Geography
The city in Mali that became known for its great wealth and education.
What is Timbuktu?
This was a meeting between 14 European countries to divide up the territories of Africa.
What is the Berlin Conference?
This was a web of commercial interactions between the Arab world and Sub-Saharan Africa.
What is the Trans-Saharan Trade Network?
List 1 negative impact of colonialism on Africa.
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Arab traders brought the first system of this to Africa.
What is a system of writing and numbers?
The policy or practice of acquiring full or partial political control over another country.
What is colonialism?
The invasion, annexation, division, and colonization of most of Africa at the hands of European countries.
What is the scramble for Africa?
An extreme shortage of food.
What is famine?
List 1 positive impact of colonialism on Africa.
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They were excluded from the Berlin Conference.
What is African representatives?
Element mined and used in creating lithium batteries that power cell phones and other electronics.
What is cobalt?
This originates in central Africa and flows north to the Mediterranean Sea.
What is the Nile River?
Timbuktu did not allow people of this religion to enter the city.
What is Judaism?
The city of Timbuktu is located in this modern day African country.
What is Mali?
This country had the most colonies in Africa.
What is Great Britain?
He was the ruler of the Kingdom of Mali from 1312 to 1337 CE and is considered the richest person in history.
Who is Mansa Musa?
A gold coin used as money in Timbuktu.
What is a ducat?
This religion was spread via the Trans-Saharan trade network.
What is Islam?
This was traded from northern Africa to sub-Saharan Africa.
What is salt?
These 2 countries were never colonized by Europe.
What are Liberia and Ethiopia?
This spans from the Atlantic Ocean to the Nile Valley and is estimated to be 3.5 million square miles.
What is the Sahara Desert?
A policy extending a country's power and influence through diplomacy or military force.
What is imperialism?
List 3 African resources desired by European countries.
What are cocoa, gold, slave labor, oil, uranium, cobalt, etc.?
This term refers to the 10 to 12 million slaves transported from the 1500’s to the mid 1800’s.
What is the Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade?
This country controls most of the cobalt mines in the DRC.
What is China?