Geography
The 2nd largest Continent
What is Africa?
In the 600s, this religion spread through the Maghrib (the part of North Africa that is today the Mediterranean coast of Tunisia, Morocco, and Algeria)
What is Islam?
This ruler took control of Egypt in 1805. In an attempt to prevent European colonization, he attempted to modernize Egypt by introducing modern farming methods, building schools, inviting European experts to help train the army and establish textile mills etc.
Who is Muhammad Ali?
This canal was built to help modernize Egypt, and it became known as the “Lifeline of the British Empire” because it connected the Red Sea and Mediterranean Sea, cutting a journey short by thousands of miles.
What is the Suez Canal?
__________ is the domination of one country of the political, economic or cultural life of another country or region.
What is Imperialism?
This type of climate takes up about 40% of Africa
-temperatures vary; extremely hot in the day, extremely cold at night
What is a desert?
This was, and remains today, the most common method of transportation across the Sahara Desert.
What are camels?
This King established the Congo Free State as a personal project so he could gain revenue.
Who is Leopold II? (Belgium)
Ethiopia and ________ are the only African countries which were not conquered by Europeans in the Age of Imperialism.
What is Liberia?
A ________ is a country or region governed internally by a foreign power?
What is a colony?
This is the largest desert in Africa
What is the Sahara Desert?
Two of the medieval kingdoms that existed in Western Africa
What is Mali, Songhai, or Ghana?
This ruler was King of Ethiopia, and was crucial to the kingdom maintaining its independence.
Who is Menelik II?
This is the only battle in which a native African group was able to defeat a modern European army.
What is the Battle of Isandlwana?
A ______________ is a country or territory with its own internal government, but under the control of an outside power.
Hint: one of 3 forms of Imperialism
What is a protectorate?
The majority of people live in this type of climate, which also covers roughly 40% of Africa
What are the savannas or grasslands?
The people of the Kingdom of Ghana wore kente cloth to identify this.
What is social status?
He was King of the Zulu people during the Battle of Isandlwana.
(lived 1826-1884, ruled 1872-1879)
Who is King Cetshwayo?
This was the wealthiest trade city on the East African Coast because it was far South as one could sail in a monsoon season.
What is Kilwa?
In the ________ __________ of 1884-1885, the European powers divided Africa amongst themselves.
What is the Berlin Conference?
This valuable resource, used to preserve meat is mined throughout Africa, including the Sahara Desert
What is Salt?
This medieval kingdom is known for its impressive walls and fortifications.
Most Europeans didn't believe it was a product of African civilization.
What is Great Zimbabwe?
He was the Mandinka people’s king who led them to resist the French.
Who is Samori Touri?
British and French troops both arrived at this town in Sudan. In what became known as the ________ ________, war seemed imminent until France withdrew its troops.
What is the Fashoda Incident?
This is the name for the trade system in which Africans would provide slaves in exchange for guns, ammunition, and manufactured goods.
What is the Slave-Gun cycle?