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32 Cards in this Set
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Most of Africa is a giant ________(land form) |
plateau |
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Is Africa's coastlines smooth, rough? Due to the coastline's features, what can it have? |
smooth, and it can have harbors for trade |
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Why did Europeans have a hard time to get into Africa? |
because of its topography |
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What happened to Africa once Europeans got in? |
Africa was never the same again (slavery) |
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What continent was discovered last by the Europeans? |
Africa |
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Africa's rivers are very short, except for one:? |
The Nile River |
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What animal was the most useful for traveling through deserts? |
camels |
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Mirror Image: North Africa was the mirror image of ________ |
Saheria |
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Mirror Image: South Africa was mirror image of ______ |
Kalahari-Namid |
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Definition: A huge grassland area |
savanna |
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How do the people and animals survive the geography? |
They adapt |
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definition: Place in the desert where there is water |
Oasis |
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definition Place in the desert where oasises used to be |
wadi |
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what are the 4 tropical regions? |
-Tropical -Dry -Midalitude -High latitude |
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What is the river that dominates Africa? |
Nile |
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What was "Egypt" known as to Africa? |
The gift of the Nile |
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What are the 3 major pre-European societies in west Africa? (in order) hint: G.M.S |
Ghana, Mali, Songhai |
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What do Ghana, Mali, Songhai have in common? |
-major city |
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what are the two most important natural resources? |
salt and gold |
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why was salt very important? |
-it perserves meats -makes food taste better -provides help for skin towards the sun |
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was there any written language before the 700's? |
nope! |
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are most African societies matrilineal or patrilineal? |
matrilineal |
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How was history passed down? by who? |
orally, by griots |
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when becoming adults, who had it harder? girls or boys? why? |
girls, genital circumcision |
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why was slavery in Africa unique compared to other place's slavery? |
it was based on race |
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for how long did African slavery last? |
roughly 1500's to 1870's |
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when did slavery overall start? |
it was always around, even before African slavery |
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who were the first Europeans to start slavery in Africa? |
portuguese |
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What part of Africa was first put into slavery? |
West |
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how did slave owners get paid? |
by how many slaves they got on their ship |
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What was the worst part during the process of slavery? |
Middle passage |
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what effect does the African slave trade have on Africa? |
-Africa was easier to conquer by enemies -population gap -agriculture decline -population decline -tradition was harder to maintain (but it survived) |
