Geography Chapter 20
Bissau
What is the capital of Guinea-Bissau?
Conakry
What is the capital of Guinea?
malaria
Biggest killer of African children was __________________.
Gold Coast
Ghana dominated the ____________________.
Republic of the Congo
Mobutu Sese Seko was a dictator in the ___________________________________.
Muslim
Nigeria's Hausa tribe was what religion?
Sierra Leone
One of the leading producers of diamonds is __________________________.
tsetse fly spreads it; killed many people and animals
Sleeping sickness?
malaria
The Anopheles mosquito spreads _________________.
prompted by the abundance of gold in Ghana
The Gold Coast was ___________________________________________.
Cape Verde
The Ten Main Islands country is ______________________.
Gulf of Guinea
The Volta River empties into ___________________________.
Congo
The _____________ River is the great river of Central Africa.
Guinea
The following describes ______________________. 1. 76% agriculture 2. citrus fruit 3. 88% Muslim
Sierra Leone
The following describes ______________________. 1. Portuguese first to visit 2. means lion mountains 3. leading producer of diamonds
Libera
The following describes _______________________. 1. never colonized by Europeans 2. first black republic in Africa 3. 70% agriculture
Senegal
The following describes _______________________. 1. slightly smaller than South Dakota 2. droughts 3. government controlled economy 4. women did not have equal rights 5. secular state 6. traditional sport is wrestling or laamb
Gambia
The following describes ________________________. 1. Africa's smallest country 2. major slave center 3. 75% in agriculture 4. 89% Muslim
Guinea-Bissau
The following describes ________________________. 1. subsistence agriculture dominates economy 2. freedom of religion
Cape Verde
The following describes _________________________. 1. Ten Man Islands & five islets 2. Secular State 3. Tourism
Benin
Voodoo is practiced in _______________.
short native Africans with knowledge of jungle
What are pygmies?
Senegal
What country's capital is the westernmost point of Africa?
renamed country's features with African names, changed Congo to Zaire
What did Mobutu Sese Seko do?
yellow fever
What disease does the Aedes aegypti mosquito spread?
malaria
What disease does the anopheles mosquito spread?
land of upright men
What does Burkina Faso mean?
lion mountains
What does Sierra Leone mean?
Gambia
What is Africa's smallest country?
belief that everything has a spirit/soul
What is Animism?
largest city of French Equatorial Guinea
What is Brazzaville?
Ivory Coast
What is Cote d'Ivoire?
what Benin was formally named
What is Dahomey?
another name the French called Burkina Faso
What is Upper Volta?
large group of people share common ancestor governed by elders
What is a tribe?
most populous nation in Africa (and English Colony)
What is special about Nigeria?
first name of the Democratic Republic of the Congo
What is the Belgian Congo?
Central African Republic
What is the Central African landlocked country?
Porto-Novo
What is the capital of Benin?
Ouagadougou
What is the capital of Burkina Faso?
Yaounde
What is the capital of Cameroon?
Praia
What is the capital of Cape Verde?
Bangui
What is the capital of Central African Republic
Malabo
What is the capital of Equatorial Guinea?
Libreville
What is the capital of Gabon?
Banjul
What is the capital of Gambia?
Accra
What is the capital of Ghana?
Monrovia
What is the capital of Liberia?
Abuga
What is the capital of Nigeria?
Sao Tome
What is the capital of Sao Tome and Principe?
Dakar
What is the capital of Senegal?
Freetown
What is the capital of Sierra Leone?
Lome'
What is the capital of Togo?
Kinshasa
What is the capital of the Democratic Republic of the Congo
Yamoussoukro
What is the capital of the Ivory Coast?
Brazzaville
What is the capital of the Republic of the Congo?
Nigeria
What is the most populous country in Africa?
Spanish
What is the official language of Equatorial Guinea?
Equatorial Guinea
What is the only Spanish colony in sub-Saharan Africa?
Dakar, Senegal
What is the westernmost city in Africa?
Sao Tome and Principe
What islands off the coast of northern Gabon were uninhabited until the Portuguese arrived in 1470?
Liberia
What was not colonized by France (in this chapter)?
Guinea
What was the first Marxist government in Africa?
Liberia
What was the first black republic in Africa?
Germany
Who colonized Cameroon but lost it after WWI?
many people in Africa are actually Christians, and we should be worried about their wellbeing
Why should Christians be concerned about issues like clean drinking water and AIDS in Africa?
Gambia
____________ is Africa's smallest country. It's port is Banjul.
Gambia
________________ was founded by Granville Sharp.
Nigeria
_________________ is the most populous nation in Africa, and it is divided by the Benue River.
Benin
__________________ contains Porto-Novo and the Fon tribe.
Cameroon
___________________ was a German colony, and it contains Yaounde' and Douala.
Ghana
_____________________ was called the Gold Coast. It contains the Ashanti people and the Volta River.
Liberia
_____________________ was never a European colony, instead it was founded by free American slaves.
Republic of the Congo
______________________ contains Brazzaville. It borders the Ubangi River.
Central African Republic
_______________________ is a landlocked country in Central Africa whose capital is Bangui.
Democratic Republic of the Congo
_________________________________ was called Zaire, and it contains rain forests and the Katanga Plateau.