In the Desert
What is the name of the waterway the connects the Mediterranean Sea to the Red Sea?
The Suez Canal
Who are the Swahili?
A group of people who are a mix of African, Indian, and Chinese descent
What is Animism?
The belief that animals, plants, and other natural objects have spirits
Who are the Boers?
A group of Dutch farmers who settled in South Africa
Which region of Africa features the Nile River, Sahara Desert, and Atlas Mountains?
What is the most important geographic feature to Egypt? Its flooding allows for farming in the desert
The Nile River
What is imperialism?
The process of taking over other people's lands in order to set up colonies.
Schools and mosques (to promote Islam)
What is Coptic Christianity?
A mix of African customs with Christian pratices
What is the belief that your culture is better than all others?
Ethnocentrism
Who were the Berbers?
A group of nomads who live in North Africa (more specifically Morocco)
What is the Middle Passage?
The main trade route of the Atlantic Slave Trade
What is a savannah?
The grassland located below the Sahel.
What is a safari?
A trip to go look at animals in Africa
Who is the South African politician who fought to end Apartheid?
Nelson Mandela
What is the Arab Spring?
An outbreak of pro-democracy protests that broke out across North Africa in 2011.
What was the purpose of the Berlin Conference?
They met to divide up Africa and prevent European countries from fighting over Africa
Name the two important cities that we talked about from Mali
Timbuktu and Djenne
What were the two major resistance movements against Europe's takeover of Africa?
The Zulu and the Ethiopians
What are the three major issues facing Africa?
Genocide, Malaria, and Desertification
What is an Oasis?
A pool of freshwater in the middle of a desert
Explain the process of silent barter
1. Person A brings an item to a meeting spot, drops it off, then hits a drum
2. Person B picks up the first person's item, leaves their own, then hits a drum
3. Person A picks up Person B's item
What were the two causes of the Rwandan genocide?
The Tutsi were richer than than the Hutu, and the Hutu felt like victims of the Tutsi
What is an enclave?
A country within another country
What are the Ghost and the Darkness?
Two man-eating lions from Tsavo, Kenya