Unit 3 Africa Grudgeball Review What is the
Unit 3 - Africa Grudgeball Review
What is the name of strip of semiarid land south of the Sahara?
The Sahel
What is the name of the island nation located off the eastern coast of Africa?
Madagascar
What is the capital of Egypt?
Cairo
What is the name of the water source that allows people and cities to exist in northeastern Africa?
The Nile River
What is the tallest mountain/point of elevation in Africa?
Mount Kilimanjaro
What is subsistence farming?
Raising enough food to just feed your household.
Pride and devotion to one’s country is called?
Nationalism
What is it called when people move into cities and those cities grow larger?
Urbanization
What is poaching?
The illegal hunting of wildlife
Roads, bridges, schools and power sources are examples of…
Infrastructure
What bodies of water does the Suez Canal connect?
The Mediterranean and Red Seas
What oceans can one now access because of this connection?
The Atlantic and Indian Oceans
What are the four major climate regions in Africa?
Desert, semi-arid, tropical rainforest and savanna
What is a savanna?
Grassland with scattered trees that can support wildlife and survive dry spells.
Policy by which one country seeks to rule over another
Colonialism
What is desertification?
The expansion of desert
What causes desertification?
Drought, overgrazing, compaction of soil by livestock
Land suitable for farming is also called…
Arable land
What is corruption? Give an example of one country suffering under it.
Use of power for personal gain Nigeria
What is ecotourism?
Tourism that focuses on the environment and seeks to minimize environmental impact.
What was the “Scramble for Africa” and around what time period did it happen?
European nations dividing up pieces of Africa amongst themselves. These would become their colonial possessions. This occurred in the late 1800 s through the early 1900 s.
Give at least 3 examples of European nations that colonized Africa in the late 1800 s.
United Kingdom, France, Belgium, Italy, Germany, Portugal, Spain
Name one cause and one effect of the colonization of Africa.
Cause: Nationalism in Europe and the increase in industrialization requiring new markets/natural resources. Effects: Africans were forced to move to a money market economy and Africans were forced to work for low pay. Africans were forced to move away from their traditional ways and conform to European practices.
This system was adopted in 1948 to separate races. What African country did this occur in?
apartheid South Africa
What were some hardships black South Africans faced under apartheid?
Forced to live in “homelands” (rural areas) or “townships” (slums outside of cities), no political rights, poor schools and healthcare
What ANC lawyer fought and was jailed for fighting apartheid?
Nelson Mandela
What are two things Nelson Mandela is known for?
Being the first black president of South Africa and winning the Nobel Peace Prize.
How is Malaria contracted?
Through mosquitos
What problems does HIV/Aids cause in southern Africa?
It blocks economic development and causes widespread infection and death.
What region of Africa did Ebola most recently affect?
West Africa
What was the middle passage?
The journey Africans sold into slavery took from Africa to the Americas across the Atlantic
What do you need to improve in order to prevent Cholera?
Water and sewer management systems
What part of the body is affected by HIV?
The immune system
How did the kingdoms of West Africa become wealthy?
The salt and gold trade
What year did the Africa Union form?
2002
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