Question | Answer |
What are some of the shared characteristics discussed in Sub-Saharan Africa? | |
What do you think of the size of population in relation to the available food resources in the region? | |
What are the richest natural resources in Sub-Saharan Africa? | |
How do you explain that there is a lack of backbone mountain system in this region? | |
What are the rift valleys and escarpements? | |
What are the prominent rivers, lakes, and waterfalls in the region? | |
What 2 prevailing types of climates (climate regions) characterize the region the most? | |
How do you characterize the agricultural potentials in the region? | |
What is an endemic disease? Give examples. | |
What is an epidemic disease? Give examples. | |
What is a pandemic disease? Give examples. | |
What is land tenure system? | |
What is land alienation? | |
What are the four common practices of subsistence agriculture engaged in the region? Explain each. | |
How is plantation farming (not olden day plantations in the U.S.) different than subsistence farming? | |
How does AIDS affect the region? | |
What impacts do you think the health challenge will have on Africans (labor force, life expectancy, etc.)? | |
What is the Green Revolution and what are the basic characteristics of it? Do Africans benefit from it much? | |
Was slave trade an invention of the Europeans? How do you characterize transatlantic slave trade? | |
What does triangular slave trade mean? Who reaped all the profit? | |
When was the Berlin Conference held and what was the primary objective of it? | |
What are the major impacts of the Berlin Conference on Africans? | |
What are the main characteristics of African tribal culture? | |
How do you describe African culture in languages and religions? | |
What are the main characteristics of shanty towns and why do they appear? | |
What are the characteristics of periodic markets and what part do they serve? | |
Define supranationalism and give an example from that region. | |
Explain how Sahel serves as a transitional zone in climates, economic activities, population, and religions. | |
West Africa: What memorial island is known as the point of no-return for Africans in reference to the slave trade era? How do you characterize the climates? What are the two most important agricultural products here? | |
Nigeria: What are the 2 most significant | |