese voted for self-government

1958

Senegal gained independence in____

1960

People of Cape Verde gained full Portuguese citizenship in____and eventually gained complete independence in____

1961;1975

___percent of Guinea-Bissau practice indigenous religions

52

____percent of work force is in agriculture

75

__percent of Guinea is Christian

8

___percent of Guinea-Bissau's work force is engaged in subsistence agriculture

82

___percent of the population of Guinea is Muslim

85

Burkina Faso

Ouagadougou

Remained relatively_____since independence

Peaceful

The most important natural resource of Nigeria.

Petroleum

What is the most important industrial product of Cameroon?

Petroleum

The practice of having more than one wife that is common and a sign of wealth

Polygamy

Benin

Porto-Novo

First explorers of Gambia

Portuguese

What are one of the most distinct peoples in Africa whose average height is only four feet six inches that live in the jungle by hunting and gathering food?

Pygmies

The lands below the Sahara where environments and cultures differ radically from the north are called

Sub-Saharan

São Tomé and Príncipe

São Tomé

These islands were uninhabited until the Portuguese came in 1470.

São Tomé and Príncipe

Nigeria is biggest than what US state?

Texas

What is the only landlocked country in Central Africa?

The Central African Republic

What are the two way a woman can contract HIV?

Through an unfaithful partner or sexual assault

The new dictator changed the name of the country to Burkina Faso....

To break all connections to the colonial past

A strong identification with a tribe that speaks the same language is called

Tribalism

After WW2, who Togo was under the trusteeship of?

United Nations

What did the French called Burkina Faso?

Upper Volta

This an important concept in understanding life in Africa

Village

Control of_____is one reason for fighting

Wealth

Third of the world's reserves of bauxite

Guinea

Became a major center of the Portuguese slave trade

Guinea-Bissau

Was one of the few regions that remained in Portuguese hands throughout Europe's competition for global empire

Guinea-Bissau

This dominant tribe is the largest ethnic group in Nigeria.

Hausa

Conflict is common between these two people. Religious wars in 1995 led to hundreds of deaths and to the destruction of numerous of these villages.

Hausa Muslims and Ibo Christians

Three dominant tribes of Nigeria

Hausa, Ibo, and Yoruba

Liberia named their capital city after______,a U.S. president and one of the sponsers of the effort

James Monroe

Democratic Republic of the Congo

Kinshasa

What is the largest city in sub-Saharan Africa with nearly 8 million people?

Kinshasa

One of the largest man-made lakes in the world.

Lake Volta

Liberia was named______by former slaves

Monrovia

45 percent of Guinea-Bissau are____

Musilim

The lifeline of Nigeria

Niger River

With more than 131 million people, this country is the most populous nation in Africa.

Nigeria

What is an example of how Africa has struggled to rise above its troubled past?

Nigeria's independence from Britain in 1960

Although only __% of Gabon's land is arable, about 60% of the work force is engaged in agriculture.

1

Several villages that trace their descent to a common ancestor form a clan, two or more clans form this

A tribe

Nigeria

Abuja

Ghana

Accra

Formerly known as Dahomey; one of the smallest and most densely populated countries in Africa.

Benin

In 1967, this war erupted as the Ibo people people fought for an independent nation.

Biafran War

Which capital city lies across the river from Kinshasa and is the largest city in the former French colonies?

Brazzaville

What river is the great river of Central Africa, second only to the Amazon in volume?

Congo River

What are 70% of the people of São Tomé and Príncipe?

Creoles

Leads world in cocoa bean production and is number 3 in yam production. It also produces much rice, coffee, and plantains.

Côte D'Ivoire

Means "ivory coast"

Côte D'Ivoire

What remains as Nigeria's official language?

English

This country became the only African country with Spanish as its official language.

Equatorial Guinea

Which country gained independence in 1968 and became the only African country with Spanish as its official language?

Equatorial Guinea

What makes the Democratic Republic of the Congo a hub of Central Africa?

It's vast economic potential

Although the people still speak their various tribal languages, the official language of each nation is the language of the most recent this

European ruler

Guinea was formerly a French protectorate called French Guinea and later______

French West Africa

Both France and Portugal had trading settlements along the coast of Senegal, but France capitalized on its situation making Senegal a part of __________in_____

French West Africa; 1895

Of the twenty nations of central and Western Africa, two speak Portuguese, one speaks Spanish and the rest speak one of these two major languages

French and English

_____arrived on the coasts of Côte D'Ivoire in 1483 and began trading with the people of the interior for ivory

French sailors

This country had been part of French Equatorial Africa, which also included Republic of the Congo.

Gabon

Africa's smallest country

Gambia

The abundance of good in Ghana prompted Europeans to call it this

Gold Coast

A multiple-step process including hunts, dances, and ceremonies with masks, to mark a young man/woman's transition to adulthood

Initiation rites

Is one of the only two African nations never colonized by Europeans

Liberia

Cape Verde was strategically located on the_________

Major trade route

Equatorial Guinea

Malabo

Which military leader took control during a civil war that occurred after the Democratic Republic of the Congo?

Mobutu Sese Seko

Mostly lowlands; 94% are Muslims; 5% are Roman Catholics; 1% practice indigenous religions

Senegal

Coastal area is low-lying swamp

Sierra Leone

Is one of the leading producers of diamond

Sierra Leone

Means "lion mountains"

Sierra Leone

This coastal region was once Yoruba territory.

Slave Coast

What insect spreads African sleeping sickness?

The Tsetse fly

What has been the greatest benefit since the end of the Cold War?

The recent spread of the gospel

This tribe dominate the lands south and west of the Niger.

Yoruba

Ghana's chief export

cacao

The two main islands and the half-dozen islets are _____ and have _________.

volcanic, have good soil

About 2/3 of the people of Benin practice this form of animism

voodoo