What major river has allowed civilization to develop in North Africa?
What is the Nile River?
East Africa
What was the result of the Berlin Conference?
Africa divided up among European nations leading to war, poverty, poor infrastructure, etc...
West Africa
What is Goree Island?
Departure point for slaves from Africa in world history during the triangular trade.
What caused international sanctions in South Africa in the 1990s?
What is apartheid?
What is the economic base of most African nations? (What do they do to survive and make a little bit of money?)
Agricultural base
Describe the Great Rift Valley of Africa. What would it look like? What caused it?
It would look very mountainous, hilly, large cracks in the Earth's surface.
It was caused by plate tectonics.
Which East African nation experienced a genocide in 1994 leading to the deaths of 800,000 people?
West Africa
Which country in West Africa is their leading producer of oil for the entire continent?
What is Nigeria?
Who is Nelson Mandela?
Apartheid hero, former president of South Africa.
Name three things you would likely see on the Serengeti Plain.
Answers will vary.
Lions, Wilder beast, Hyenas, Elephants, Rhinos, etc.......
What is the highest point in Africa?
What is Mt. Kilamanjaro?
East Africa
Why is it risky for East Africa to rely on cash crops?
Drought, instability, and famine is a problem in this region of the world.
What type of habitat would you find in Central Africa? How is this different from the rest of Africa?
Which European country gained control of South Africa as a result of the Boer War?
What is Britain?
What are the current issues facing the Serengeti Plain in regards to the wild life?
They are losing their land as people expand over Africa causing conflict between humans and animals.
What does the Suez Canal do? Why is this important?
It connects the Mediterranean Sea and the Indian Ocean. It allows world trade to flourish between Europe, the Middle East, and Asia.
North Africa
What is the language spoken, and what is the religion practiced in this region of Africa?
Arabic, Islam
Who is King Leopold II of Belgium and why is he important to Africa's history?
Organized the Berlin Conference. Used the Congo as his private vacation home. He destroyed much of it for the native people of the Congo. He led to colonialism of the continent.
The Boer War was primarily fought over what resource located in South Africa in large abundance?
What is gold?
This is a two part question:
Part I: The AIDS crisis is a major issue impacting the health and development of Africa. Which region of Africa is most impacted by AIDS?
Part II: Which region of Africa is most impacted by famine?
Part I: South Africa
Part II: East Africa
What is desertification?
The process in which fertile land becomes desert, typically as a result of a drought, deforestation, or bad agricultural practices.
North Africa
What landform acts as a natural barrier between North Africa and the rest of Africa?
What is the Sahara Desert?
West Africa
What is a stateless society?
People use family lineages to govern themselves as opposed to relying on an organized government.
The apartheid movement in South Africa could be compared to what historical event in United States history?
The Civil Rights movement
Africa is currently experiencing the brain drain. What does this mean?
Africa's top students are choosing to leave the continent to go to other parts of the world to try and live a better life leaving problems behind.