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Africa 1
North and West Africa Test
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| • Nationalism | modern movement in which countries engineer a sense of unity and purpose amidst a large nation. People in these nationalist countries develop a strong sense of loyalty to their nation. A strong sense of nationalism developed in Europe in the 19th centur |
| • Imperialism- | the policy of extending a nation’s authority by territorial acquisition or by establishing economy and political hegemony over other nations. |
| • Superimpose | to place or lay over or above something |
| • Indigenous | having originated in and being produced, growing, living, or occurring naturally in a particular region or environment |
| The Yoruba religion is how many years old? | 1,000 |
| Yoruba is representative of other ________________ religions | Animistic |
| Yoruba has a common ____________ and ___________ | language Culture |
| Yoruba cosmology consists of going to heaven andgods and ________________ are also involved | ancestors |
| What is the purpose of the Yoruban religion? | To keep the balance |
| WHat is the Yoruban's supreme god? | Olorun |
| What are Orishas in the Yoruban religion? | deities |
| Who is the trickster figure of the Yoruban religion? | Esu |
| There are family ancestors that are worshipped by their families and then there are deified ancestors that worshipped widely by all | Fact |
| Give three examples of ritual practitioners in the Yoruban religion | Head of household King of chief Priests |
| Babalawo | is a Yorùbán title that denotes a Priest of Ifa. |
| Islam spread to Africa in the _th and _th centuries | 7 8 |
| Earliest people to bring Islam to Africa were fleeing persecution in __________ | Mecca |
| Muslims were aided by _________ and ports along the Mediterranean | Berbers |
| Islam spread to the interior via _______ routes | Trade |
| Abraham travelled into Egypt. (Having to do with Judaism) | Fact |
| Some Jewish communities today in Africa are the oldest in the world | Wow, why are Jews in Africa? Fact |
| The oldest Jewish community in Africa has been there for _____ years | 2,700 |
| Jews in Africa are distinct from the main Jewish communities elsewhere because they are so far away. Some observe basic Jewish rituals, some don't. | Fact |
| The _____ ___________ of Ethiopia are commonly seen as the only historically Jewish community in the area | Beta Israel |
| The Beta Israel group are descendants of _________, the son of the Queen of Sheba and King Solomon | Menelik |
| THe Beta Israel group officially were recognized by Rabbinic council as Jewish in 1975, evacuated during Ethiopian civil war to refugee camps in _________. | Israel |
| The Beta Israel group is unaware of the ________, but has own oral traditions similar to Judaism | Talmud |
| Christianity is mostly found in Central, Eastern, and Southern Africa | Fact |
| According to tradition, Christianity began in Africa in the 1st century when St. _______ the Evangelist started the church in Alexandria about the year 43 B.E. It was the __________. IT is the Church of Egypt. The head of the church is the pope and patria | Mark Coptic |
| West Africa is characterized by a ___ interior and the West coastal region. Rainfall _____________ away from the coast | dry Rainfall |
| Remnants of tropical rain forests still exist along the Atlantic coats of Cote d'Ivoire, ______, _________ | Ghana Nigeria |
| ____________ populations combined with decreasing food production are leading to environmental problems and an increase of disease | Increasing |
| Lake Chad, which is one of the world's great lakes is disappearing. there is no single cause for it. | Fact |
| Lake Chad is shared by Nigeria, Chad, Cameroon, and Niger - has _________ to less than __% of its former volume | receded 20 |
| The ___________ Desert is the largest Desert In some places the temp can reach ____ degrees Fahrenheit in the shade. At night the temp can quickly drop to freezing. People survive off its scattered _______ | Sahara 130 Oases |
| The NIle is the longest river in the world. it was worshipped as a ___ by ancient Egyptians. It was not easily navigated due to ___________ and impassible _________. | god Waterfalls Rapids |
| Charles Taylor was president of what country formerly Was founded by free AMerican slaves Child soldiers America;s first independent black nation in 1847 | Liberia |
| What country has a tsetse fly infestation and has political instability that has undermined its economic growth. By the way the country makes 1/6 of Africa's total population | Nigeria |
| Kwame Nkrumah led this country to its independence | Ghana |
| This country had civil war. Lost boys are from here | Sudan |
| The people of North Africa included light skinned Arabs, _________, Moors, and Egyptians. Black Africans in these areas are traditionally the poorest and most marginalized | Berbers |
| In Sudan there is a civil war between the Arab-speaking ________ in the North and the black in the South | Muslims |
| The Sudd Swamp is a as large as England, is the largest __________ swamp in Africa and home to over a million white-eared kob antelope | Freshwater |
| Cote d'Ivoire was called the Ivory coast when there was an active trade of _______. Should be called the Cocoa Coast since it's the world's top producer of cocoa | ivory |
| Gbeto warriors were a terrifying group of female soldiers from the Dahomey Kingdom, a precolonial West African Kingdom, is located in what is now Southern ________. They kidnapped _________. They also ate raw meat. What manly women! | Benin slaves |
