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1.4 What is the main geographic feature of Central Africa? The Congo Basin
1.4 What is the largest, most populous country in Central Africa? DRC
1.4 Define Rainforest 1.5 Southern Africa's physical geography offers opportunities for ________ development. A forest with warm temperatures, plentiful rain, high humidity, and thick vegetation. Economic
1.5 What is one of the worlds largest gold producers? South Africa
1.5 What is an escarpment? A steep slope
1.5 What major river flows through Southern Africa? Zambezi river
1.5 Which region of Sub-Saharan Africa has the highest standard of living? Southern Africa
1.6 What are three big cats found in African wildlife? Cheetahs, lions, and leopards
1.6 What three factors have contributed to fewer big cats in the wild? Hunting, movement into big cat habitats, and poaching
1.6 Ecotourism Tourism focused on wildlife protection
2.2 _______ helped develop powerful states and empires in Sub-Saharan Africa. Trade
2.2 What is the Trans-Saharan trade route? Trade route that goes across the Sahara desert to the Sub-Saharan regions.
2.2 The Trans-Saharan trade route introduced what religion to Africa? Islam
2.2 West African empires thrived from what two natural resources? Gold and Salt
2.2 What is alluvial? Gold deposited by a river
2.2 Timbuktu what the center of what? Education
2.2 Ghana became a center of trading for what two resources? Gold and salt
2.2 Who was Mansa Musa? The wealthiest man ever, became popular from his pilgrimage to mecca, gives out gold, spreads islam
2.4 ________ powers colonized and ruled large parts of Africa until the Africans began independance movements in the mid-_____. European.... 1900s
2.4 What is imperialism? The pratice of extending a nation's influence by controlling other territories.
2.4 What is colonialism? The practice of directly controlling and settling foreign territories.
2.4 Which countrie controlled most of West Africa in 1938? France
2.4 Which countrie controlled much of South Africa in 1938? British
2.6 What is an Apartheid? The legal seperation of races.
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