world geography unit 6 Africa
Berlin Coference
1884-1885: When a group of leaders from European countries came together to discuss rules of the division of Africa, forced native ethnic groups who didn't like each other to move within the same area.
What percent of Egyptians rely on the Nile River?
95%
What is a disease that damages the immune system and gas affected the population in Africa?
AIDS
The purpose of the Berlin Conference was to set the rules for dividing
Africa
What was the policy of segregation based on discrimination in South Africa/White minorities attempting to stay relevant by enacting segregation?
Apartheid
Which culture is known for crafting wooden stools?
Ashanti
Which culture is known for its weaving of kente cloth?
Ashanti
What was built to regulate water supply from the Nile River in Egypt?
Aswan High Dam
Which place do you find most animals in the rain forest?
Canopy
What is a crop grown for direct sale, and not for use in a region?
Cash crop
What is one of Africa's main exports?
Coffee
Which is NOT a reason Europeans wanted to claim land in Africa?
Culture
Which was NOT one of the three ancient East Africa trading empires?
Egypt
What is a steep slope with a nearly flat plateau on top?
Escarpment
Which of the following remained free from European rule?
Ethiopia
What does East Africa rely on to make money? (2)
Farming and tourism
What were the people's criticism and demands during the Arab Spring?
For working class to be treated better
What are the main products traded across West Africa? (Highly valuable)
Gold and Salt
What is the departure point of slaves in West Africa?
Goree Island
What were blood diamonds?
Illegally mined diamonds
Who was King Leopold II?
King of Belgium and ventured into central Africa and horribly mistreated the natives who lived there
What is Africa's largest lake?
Lake Victoria
What is the importance of Carthage
Location
90% of Africa lies within the (blank) latitudes.
Low
What disease is transmitted by mosquitoes in many tropical and subtropical regions?
Malaria
In which culture do young boys and girl pierce their earlobes at an early age?
Masai
What sea borders Africa to the North?
Mediterranean Sea
Who was the leader of the Democratic Republic of Congo who brought all business under his control?
Mobuto Sese Seko
What is the tallest mountain in Africa?
Mount Kilimanjaro
Which empire in South Africa stretched throughout all present Zimbabwe?
Mutapa
Who was the leader of the ANC in South Africa?
Nelson Mandela
Africans in the desert say that (blank) is the "winter" of the Tropics.
Night
What is the world's longest river?
Nile River
What are areas that support wildlife and vegetation in the desert?
Oasis
How does North Africa make money?
Oil
What industry has caused a huge environmental damage in the Niger delta?
Oil
What is Africa's most noticeable physical feature?
Plateau
What music is used to protest against Islamic fundamentalists?
Rai
What are long valleys that formed as a result of continental plates pulling apart?
Rift Valleys
(Blank) is the world's largest desert and it is located in Africa.
Sahara
What are the tropical grasslands in north-central Tanzania called?
Serengeti
What is a narrow band of dry grasslands found along the southern region of the Sahara Desert?
Shael
Which society is a society in which there is no central government, ruled through lineage?
Stateless society
What was the departure point of slaves in Central Africa?
São Tomé
What were the Fang know for?
Their carved masks that inspired Picasso
How do the Tuareg people find their way through the desert, where much of the terrain looks the same?
They used the starsw
West Africa makes its money by (blank) with industrialized countries
Trading
Africa has the largest (blank) climate of any continent.
Tropical
What climate region cover more than half of Africa?
Tropical
