West Africa
Who was the King of Mali, Known as the Richest man to ever live?
Mansa Musa
Define Imperialism
An attempt to dominate a country’s government trade or culture
Who was the famous explorer, who fought a lion, and mapped Africa's Interior?
David Livingstone
What’s Settler Rule in Colonization? Name an Example!
Settler rule in colonization is when a large number of people from the colonizing country move to the colony, take land, and set up a permanent community. Ex: South Africa
Which two ethnic groups made up the Rwanda Genocide?
Hutu and the Tutsi
Name the Three West African Kingdoms we studied.
Mali, Songhai, Ghana
Define Berbers
A group of nomadic people from North Africa who used camels to carry goods across the Sahara Desert
Which European country got the MOST land in the Scramble for Africa?
Great Britain
Who colonized South Africa First?
The Dutch
Who ruled the congo through Direct Rule?
King Leopold the 2nd
Who is the founder of the Mali Empire?
Sundiata Keita
Define Griot:
A Storyteller who tells of traditions or oral history in Africa
What was the Berlin Conference?
The Berlin Conference was a meeting in 1884-1885 where European countries decided how to divide Africa among themselves without asking the African people.
What do Majority and Minority mean?
Majority means the larger group of people in a community or country, while Minority means the smaller group of people.
Rwanda was ruled through which type of Colonial Rule?
Indirect rule!
What kept physical feature kept Mali Isolated from the rest of the world?
The Sahara Desert
Define Oasis:
A wet, fertile area in a desert where water is found.
What are the four technological advances that allowed Europeans to enable the colonization of Africa?
a. Steamboat
b. Machine Gun
c. Locomotive
D. Telegraph
Who made up the Afrikanners/Boers?
Belgium, German, and French Farmers
What’s Company Rule in Colonization? Name an example
Company rule in colonization is when a private trading company is given control to govern and manage a colony, making decisions about laws, resources, and trade on behalf of the colonizing country. Ex: Kenya
What was the process of silent trading in West Africa Called?
Silent Barter
Judging another person's culture based on the values, background and standards of your own culture is?
Ethnocentrism
Identify 7 issues that Europeans had whilst exploring the interior of Africa
a . Heat b. Rapids c. Other People d. Animals e. Malaria f. Dysentery g. Shortage of supplies
Nelson Mandela was an important person in South African History, how many years did he spend in Jail? What happened to him after he was released?
27 years in jail, ended Apartheid, and became the first black president of South Africa
When King Leopold the 2nd, was forced to give up the Congo by the Belgium government, how much money was he paid for his "sacrifice"?
50 million francs