Chapter 21-22 Exam Review
Compare the cost of slaves then and now.
$40,000 then $90 now
Essay Question: Explain the importance of Arab Spring and how it affected your country. Provide examples of other countries as well to support your argument. Describe slavery during the Atlantic Slave Trade as well as slavery today. Provide statistics, examples, etc. to enhance your description. What was the scramble for Africa? Who was involved and why did they create colonies in Africa. What happened to the continent during this time? What are its lasting effects? Explain the process a slave goes through from capture to sale.
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What are some different examples of modern day slavery?
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What do most governments want to do in regard to the presence of Islam?
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What were the main issues of the Berlin Conference of 1884? Who was involved?
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What were the major issues of Arab Spring?
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How many slaves were transported across the Atlantic? How many died along the way?
10-16 million were transported 2 million died
How many slaves are there today?
10-30 million
How many slaves are trafficked into the United States every year?
14,500-17,500
What percentage of the Belgian Congo population did King Leopold murder?
50%
Silt
A fertile mixture of tiny bits of soil and rock.
What countries does the Sahara occupy?
Algeria Libya Egypt Tunisia & Morocco
What are the major mountain ranges in North Africa?
Atlas Mountains
What geographical feature borders the Sahara to the south
Atlas mountains and costal plains
Who are the Berbers, Bedouins, and Moors?
Berbers: a cultural group that lived in North Africa long before Bedouins: small group of desert nomads that lived along the Sinai Peninsula in Egypt Moors: Arabic people??
What is the capital of Egypt?
Cairo
What area did most slaves travel to?
Caribbean Brazil
What is the largest city in Morocco?
Casablanca
What country produces the most Cacao?
Cote d'lvoire
Fes
Fundamental Economic Structure??????
What group of people founded Liberia?
Germanic tribes?
Who was in charge of Egypt? How long had he been in office?
Josie and almost 40 yrs
What country was first to have protests and eventually overturn their government?
Libya or Egypt??
What is the capital of Liberia?
Monrovia
What is the predominant religion in North Africa?
Muslim
What are the two major rivers in West and Central Africa?
Nile and the Congo
What is the largest hot desert in the world?
Sahara desert
Which country was first to buy and sell slaves?
Senegal and Angola
explain the importance of the earliest Egyptian civilizations
They built great pyramids they developed writing systems they created a 365 day calendar
What is the capital of Libya?
Tripoli
What is a free port and which city is an example of one?
a Freeport is one where almost no taxes are placed on goods unloaded there from other places Tangier
What has severely affected tourism in Algeria?
a civil war has broken out and there is a lot of violence
Describe the Nile River. Where does it empty into?
a long oasis in the desert. flows through Egypt into the Mediterranean
How many Africans were sent to the Americas during the slave trade?
at least 10 million Africans
Identify Timbuctoo
became an important center of trade and education during this time
What was a major cash crop in the Congo?
cocoa
What tropical farm products were exported to Europe during the colonial period?
cocoa peanuts and rubber
What are the challenges West and Central Africa faces on a daily basis?
economic development population growth health care political problems natural environment disease
what is erg?
high shifting sand dunes that create a sea of sand
What is the Muslim Brotherhood?
is a religious and political group founded on the belief that Islam is not simply a religion, but a way of life.
What is a dual economy?
some goods are produced for export to wealthy countries
What factors contributed to the desertification of the Sahel?
the combination of droughts and growing population
What is a staple crop?
the main food crops of a region
What was the phrase is used to describe the colonization period of 1880-1914?
the scramble for Africa
Why is the traditional clothing in North Africa long and loose?
the style is ideal for the regions hot climates
What were the reasons for colonization of Africa?
there was a lot of gold
What were conditions like on board slave ships destined for the Americas?
they were all crammed together there wasn't enough food or water disease spread quickly
Why did Europeans originally explore the coast of West Africa?
they were searching for water routes to Asia
Why are most cities in West and Central Africa located on the coast?
they were set up that way as ports and government centers during the colonial era.
Who was the leader of Libya? Tunisia? Algeria?
tun-be Ali lib-momar al-boutiflicka
What happened to rival tribes when the political boundaries in Africa were drawn?
violence would brake out
what is reg?
when wind blows the sand and dust away, leaving gravel-covered plain
