The Congo is located in the portion of Africa (north, south, east, west, central)
What is Central Africa
100
The southern most country in Africa
What is South Africa
100
The country that makes up the horn of Africa
What is Somalia
100
The type of climate pattern found in Africa
What is symmetrical
100
The desert that is located in the northern part of Africa
What is the Sahara Desert
200
The desert that is located in the southern part of Africa
What is the Kalahari Desert
200
The way African societies were treated under European colonization
What is that many African societies experienced the hardship of European rule
200
The interest of Europeans in Africa was based mainly on Europe’s need to do this
What is to obtain workers for its colonies in the Americas
200
The 2 tribes that were hunter-gatherers
What is the Pygmies and Bushmen
200
The 2 countries that captured the most land during the "race for Africa"
What is France and Britain
300
European leaders unilaterally (on their own) established political boundaries for Africa that ignored ethnic divisions at this conference
What is the Berlin Conference of 1884-85
300
The European nation gained control of the colonies of Rwanda and Congo after WW1
What is Belgium
300
This is when one country gains control over another in order to control its resources
What is colonialism
300
Weakened European power and increased nationalism in Africa led to independence for many African nations after which major event?
What is WW2
300
This occurred to thousands of people in Rwanda during the Rwandan genocide
What is that they were killed
400
African nationalism arose after this major event
What is WW2
400
When the European nations drew up borders in Africa, they often established borders that ______ ethnic divisions and physical barriers
What is ignored
400
Africa is home to _____ countries
What is 50-60 countries
400
The 5 climate zones in Africa
What is rainforest, savanna (grassland), steppe (dry grasslands), desert, and Mediterranean (mild).
400
Africa by day, Africa by night demonstrates that the African economy is _________ than the United States economy
What is weaker
500
Mansa Musa is from this West African Kingdom
What is Mali
500
This mountain range is in the northwest portion of Africa
What is the Atlas mountains
500
The years of the Berlin Conference
What is 1884-85
500
King _______ ruled over the Congo
Who is Leopold
500
List 3 things that occurred during the era of the great West African kingdoms of Mali and Ghana
What is
-The presence of Islam in West Africa increased
-Timbuktu became an important city
-West African kingdoms traded gold and a variety of products for salt from the Sahara