| List the various religions present in north and west Africa | Animism Islam Judaism Christianity |
| The Great Mosque of Djenne was built in the 13th century by Djenne's first Islamicized ruler. As a vivid expression of his new-found faith, he had his palace destroyed, and the first Great Mosque built in its place | Fact |
| Animists worship the ______ __________ believed to be part of the natural environment. | dead souls |
| Rituals in Animism are often performed by __________ or priests | shamans |
| What country is the birthplace of Voodoo? | Benin |
| What is the oldest necropolis? | Valley of the Kings |
| What king went to a Hajj? | Mansa Musa |
| In Ancient Egypt, what was the classical period of art and literature known as? | Middle Kingdom |
| Ethiopia- only historical Jewish community- | Beta Israel |
| 3 reasons the slave population never increased | Mortality rates, selling slaves and buying new ones was cheaper than feeding the to keep them alive, and the living conditions |
| Largest freshwater swamp | Sudd Swamp |
| King of Belgium in 1876: | Leipol |
| Author of "White man's burden", also wrote Jungle book. Was imperialist poet | Kipling |
| Christian church in Egypt was | Coptic |
| City in Mali that became center of Islamic scholarship | Timbuktu |
| When was slavery abolished in the British Empire? | 1807 |
| World's largest fault | Great Rift Valley |
| Longest river in the world: Where does it originate: | Nile Lake Victoria |
| Africa's first independent black nation in 1847 in what country | Libreria |
| t or f Niger is the most populous country in Africa | F |
| Smallest country on Continental Africa | Gambia |
| Red, white, and black Volta rivers run through this country | Burkina Faso |
| What pre-European civilization near Tunis was a leading Mediterranean power? | Carthage |
| Who is Esu | Trickster figure in Yoruban religion |
| Country ruled by Qadaffi? | Libya |
| Uninhabited when Portuguese first arrived | Cape Verde |
| 2 challenges Lost boys faced when moving to America | Language Adapting to new environment Working very hard |
| What happened at the Berlin Conference in 1895? | It divided Africa in to nations |
| What civilization first minted coins | Aksum |
| What has receded to 20% of its original volume? | Lake Chad |
| Largest statue in Egypt | Sphinx |
| Primary export is peanuts in this country | Senegal |
| This country was first freed by freed British colonies | Sierra Leone |
| After South Africa,is most industrialized country and has Suez Canal | Egypt |
| _____bc- hunters and gatherers settled into agricultural communities | 7,000 |
| ______bc: 1st date in the ancient Egyptian calendar | 4236 |
| Fertile soils and easily navigable waters made the _____ River Valley and 10,000 sq. mile Delta popular for settlement | Nile |
| ___________ provided barrier against invaders | Desert |
| Pyramids built at Giza 2575 BC to 2150 BC | Fact |
| Middle Kingdom was followed by ________________ era when elaborate tombs were built in the valley of Kings | New Kingdom |
| Carthage became a leading western Mediterranean power through ________ At the height of its power, Carthage was a great city with 400,000 to 700,000 people living in buildings up to six stories tall | trade |
| The Aksum were located in present day ___________. Was Africa's first indigenous state and developed the first indigenous written script | Ethiopia |
| INhabitants of Aksum liked to build massive stone monuments over the graves of their dead leaders - one has been found that weighs ____ tons. It is considered the single largest piece of rock ever quarried, carved and set up in the ancient world | 700 |
| Nubia is present day _______ | Sudan |
| 7th century: Muslim Arabs conquered North Africa and revitalized the region - remained the only external influence on sub-Saharan Africa for ____ years | 700 |
| IN the Kingdom of Ghana: the introduction of the _________ (animal) revolutionized trade by making transporting salt, ivory, and gold easier. Collected taxes off goods that passed thrugh on their way north or south Surplus in gold led to growth of t | Camel Islam |
| Mansa Musa was king from 1312 to 1337 Went on ______ to Mecca Enormous wealth He promoted education, trade, and commerce _____________ became center of Islamic scholarship | Hajj Timbuktu |
| 1414- _____________ (explorer) came from China 1482- Portuguese first established trading ports (looking for salt) | Zheng He |
| Europe used the ______________ for centuries to travel to the east for trade - spices, silk, etc. Prices were high since Europeans were forced to go through Middle East They began to search for a ______________ | Silk Road Sea Route |
| Motivations for sea exploration from Africa to Middle East Economic motive: -Bypass _____________(Country) - Rise of capitalism in Europe - Search for exotic goods/precious metals Religious Motive: - Strong religious zeal Intellectual Cut | Middle East Population |
| European Exploration -What made the voyages possible? - Strong centralized monarchies - Increased knowledge and technology suchas: 1. ____________ 2. _______________ 3. _____________ Growing knowl | 1. Compass 2. Lateensails 3. Astrolabe |
| The Portuguese: Sought new allies and trade partners. - 1441- ships reach __________ River, just north of Cape Verde Returned with cargo of 10 black Africans 1444- Went to East Coast, and returned with 230 slaves | Senegal |
