Science
Isaac Newton is famous for this.
What is developing Newtonian mechanics/establishing physics/inventing calculus?
A city located in present-day Mali that was known for its wealth and education.
What is Timbuktu?
The invasion, annexation, division, and colonization of Africa at the hands of European nations.
What is the scramble for Africa?
Extreme scarcity of food
What is famine?
Solve for x.
x + 25 = 51
What is x=26?
Unless you push or pull (apply a force on) an object, it will remain at rest or in uniform.
What is Newton's first law?
He was the wealthiest person who ever lived.
Who is Mansa Musa?
This river originates in central Africa and flows north to the Mediterranean Sea.
What is the Nile River?
This commodity was traded FROM northern Africa TO sub-Saharan Africa.
What is salt?
Solve for y.
7y = 14
What is y=2?
The acceleration of an object is connected to the force which is acting on it. The object speeds up due to the force acting on it.
What is Newton's second law?
The policy or practice of acquiring full or partial political control over another country, occupying it with settlers, and exploiting it economically.
What is colonization?
These gold coins were used as currency by the kingdom of Mali.
What are ducats?
List three natural resources that Europeans wanted from Africa.
What are gold, copper, oil, natural gas, cobalt, uranium, etc.?
Combine like terms.
2x + 4y - x - 3y
What is x - y?
The formula for force.
What is F=ma?
An element mined from Africa that is used in creating lithium batteries for cell phones and laptops.
What is cobalt?
A policy of extending a country's power and influence through diplomacy and military force.
What is imperialism?
Explain how Africans leaders were represented at the Berlin Conference.
What is they weren't?
Solve for s.
12s = 36
What is s=3?
For every external force, there is an equal force acting in the opposite direction.
What is Newton's third law?
This desert spans across Africa, from the Atlantic Ocean to the Nile River Valley.
What is the Sahara Desert?
A web of commercial interactions between the Arab world and sub-Saharan Africa.
What is the Trans-Saharan Trade Network?
List two similarities between Timbuktu and a modern-day city.
What are schools, libraries, access to books, buying goods for currency, etc.?
Solve for w.
2w + 18 = 20
What is w=1?
According to Newton's third law of motion, when I am pushing against the keys on my laptop as I type, the keys on my laptop are doing this.
What is pushing against my fingers?
A meeting between 14 European countries - including Great Britain, Spain, France, and Belgium - where they decided how to split up the territories of Africa.
What is the Berlin Conference?
The Berlin Conference accomplished the same thing that Britain did in subcontinental Asia when they divided up these two countries.
What are India and Pakistan?
List two differences between Timbuktu and a modern-day city.
What is they excluded Jews (and possibly Christians), slavery, high risk of fire, canals versus roads, etc.?
Combine like terms.
7x + 4 + 3x - 2
What is 10x + 2?