Week 10

Robert Mugabe was the first leader of independent Zimbabwe in 1980

true

This question asks you to think about relative numbers, not exact. The U5MR for the United States in the 21st century is 8. Which of the numbers below corresponds most closely to the U5MR for the Democratic Republic of the Congo?

100

In the charts discussed in lecture how much per day do the ultra poor live on?

<50cents a day

Going by lecture, what fact would I expect you to remember about the Congo?

That Stanley described it as richer than the Mississippi Valley That it has a land mass approximately the same size as Western Europe That it has the largest reserves of some of the most strategic minerals in the world That more than 5 million people have died in war in the 21st century

What did I ask you to remember most importantly about Rwanda in 1994, the same year that South Africa became a majority ruled state under Nelson Mandela?

That a million people were hacked to death in less than 6 months

What does U5MR stand for?

The number of children who die before their fifth birthday "under 5 mortality rate"

When you graduate from UCLA you could apply for a Rhodes Fellowship, probably the most prestigious fellowship in the world. That fellowship was named after the South African mining magnate whose first name was?

cecil rhodes

Which of the following individuals associated with UCLA took a leading role criticizing the perpetuation of white supremacy in 20th century South Africa?

jackie robinson ralph bunche arthur ashe

In lecture, which resource did I argue was absolutely key to the history of Zimbabwe?

land

In the final lecture I showed you a US Geological Survey map of African resources from the 1990s -- which resources did the map illustrate?

oil & gas