| Portugal: Gold Coast soon discovered- present day _________. Leased land from local rulers and built forts to the dismay of the locals 1487- ________________ rounds the Cape of Good Hope | Ghana Bartholomew Dias |
| The Slave Trade: Traficking of slaves had existed for centuries within the continent. _______ and Songhai Dnasties both used slaves as laborers. The primary market was the Middle East, but some slaves were sent to Europe | Mali |
| Spanish settlers introduced _____________ cultivations into West Indies shortly after1500 In _____(date) the first boatload of African slaves headed to the new world __ million slaves exported over time | Sugar-cane 1518 10 |
| Many slaves died during transportation to New world, __/1000 died. Maltreatment _________ was also big cause | 30 Disease |
| THe slave population never rose because 1. 2. _________mortality rate 3. Most slave owners thought it cheaper.... | 1/2 as many women were enslaved as men Infant to replace slaves than to nourish them as children and keep healthy |
| The first slaves were purchased from _____________________________. Local monarchs viewed the slave trade as a source of income Europeans did not control the terms of the trade, _________ did (Middle men) that were active in controlling price, volum | Local African Merchants Africans |
| Before the 19th century, Europeans failed to colonize the continent because of ____________, __________________________, and lack of ________________. | disease, political instability, transportation |
| Slave trade in state of decline and abolished by the early _____'s. it was wrong. Slaves were getting more expensive | 1800 |
| Slavery was replaced by a more "legitimate trade" its natural resources, such ___________ | palm oil |
| 1876- _________________ of Belgium laid claim to Congo basin for Belgian interests only. European powers gathered in Germany for the Berlin Conference | King Leopold II |
| Berlin Conference set "ground rules" for ____________. Free trade; end to slave trade Countries aren't countries until good population is formed | imperialism |
| THe goals of the Colonial system were to exploit _____________________ and open up markets for goods and investment | Natural resources |
| Noble Savage- | Rousseau |
| Only societies that moved aggresively to a adapt to changing circumstances would survive and prosper. Using natural resources to help backword countries. positives would outweigh the negatives. | fact |
| Africa's tallest mountain: | Mt. Kilamanjaro |
| Mansa Musa was the ruler of the Kingdom of _________, and is remembered for his extravagant Hajj to Mecca | UNSPECIFIED AS OF NOW |
| Africa is considered the ___ largest continent, after the continent of _____. | 2nd Asia |
| The German chancellor who called major powers together for the Berlin Conference: | Otto Van Bismarck |
| The ________ civilization produced the first and only coins in sub-Sahara Africa until the 10th century | Aksum |
| Other than the Moors, name the other Nomadic group found in North Africa | Berbers |
| This former president of Liberia, was accused of being a gun-runner and a diamond smuggler: | Charles Taylor |
| Remarkable Chinese explorer and admiral, he reached Africa around 1414: | Zheng He |
| Because 8-% of of Africa lies between the tropic of Cancer and the tropic of Capricorn, it has the largest ___________ region of any continent | UNSPECIFIED AS OF NOW |
| Explorer who rounded the Cape of Good Hope in 1487: | Dias |
| Colonial power that had the largest African empire: | UNSPECIFIED AS OF NOW |
| What religion spread throughout most of North Africa in the 7th and 8th centuries? | Islam |
| Lake Chad has lost 20% of its former volume; it is located in the ________, a vast savanna bordered by the sahara in the north and the rain forests of the West coast | Sahal |
| The Valley of Kings is the most famous ___________ on earth | necropolis |
| Gbeto Warriors were a terrifying group of female soldiers from the _________ kingdom | UNSPECIFIED AS OF NOW |
| List three motives for European expansion in the 15th century | Desire to bypass the Muslims in the Middle East Population explosion that was occurring in Europe at the time Intellectual curiosity in the East |
| Before the 19th century Europeans failed to colonize the African continent because of what three factors? | Disease Political instability Lack of transportation |
| When had the trafficking of slaves started in Africa? | Before the Europeans arrived |
| The only two African countries to escape colonization were: | Liberia and Ethiopia |
| Historians generally believe that the scramble for Africa, the rushed imperial conquest of Africa by the major powers of Europe, began with what country? | Belgium |
| T or F: Yoruba is an example of an animistic religion | T |
| T or F: IN the Yoruba religion, Esu is the supreme god | F |
| T or F: African countries did not begin to achieve independence until the 1950's | T |
| T or F: Beta Israel, the native Jewish sect of Ethiopia, was evacuated in 1975 during a Ethiopian civil war to refugee camps in Sudan | F |
| T or F: Ten million slaves were exported over time from Africa | T |
| Define Imperialism | The extension of political power or ownership of land over other nations |
| What was the purpose of the Berlin Conference of 1885? | To divide Africa into nations |
| What role did African leaders have in the Berlin Conference? | UNSPECIFIED AS OF NOW |
| What factors did the European powers ignore or disregard when dividing Africa among themselves | Living conditions Linguistic borders Tribal loyalties |
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