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9 Weeks REVIEW

In the Sahel, overgrazing and drought have resulted in a decrease in the grassland region. What is this process called?

DESERTIFICATION

How is Malaria spread?

Mosquitoes

During the 1950’s and 1960’s most African countries experienced what??

Political Independence from the European Powers

What country is this?

DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO

Explain why the population of the Sahara is low.

LIMITED ACCESS TO WATER

What country is this?

SUDAN

What problems did the colonization or Africa lead to?

civil wars, corrupt governments, economic instability

What country is this?

EGYPT

_____________has infected more than 30,000 people in Sub-Saharan Africa?

HIV/AIDS

LAKE VICTORIA

What lake is this?

Name the vast, dry area that stretches across North Africa.

SAHARA DESERT

CONGO RIVER

What River is this?

Name the region of short grasses bordering the Sahara where desertification is a problem.

The Sahel

Why did Europeans build empires in Africa?

Europeans wanted the natural resources found there, and to expand their empires.

NILE RIVER What River is this?

What country is this?

SOUTH AFRICA

Some regions in Africa battle with widespread

famine. What is famine?

EXTREME SHORTAGE OF FOOD

What country is this?

KENYA

What River is this?

NIGER RIVER

Name the 3 regions that were involved in the Triangle Slave Trade.

Europe, Africa, Americas

What is a person(s) called that has to flee their home for safety called?

REFUGEE

What is the reason for the many different languages found in Africa?

Because there are many ethnic groups that each speak their own language

Who were the first slave traders in Africa?

The Portuguese

The war between the Hutu and the Tutsi can best be described as what type of conflict?

An Ethnic Conflict.

Who was the president who helped bring an end to apartheid in South Africa

Frederick W. De Klerk

Movement that stressed all black Africans must see themselves as one people

Pan-Africanism

What is the disease that is spread by mosquitoes and is quickly becoming one of the leading causes of death on the African continent.

Malaria

During the late 19 th and early 20 th centuries European powers raced to colonize the African continent, this became known as…..

“Scramble for Africa”

What rights were removed under Apartheid?

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Race Mixing

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Free Travel

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Voting

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Free Speech

What environmental change is threatening the way of live in West Africa?

Desertification

Which African country had Apartheid?

South Africa

The preplanned murder of an entire national, racial, political, or ethnic group is known as what?

Genocide

Mandela was president of what organization that worked to end Apartheid?

The ANC or African National Congress

What did the African nationalist movement fight for?

INDEPENDENCE

What is the best way to stop or fight deforestation?

Plant more trees

What two factors resulted in a very small population growth in South Africa

Poverty and Famine

The word Apartheid comes from what language?

Afrikaans

When it comes to preventing the spread of HIV/AIDS in Africa, what would be the most helpful?

Education and Prevention.

ATLAS MOUNTAINS

The develop of the Swahili language was the result of the mixing of which two cultures?

Bantu and Arabic

What did most African countries experience during the 1950s and 1960s?

Political Independence

The ______________ is the longest and most important river in West Africa.

NIGER

LAKE TANGANYIKA What lake is this?