A country with a strong central government and weak regional governments.
What is unitary?
100
Big in Ghana
What is Ashanti?
100
All citizens participate in government.
What is democracy?
100
This person led the fight against apartheid.
Who is Nelson Mandela?
100
The largest religious group of northern Africa.
What is Islam?
200
This is when several regional governments voluntarily decide to work together for mutual benefit.
What is confederation?
200
According to their name they live on the coast
What is Swahili?
200
These are the two types of autocratic leaders.
What are absolute monarch and totalitarian dictator?
200
This was an important event in the history of central and southern Africa due to the movement of people and exchange of ideas and knowledge.
What was the Bantu Migration?
200
The largest religious group of sub-Saharan Africa.
What is Christianity?
300
A country that has a strong central government and also has regional governments that have their own authority.
What is federal?
300
Brought Islam to Africa.
What is Arab?
300
If an executive leader is chosen by the legislature, it is usually this type of democracy.
What is parliamentary.
300
This was the political party against apartheid. Use its proper name, not its initials.
What is the African National Congress.
300
This plus GDP can tell us about a country's standard of living. If this is high, GDP is usually also high.
What is literacy rate?
400
Nigeria's distribution of power could best be described as ________ because it has a national capital located in Abuja as well as 36 states, each with their own local governments. The national government regulates the states, but the states each have certain powers within their recognized boarders.
What is federal?
400
Has a sacred golden stool.
What is Ashanti?
400
After gaining independence, Kenya's citizen participation has slowly changed from ___________controlled by KANU to ____________, which it is today.
What is oligarchy to democracy?
400
Last president during apartheid.
Who is F.W. de Klerk?
400
This is the quality of life the people of a nation have.
What is standard of living?
500
A lot of people think this means there is one leader in a country, but they are wrong. This term could be used to describe an autocracy, an oligarchy or a democracy, as long as the national government makes the important decisions for the whole country.
What is unitary?
500
Provides a linguistic connection for many African ethnic groups.
What is Bantu?
500
During apartheid South Africa didn't really have a democracy, rather it was one of these.
What is an oligarchy?
500
This was the first president of Kenya. He led Kenya to independence, but didn't quite give it a democracy....