Economic and Border Consequences of Colonialism
Paradox where resource abundance undermines economic diversification, democratic governance, and political stability instead of guaranteeing prosperity.
What is resource curse?
The struggle for global dominance between leading powers
What is the superpower rivalry?
A country whose central government has lost the ability/willingness to perform basic functions of a sovereign state and lost control of some parts of the country
What is a failed state?
Islam, Judaism, Christianity, Hinduism, and Indigenous Religions are examples of what?
What are the religions of Sub-Saharan Africa?
U.S. military’s Africa-focused command, coordinating security partnerships and missions to promote regional stability while advancing American strategic objectives.
What is US African Command (AFRICOM)?
A farming system in which families/small communities grow crops and raise livestock primarily to feed themselves, with little or no surplus for commercial sale.
What is subsistence agriculture?
African countries experienced almost 200 coups since independence, most of them were an attempt to overthrow _______ regimes, which themselves had come to power through a coup.
What are military regimes?
This is the most widely practiced religion in Sub Saharan Africa.
What is Christianity?
This region imports African oil, has consular and trade offices in almost every African capital, and has worked to increase trade with African countries by reducing barriers to trade.
What is Europe?
This act gave African Countries duty free access to US markets to help grow their economy.
What is the Africa Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA)?
Large-scale emigration of highly educated or skilled workers from their home country to another country that offers better opportunities, wages, or living conditions.
What is ‘Brain Drain’?
Why did some Western scholars call the Cold War a “long peace”?
What is no war broke out between the superpowers (proxy wars)
A legal system of white rule in South Africa that denied the majority black South Africans equal rights.
What is Apartheid?
Afro-Asiatic, Niger-Congo, Khoisan, Nilo-Saharan, Malagasy are examples of what?
What are the language families of Sub-Saharan Africa?
AU’s 50-year strategic framework for transforming the continent into a prosperous, integrated, and peaceful Africa by the year 2063.
What is Agenda 2063?
Form of government in which political elites abuse their power by confiscating economic aid and funding from other countries as political loyalty
What is Kleptocracy?
Formal state institutions operate by informal networks of personal loyalty and patron-client relationships
What are Neo-patrimonial systems
This event took place in Kenya from 1952-1959. They were a militant group of the Kikuyu who demanded land reform and freedom from British colonialism. Thousands of people were killed.
What is the Mau Mau rebellion?
Define primary commodities
What are foundational raw materials of the global economy
An intergovernmental organization promoting political and economic integration, peace, and development among Africa’s 55 member states.
What is the African Union (AU)
Enduring political, economic, and social effects of European colonial rule
What is the Legacy of Colonialism
Governing style where holding office primarily serves the leader’s personal or factional interests rather than the public good.
What is Corrupt leadership
“Historical events and decisions can shape the trajectory of future developments. For example, colonial legacy; many African nations inherited institutions that were designed to extract resources rather than promote development.”
What is Path Dependence?
This country is currently the largest trading partner that imports primary commodities from Africa.
What is China?
A set of eight goals aimed at education, gender equality, and eradicating extreme hunger/poverty.
What are the Millenium Development Goals?