Challenges Facing Africa
This disease remains a major health challenge across Africa.
What is malaria (and HIV/AIDS)?
Apartheid was a system of racial segregation in this country.
What is South Africa?
Many African nations adopted this type of government after independence.
What is democracy?
European powers divided Africa at this 1884–1885 conference.
What is the Berlin Conference?
The fertile land along the Nile was known as this.
What is the Nile River Valley (Black Land)?
Desertification is especially severe in this region south of the Sahara.
What is the Sahel?
Apartheid officially began in this year.
What is 1948?
Military coups often replaced governments with this type of rule.
What is military dictatorship?
Colonization often ignored these, leading to ethnic conflict.
What are traditional ethnic boundaries?
Cataracts along this river made travel and trade difficult.
What are cataracts of the Nile?
Many African economies rely heavily on exporting these.
What are raw materials/natural resources?
This leader was imprisoned for 27 years before becoming president.
Who is Nelson Mandela?
This regional organization promotes unity among African states.
What is the African Union (AU)?
Ghana was the first African nation to gain independence in this decade.
What is the 1950s?
Egypt’s deserts provided this type of protection from invaders.
What is natural protection from invasion?
Rapid urbanization often leads to this housing problem.
What are slums/shantytowns?
Apartheid laws classified people into these racial categories.
What are White, Black, Coloured, and Indian/Asian?
Corruption and weak institutions often lead to this problem in governance.
What is political instability?
This policy of indirect rule was used by Britain in Africa.
What is indirect rule?
Kush was located south of Egypt in this region.
what is Nubia?
Civil wars and ethnic conflicts often result in these displaced populations.
What are refugees?
Apartheid ended in this decade.
What is the 1990s (ended in 1994)?
Some African nations have adopted this system, blending traditional and modern leadership.
What is a hybrid system (traditional chiefs + modern government)?
Kwame Nkrumah led independence movements in this country.
What is Ghana?
This river was the lifeline of Ancient Egypt.
What is the Nile River?