Key Terms
The preserved remains of an ancient human, animal, or plant
fossil
Is the Serengeti a savanna, a desert, or a rain forest?
savanna
What term refers to the official government policy that kept whites and non-whites separated in South Africa?
Apartheid
The three most common religions in the region are Islam, indigenous religions, and _____.
Christianity
What insect spreads malaria?
mosquito
Tourism that focuses on the environment and seeks to minimize environmental impact
ecotourism
What is the highest mountain in Africa?
Mt. Kilimanjaro
Which country experienced a genocide for three months in 1994, when the Hutu ethnic group attacked the Tutsi ethnic group?
Rwanda
Are most people in Eastern and Southern Africa indigenous or European immigrants?
indigenous
Which African country has three capital cities?
South Africa
Illegal hunting
poaching
What two countries is the Serengeti Plain in?
Kenya and Tanzania
Who was a famous leader of the African National Congress who spent time in prison before becoming the first black president of South Africa?
Nelson Mandela
What autoimmune disease, common in the region, is caused by the HIV virus?
AIDS
Which insect spreads sleeping sickness?
tsetse fly
Attitude that one's own social or cultural group is better than all others
Ethnocentrism
What is the name for the long, unusually flat area of land between areas of higher ground in Eastern Africa?
Great Rift Valley
What group of people first lived in western Africa before migrating east and west? They brought their language, farming methods, and knowledge of iron tools.
Bantu
What east African country split in half in July of 2011?
Sudan
What is the island country off the eastern coast of Africa? Its capital is Antananarivo.
Madagascar
Bantu language that has many Arabic influences and words from other languages
Swahili
What is the largest lake in Africa?
Lake Victoria
What was the first civilization in Eastern and Southern Africa?
Nubia
What language family do most indigenous languages in the region belong to?
Bantu
What is the name of the great trading city founded by Bantu speakers in Southern Africa that later became the name of a South African country. (This country was formerly called Southern Rhodesia.)
Great Zimbabwe (Zimbabwe)