Stuff about Africa
A period of European colonization and conquest of Africa from 1885 to 1914
Body of Water North of Africa
What is the Mediterranean Sea?
Country that was the first country to begin what would become the European colonization of Africa.
What was Belgium?
Body of Water, West of Africa
What is the Atlantic Ocean?
Largest desert in Africa and the world's largest hot desert
What is The Sahara?
Meeting of European powers of which its main purpose was to formalize the claims of each nation on African colonies
What is the Berlin Conference?
Located on the Southern Tip of Africa
What is the Cape of Good Hope?
King of the Zulu Kingdom from 1816 to 1828. One of the most influential monarchs of the Zulu.
Who was Shaka Zulu?
Body of Water, East of Africa
What is the Indian Ocean?
Rugged mass of mountains in Northeast Africa. It forms the largest continuous area of its elevation in the continent.
What are the Ethiopian Highlands?
Roughly how many African tribes are there?
a. 100
b. 500
c. 3,000
d. 20,000
What is
C. 3,000
What is Second?
Belgium, Germany, United Kingdom, Italy, Russia, France, Spain, Portugal
Which of these countries did NOT particapate in the Scramble for Africa.
What is Russia?
Smallest Country by Land Area
What is Seychelles?
Composed mainly of grasses with scattered individual trees and shrubs. Its soil is very porous which allows grasses to thrive while other vegetation struggles.
What is the Savanna?
This is bringing possibly unwanted influence, but on the other hand also providing sustainability for the continent’s traditional tribal cultures.
What is Tourism?
Largest Country by Land Area
Algeria
Griot
What is an African Storyteller?
Largest Country by Population
Nigeria
Transition zone between the more humid Sudanian savannas to its south and the drier Sahara to the north
What is the Sahel?
Pastoral people inhabiting the plains and lowlands of Kenya and Tanzania. Defining feature of these peoples culture is their wonderful song and dance, culminating in the famous leap.
Who are the Maasai?
The largest mountain in Africa
What is Mount Kilimanjaro?
Dutch settlers who came to live in and colonize Africa.
What are the Voortrekkers also called Afrikaners?
The 2 largest rivers in Africa
What are the Nile and Congo?
The Nile River, the longest river in the world, flows from south to north through northeastern Africa, it empties into the Mediterranean Sea on the coast of this country.
What is Egypt?