Regions of Eastern Africa
Name given to the "gash" in the earth that runs from the Middle East southward through East Africa
Great Rift Valley
This desert lies on the Tropic of Capricorn
Kalahari Desert
Because of the large number of shipwrecks that have occurred off the northern shore of Namibia, it has earned this nickname
Skeleton Coast
Term used for when countries gained independence during the twentieth century
decolonization
The biggest economic concern for Africa for the forseeable future
debt
Because of its shape, this is the name for the wide Somali Peninsula on the east side of Africa
Horn of Africa
This region includes four independent nations and one principality of France
Indian Ocean Islands
Largest lake in Africa
Lake Victoria
The time in the late nineteenth century when Europeans were grabbing up pieces of Africa
Scramble for Africa
Cleanest city in Africa
Kigali, Rwanda
It covers the extreme north of South Sudan and most of Eritrea
Sahel
The Kalahari is found here
Southern Deserts
This is the longer of the two Nile tributaries
White Nile
When the UN withdrew from this country in 1995, anarchy and famine returned
Somalia
This country is following a model of authoritarian rules and pro-business economic policies
Rwanda
The Darfur region of western Sudan
Sahara
This region includes Highveld, Middleveld, and Lowveld
Sahel
Areas of shallow water where boulders break the surface of the Nile
cataracts
Under this system, all citizens were registered by ethnicity
apartheid
DAILY DOUBLE
How has the cell phone revolutionized Africa?
This region includes Kenya, Tanzania, and Northern Mozambique
Swahili Coast
This region includes parts of Angola, Namibia, Botswana, and Zambia
Southwestern Plateaus
The capitals of Sub-Sahara Africa are some of the ________ in elevation in the world
highest
These two competing tribes in Rwanda have warred against each other repeatedly, most recently a massacre in 1994 that resulted in the loss of approximately 800,000 lives
Hutus Tutsis
How do these two region's economies compare?
East African economies are growing faster