Africa South of the Sahara TestStudy Guide:
- What is the name of the highest point on the African continent? Mt. Kilimanjaro
- What river is Victoria Falls located on? Zambezi River
- What is the large river that flows through the middle of Africa, near the equator? The Congo River
- What are the two largest deserts south of the Sahara called? The Kalahari and Namib Deserts
- What are the two deep cuts that run north to south in the eastern part of Africa? The Great Rift and Western Rift Valleys
- What are South Africa’s most valuable resources? Gold and diamonds
- Compared to other world regions, what is Africa South of the Sahara’s standard of living like? One of the lowest standard of living of any world region
- What is the constant problem for farmers in this region?Having enough food to feed their families; subsistence farming
- What is the most urbanized country in Africa South of the Sahara? Djibouti
- What is the wealthiest country in Sub-Saharan Africa? Equatorial Guinea
- What plain is shared by Kenya and Tanzania? Serengeti Plain
- By the late 1800’s, nations from what continent had claimed most of Africa? Europe
- What goods did the American colonies trade during the African Slave Trade? Tobacco and Sugar
- Who was elected the first black president of South Africa in 1994? Nelson Mandela
- How many years did Nelson Mandela serve in prison? 27
- What was the system of racial segregation that was law in South Africa until the 1990’s called? Apartheid
- Why are elephants being poached? For their ivory tusks
- What were the three perspectives we read about in regard to the protection of the African elephant? Conservation groups, subsistence farmers, and African nations
- What is the illegal hunting of protected animals called? Poaching
- What country is lies within South Africa but is not completely surrounded by it? Swaziland
- What country is completed surrounded by the nation of South Africa? Lesotho
- During the period of Imperialism in Africa, which European country possessed the most colonies? Great Britain
- Which European country possessed the least colonies? Belgium
- About how many ethnic groups can be found in the region? About 2000
- What is the “Natural Resource Curse?” Natural resources + Extreme Poverty
- Why is AIDS mostly a rural issue in Africa? Health services and a lack of information
- Timbuktu was the center of what ancient African civilization? Mali
- Be able to Define all the vocab terms:
- rift valley
- fault
- cataract
- estuary
- leach
- savanna
- harmattan
- oral tradition
- patriarchal
- clan
- nuclear family
- sanitation
- lingua franca
- service centers
- pidgin
- coup d’etat
- apartheid
- universal suffrage