Region of Africa that is made up of high land, volcanoes and a Great Rift Valley
What is East Africa
100
Many rural Africans still use traditional farming and livestock raising practices. What word describes farming and livestock raising for survival?
What is subsistence?
100
Belief that many things in nature have their own spirit.
What is animism?
100
Change in elevation along Africa's rivers makes them un-navigable due to frequent______, although this would make hydroelectricity a possible source of energy.
What are cataracts
100
Organization led by Nelson Mandela
What is African National congress
200
What region of Africa has the following characteristics that make it a formal region-- Arabic language, Islam, ethnically Arab
What is North Africa
200
Year apartheid laws were put in place officially in South Africa, year they were repealed.
What is 1948 & 1994
200
Tropical grassland
What is savannah
200
Biome found in the countries of Congo, Cameroon, CAR and the DRC.
What is tropical rainforest
200
Foreign country that is heavily investing in Africa, they are building infrastructure, etc...due to their interest in oil.
Who is China?
300
The most developed countries in Africa tend to be in what climate zone?
What is mid latitudes
300
Date and place of meeting that divided Africa among European colonizers
What is 1884 Berlin Conference
300
If "morph" means shape or structure....what does "geomorphology" mean in relation to Africa
what is it is a peninsua...
300
Describes the continent of Africa as a physical feature
What is plateau
300
Primary reason for creating homelands, requiring passbooks, and limiting educational and economic opportunity for black South Africans
What is to keep control
400
Where do most Egyptian farmers get their fresh water?
What is the Nile
400
What was going on in Europe in the 1800s that led to the need for raw materials from Africa?
What is Industrial Revolution.
400
Word that would be used to describe the worldwide spread of disease, such as AIDS.
What is pandemic
400
Reason Africa's coastline is not good for trade.
What is it is smooth
400
Like countries in Latin America, many African countries have suffered through dictatorships and change in leadership as a result of coups. What is a coup?
What is government overthrow by force.
500
Man made feature that separates North and South America, as well as Africa and Asia.
What is canals (Panama, Suez)
500
Most African countries gained independence in what decade?
What is 1960s
500
Word that refers to the specific killing of one group
What is genocide or ethnic cleansing
500
Feature just below the Sahara where desertification is taking place due to over-farming and over-grazing
What is the Sahel
500
Vocabulary word that describes modern trade and cultural connections that increases the possibility of pandemics.