Africa Civ to Imperialism Test Review

Social What?

100

This social scientist studies governments and laws.

Political Scientist

200

This social scientist excavates and analyzes artifacts

Archaeologist

300

This social scientist studies the interaction between humans and their environment

Geographer

400

This social scientist studies human culture and the way humans lived in the past and present

Anthropologist

500

This social scientist studies the trade of goods and services

Economist

It's Way Too Early

100

Advanced Cities, Food Surplus, Specialization of Labor, and Writing Systems are characteristics of ...

Civilization

200

The change from hunting and gathering to farming which led to civilizations

Neolithic Revolution

300

This is the place in East Africa where the first human ancestors appeared

Great Rift Valley

400

Period of time before agriculture where mankind subsisted on nomadic hunting and gathering

Paleolithic Age

500

This Egyptian writing system showed a highly advanced civilization and government systems

Hieroglyphics

It's Not Just a Continent

100

This African desert is larger than the continental United States

Sahara

200

This large island is located 240 miles off the east coast of Africa

Madagascar

300

This mountain range in North Western Africa separates Africa from the Iberian Peninsula in Europe

Atlas Mountains

400

This is the largest desert in South Africa

Kalahari Desert

500

This rain forest in central Africa is home to the world gorilla populations

Congo Basin

Where there's gold there's fire!

100

The trade of these two commodities in North and West Africa make up the majority of trade

Gold and Salt

200

This group of people brought their language, farming techniques, and iron working ability to southern Africa from 500 BCE to 1000 CE

Bantu (Bantu Migrations)

300

This is the strongest social unit in Africa

Family and Kinship

400

This west African Ruler of the Mali Empire once held the title of History's Richest Person!

Mansa Musa

500

Much of African history does not have a writing system, so ideas about right and wrong through myths were passed down through this linguistic record keeping

oral traditions

The British Are Coming!

100

The three way system of trade between Europe, Africa, and the Americas during the 1600 - 1800s 

The Triangular Trade

200

This meeting in 1884-1885 in Germany was held to divide and partition Africa into European controlled segments.

Berlin Conference

300

This poem by Rudyard Kipling discussed how the European's had a duty to colonize Africa and India

White Man's Burden

400

This is the convergence of science and cultural belief in which people thought stronger groups should control weaker ones

Social Darwinism

500

This is the leg of the Triangular Trade from Africa to the Americas where Africans experienced great mistreatment

Middle Passage