Central Africa
how many countries are in central Africa?
10
What shape was the trade route in?
A triangle
What are the Major landforms
Great rift valley
congo river
cogo basin
What was the name for white African
Afrikaaners
Why is the Congo River hard to navigate?
rough rapids, many rocks and boulders, many branches off the main course
What are the names of the 10 countries in centra Africa?
Cameroon Sudan CAR
equatorial Guinea Gabon
DRC republic of Congo
chad Saõ tome and principe
Why was the trade route important?
Because they where like slaves and we’re forced to trade.
Congo River
2nd-longest in Africa, most dominant landform
Why did Europeans take longer to explore and settle central Africa?
the Congo River was hard to navigate, as was the Congo Basin; diseases such as malaria
Summarize the climate of Central Africa.
tropical, wet weather; northern and southern regions alternate dry and wet seasons
Be familiar with the map of central Africa countries
which is the biggest/smallest, etc.
DRC
sao tome
Explain what led to the development of the slave trade in Central Africa in the 1400s.
Europeans needed workers for their large plantations in the Americas; they already had colonies in Africa and took slaves from there
congo rainforest
Earth’s 2nd lung, provides food, shelter, and medicine to millions of Africans, home to thousands of birds and animals
What is Africas nickname
Mother continent
Most people in Central Africa live in ______ areas
Rural
daily double
when was cameroon independence?
January 1st 1960 (from France)
Sao Tome was the first port for the slave trade. What is the connection between Sao Tome (which country “owned” it) and slaves being shipped to Brazil (which country “owned” it)?
Both Brazil and Sao Tome were colonies of Portugal
Great rift valley
where Africa is ripping apart, 5x longer than the Grand Canyon, creates deep holes that are full of water, making some of the largest and deepest lakes in the world – Lake Tanganyika, for example
Explain why blood diamonds are important in Central Africa.
diamonds are expensive and were either stolen to pay for weapons or sold to pay for weapons used to fight in many civil wars in the region. Thousands of Africans were killed, tortured, or injured while mining for the gems.
What is the tallest mountain in central Africa?
Mount. Kenya 17,057′
Highest mountain in Cameroon estimate
Cameroon mountain 13,000ft estimated 13,435ft exactly
What was the Triangular Trade Route?
trading system between Europe, Africa, and the Americas; ships traveled a three-leg route based on the way the winds blew
how many nile rivers are there
3
the Nile
the blue Nile
and the white nile
Daliy double
which nba player is from Cameroon
a. Pascal Siakam
b. dwaye wade
c. Joel embiid
A and c both from Cameroon
Which national recorce helps central Africa
Diamonds