Southern and Eastern Africa

Southern and Eastern Africa Name________________________________

Ch. 5

Mr. Donegan Date_______________________Per______

I. Read Chapter 5, pp 278 – 309

II. Define the following. Not all terms will be in the glossary. Deal with it. (1 point each)

1. Great Rift Valley

2. Mount Kilimanjaro

3. savanna

4. Serengeti Plain

5. poaching

6. ecotourism

7. fossils

8. Nubia

9. Aksum (Axum)

10. Bantu migration

11. Great Zimbabwe.

12. Boers

13. ethnocentrism

14. Kikuyu

15. Mau Mau

16. apartheid

17. African National Congress

18. indigenous

19. Afrikaans

20. Swahili

21. Darfur

22. genocide

23. AIDS

24. NGOs

25. Great Trek

III. True or False. If the statement is False, change the underlined portion to make it a true statement.

(2 points each)

_____1. The Great Rift Valley was formed by erosion caused by the Zambezi River.

_____2. Lake Victoria is the largest lake in Africa (and the source of the Nile River).

_____3. The Sudd blocks the Nile, and limits its use as a transportation route in E. Africa.

_____4. Mt. Kilimanjaro and Mt. Kenya are covered with snow year round because they are located in

the extreme southern part of Africa.

_____5. The large herds of wildlife such as zebras and giraffes is most likely to be seen on the savanna.

_____6. According to the physical map on page 283, the most common elevation for Southern and

Eastern Africa is under 1000 feet.

_____7. Mining is an important industry in parts of Southern Africa and is environmentally friendly.

_____8. Scarcity of water in some parts of Southern and Eastern Africa creates challenges for farmers.

_____9. Teachers across the world are grateful to Ethiopia, where coffee may have first been grown.

_____10. AIDS is one of the many problems caused by a lack of clean drinking water in parts of Africa.

_____11. Early humans such as homo erectus probably lived in East Africa.

_____12. As a result of the Bantu migration, Christianity spread to the kingdom of Aksum.

_____13. Arab traders influenced the culture of the island of Zanzibar.

_____14. Warfare and slavery were among the factors that allowed Europeans to take over

African nations.

_____15. One positive impact of European colonialism was that African cultures gained respect

from Europeans.

_____16. Under Jomo Kenyatta, Kenya finally won independence from Great Britain.

_____ 17. Since independence, most African nations have experienced urban growth as people

move to the cities seeking work in industry.

_____18. Under apartheid in South Africa, people were segregated by race in a manner similar to

the American south, only worse.

_____19. Apartheid finally came to an end due to intense pressure from the United States and Europe.

_____20. Two of the largest ethnic groups in South Africa are the Xhosa and Zulu.

_____21. Most Eastern and Southern African ethnic groups still live traditional lives.

_____22. One legacy of the period of British colonialism is that English is spoken in many African

countries.

_____23. Sudan and Rwanda have been torn apart by ethnic violence and civil war in recent years.

_____24. The Rwandan genocide was caused by conflict between Hutus and Tutsis.

_____25. South Africa’s government today is a dictatorship under the control of Omar al-Bashir.

_____26. Among the factors limiting economic growth in Southern Africa are political violence,

limited infrastructure, and low literacy rates.

_____27. The lack of a stable government in Somalia has contributed to piracy and other unpleasant

forms of violence and mayhem.

_____28. AIDS/HIV is causing many deaths in Southern and Eastern Africa, and is contributing

to the problems there.

_____29. Increasing trade and globalization is hurting the economy of South Africa.

_____30. Wow! The New Year is a lot like the old one.

IV. Short Answer. (3 points each)

1. Examine the resource map on page 286. Which nation(s) have

A. Oil

B. Diamonds

C. Coffee

D. Gold

2. Water is in short supply in parts of East Africa. What might happen if a nation such as Uganda or

Ethiopia began taking more water from the Nile for irrigation?

3. What is the difference between an ethnic group and a religious group?

4. Examine the map on page 292, and tell which European country controlled each of the following:

A. Ethiopia

B. Madagascar

C. South Africa

D. Somalia

E. Tanzania

5. Read The Effects of Colonialism on pp 304 – 307. What similar experiences did colonialism bring to Tanzania, Sudan, and South Africa?