Vocabulary
The act of taking control of an area or a country that is not your own, especially using force, and sending people from your own country to live there.
Colonization
A long winding river that begins in Egypt, cuts through Uganda and ends in the Lake Victoria.
Hint: The Aswan Dam is located near it.
The Nile River
What is the name of the European country that colonized Rwanda and created ethnic division within the country.
Belgium
African architecture is influenced by ?
British architecture
The Southern tip of Africa is known as the .....
Cape of Good Hope.
The adoption of the practices and culture of western Europe by societies and countries in other parts of the world, whether through compulsion or influence.
Westernization
A body of water found in the center of Tanzania, Kenya, and Uganda.
Hint: It's a lake.
Lake Victoria
What were the two ethnic groups that had tension between each other?
The Hutu and the Tutsi
Popular sports such as cricket and rugby are influenced by?
British influence
An island found off the east coast of Africa.
Hint: I like to move it, move it, move it.....
Madagascar
An ideology that emphasizes loyalty, devotion, or allegiance to a nation or nation-state.
Hint: It's a sense of Pride.
Nationalism
A large piece of desert found in the northern region of Africa.
Sahara
The Belgium people treated the Tutsi people as superior. This resulted in the Hutu people being angry towards the Tutsi.
The South African Currency is known as the?
The tallest mountain in Africa?
Mount Kilimanjaro
A policy that governed relations between South Africa’s white minority and black majority for much of the latter half of the 20th century, sanctioning racial segregation and political and economic discrimination against black Africans.
Apartheid
What land form is located on the east coast of Africa near the Horn of Africa?
Hint: Found in Ethiopia
The Highlands of Africa.
The mass genocide that killed over 800,000 thousand Tutsi people within the span of 100 days.
Response will vary between:
Rwandan Genocide or Tutsi Genocide.
Which quality of culture has left a significant global impact is Africa's ?
Music
A large area of grasslands that are home to a variety of African wildlife.
The Savannah
A policy of extending a country's power and influence through colonization, use of military force, or other means.
Imperalism
What are the four major bodies of water that surround Africa?
Mediterranean Sea, Atlantic Ocean, Indian Sea & the Red Sea.
A day of remembrance and peace centered on making amends. Usually celebrated on Dec. 16th where people participate in acts of kindness and serving others.
The Day of Reconciliation.
What resources makes Africa so desirable to other countries.
Answers will vary, main one's I am looking for:
Gold
Oil
Titanium
Centered around Timbuktu became one of the most powerful kingdoms in the continent.
Songhai Empire