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Africa Unit Exam
Review of Key Terms for Africa Geography Unit
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Longest record of human activity | Olduvai Gorge |
| Ancient kingdom of eastern Africa | Aksum |
| Movement of people that linked Africa with a common language & culture | Bantu Migration |
| Exploited central Africa for his own personal gain | King Leopold II |
| Meeting of European countries to split up Africa | Berlin Conference |
| System that separated blacks and whites in South Africa | Apartheid |
| 1st president of a 'Free' South Africa | Nelson Mandela |
| Last president of an 'Apartheid' South Africa | FW deKlerk |
| Auto-Immune disease with no known cure | HIV/AIDS |
| Intestinal disease caused by unsanitary drinking water | Cholera |
| Blood disease spread by insects | Malaria |
| Lung disease | Tuberculosis |
| Religious group responsible the most killing in Darfur, Sudan | Muslims - Islam |
| Rwanda's version of KKK | Interahamwe |
| What 2 ethnic groups live in Rwanda | Hutu, Tutsi |
| Combatants in the Boer War | British, Dutch |
| Country known as the 'Gift of the Nile' | Egypt |
| Group that fought Apartheid in South Africa | African National Congress |
| 3 types of slavery | Chattel, Pawnship, Clientage |
| Who protected 1680 Hutus and Tutsis at 'Hotel Rwanda' | Paul Rusasesabagina |
| Where in the Sudan are the Christians located in? | Southern - Western |
| Created to control the Nile River | Aswan High Dam |
| Where do the Masai live? | Great Rift Valley; Kenya & Tanzania |
| Cause of Central Africa's poor education system | Lack of teachers |
| One of the world's major oil producers | Libya (49%) |
| What country escaped from the Berlin Conference | Ethiopia |
| What group did the Muslim government hire to wipe out Darfur? | Janjaweed |
| What part of Africa suffers from massive oil spills | Niger River Delta |
| What country is most well-off in Africa? | South Africa; Egypt a close 2nd |
| Why was Great Zimbabwe important? | Gold |
| What is desertification? | Loss of arable land |
| What part of Africa is suffering from Desertification? | Sahel |
| What type of slavery used children, usually girls, as collateral | Pawnship |
| What type of slavery were slaves owned like livestock? | Chattel or Plantation |
| What type of slavery did slaves owe a part of the labor or crop to a landlord? | Clientage |