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What is Sub-Saharan Africa's largest lake? |
Lake Victoria |
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The shrinking of Lake Chad in recent years is chiefly attributed to what? |
irrigation |
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What is unique about the Kalahari? |
largest space of open sand |
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What is the Great Rift Valley? |
continuous geographic trench that runs North-South in East Africa |
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What is unique about the Congo Basin? |
2nd largest tropical rainforest in the world |
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What is the Sahel? |
zone of ecological transition between Sahara + southern wetter savannas/forests; runs West-East in northern Africa |
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How is drought a problem in the Sahel? |
recurring drought has caused food shortages/starvation due to improper agricultural conditions |
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What is transhumance? |
the practice of moving livestock from one grazing ground to another in a seasonal cycle, typically to lowlands in the winter and highlands in the summer |
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What was Live Aid? |
concert in 1985 by Bob Geldolf to raise funds to feed people in the Sahel |
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What factor has helped keep the large wildlife populations alive? |
low human population |
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What is causing the wildlife populations to decline in the present? |
ecosystem destruction |
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How many Africans were believed to have been taken from Africa for the slave trade? |
12 million |
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Where were the African sent as slaves? |
Brazil, Caribbean, North America, SW Asia |
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What role did disease play in European efforts to colonize Africa? |
Malaria and other tropical diseases made it difficult for Europeans to establish colonies |
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What was the purpose of the Berlin Conference? |
1884 -- 14 European states met to divide up Africa (without any consideration for the already established cultural divides) |
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What were the only African areas not officially colonized? |
Ethiopia + Liberia |
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What was the major negative legacy of the Berlin Conference? |
the realm acquired a legacy of political fragmentation and conflict from colonialism with no regard for previous cultural divisions |
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Why has it been difficult to establish cohesive states in Africa, causing most of the civil conflicts? |
the legacy of the Berlin Conference |
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What is an internally displaced person? |
someone who is forced to flee his/her home but who remains within his/her country’s borders; often referred to as refugees, although they don’t fall within the current legal definition of a refugee |
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What is an endemic disease? |
exists in equilibrium with a population; many develop immunity |
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What is an epidemic disease? |
sudden outbreak at local/regional scale |
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What is a pandemic disease? |
continent/worldwide-spread |
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Which major disease is pandemic and currently causing severe problems in the social structures of Sub-Saharan Africa? |
AIDS |
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The highest rates of HIV/AIDS in Sub-Saharan Africa are found in what part of the region? |
southern Africa |
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What is the major problem regarding available drugs to treat the symptoms of the numerous HIV/AIDS infections found in Sub-Saharan Africa? |
the drugs are too expensive |
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What is Sub-Saharan Africa's largest city? |
Lagos, Nigeria |
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What is shifting cultivation? |
slash + burn -- burning natural vegetation to release fertility, then planting indigenous crops |
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What are the major religions of Sub-Saharan Africa? |
Animism, Christianity, and Islam |
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What is the majority language spoken in Sub-Saharan Africa? |
many tribal languages -- no single language dominates |
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What is the majority language spoke in East Africa? |
Swahili |
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What is the majority language spoken in West Africa? |
Hausa |
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What is the dominate state in Southern Africa? |
South Africa |
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Who were the Boers? |
the Dutch and Huguenot population who colonized the country of South Africa |
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Who were the Afrikaners? |
white South Africans whose descendants are Dutch |
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What was apartheid? |
formal, governmental laws segregating by race |
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What were the four major categories of apartheid? |
whites, Indian (Asians), coloureds (mixed black + white), then blacks |
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Who was the first person to be elected president of South Africa in free elections? |
Nelson Mandela |
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What is the dominate state in East Africa? |
Kenya |
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What language is most widely used in Equatorial Africa? |
no one language or lingua franca |
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What is the dominate state in West Africa? |
Nigeria -- because of OIL! |
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What are the three major ethnic groups of Nigeria? |
Hausa, Ibo, + Yoruba |
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What is the major source of income for the Nigerian economy? |
OIL! |
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What is the African Transition Zone? |
East to West -- the Sahel (cultural + ecosystem transition) |
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What is the Horn of Africa? |
NE collection of countries that looks like a rhino horn |
