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How East Africa's location helps it become a major international trading center Their location on the Red Sea and the Indian Ocean made it easy to trade with Asia
Carthage Very important city in North Africa founded by a Phoenician
Two major ethnic groups in East Africa kikuyu, Masai
Souk Marketplace in North Africa
The area of Africa and the two countries that were the site of famines in the 1980s and 1990s Somalia, Ethiopia horn of Africa
The principal cause of famine drought
berlin conference European nations divided Africa
Homo habilis First humans to make stone tools
Three North African countries whose economies have been transformed by oil Liberia, Algeria, Tunisia
East Africa's most critical health problem Aids
Olduvai gorge Most continues Known record of humanity
rai music Algeria, by poor urban children
Islam Monotheistic religion Based on teachings of Muhammad
The Muslims used what two bodies of water to connect North Africa and Europe with SW Asia Med. sea/ Indian ocean
Why people in East Africa are leaving their farms To get better jobs in the city
Three problems facing education in Central Africa Shortage of teachers, high dropout rate, few secondary schools
How role of women in North Africa has changed over the years Gotten better jobs and made social progress
Two types of carvings that the Fang were known for Wooden mask- Painted white with black outlining Boxes- Skulls and bones of ancestors
Pandemic a disease affecting a large pop. over a wide area/ uncontrollable outbreak.
What East Africa is called Cradle of humanity
kente cloth Colorful cloth with geometric designs known as Asasia
First Europeans to establish the African slave trade Portuguese
Black gold Oil
Two countries that remain free from European control after the Berlin Conference Liberia, Ethiopia
Who was the person that discovered a fossil of a species called homo habilis Mary Leaky
Name the two men who ended the system of apartheid in South Africa Nelson Mandela, De Klerk
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