Economies
Colonialism
Slavery
Independence Movement
Vocabulary
100
the main economic activities in Africa today
What are mining and farming?
100
Liberia and Ethiopia
What countries were never colonized?
100
guns, iron products and rum
What were traded for slaves in the 1600s?
100
Africans should work together to gain rights and freedoms
What the idea of Pan-Africanism?
100
a type of government in which citizens help make decisions
What is democracy?
200
Percentage of African economies that are specialized
What is 75%?
200
Africa was a market for goods made in European factories
What is the reason no factories were built in Africa?
200
plantations in North and South America
What caused the demand for slaves?
200
nationalism
What is a feeling of pride in one's country?
200
to settle an area and take over its government
What is to colonize?
300
diversify exports
What is 1 way to convert a specialized economy?
300
Competition among European countries to colonize Africa
What is the Scramble for Africa?
300
the 2nd leg of the trade routes that brought slaves to the Americas
What is the Middle Passage?
300
provided natural resources, use of airfields and soldiers
What were Africa's contributions to the Allies in WWII?
300
to be able to read and write
What is literate?
400
over-dependence on 1 crop or mineral
What is the main problem with a specialized economy?
400
weakened economies could not afford colonies and public opinion turned against colonialism
What were the effects of WWII on European colonialism?
400
a boy captured and sold into slavery at age 11 who went on to buy his own freedom, fight against slavery, and write about his experience
Who is Olaudah Equiano?
400
South Africa
Where was the African National Congress (ANC) formed?
400
the average length of time a person can be expected to live
What is life expectancy?
500
lack of clean water and fertile soil large number of trees being cut down
What are environmental problems in Africa today?
500
countries with ethnic rivalries, split ethnic groups, inability to self-govern
What is the effect of colonialism on modern Africa?
500
societies broke down, population decreased, loss of important skills
What were the effects of the slave trade on Africa?
500
unity and nationalism
What was encouraged by independence leaders?
500
Human Development Index
What is HDI?
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