UNIT Test Review

1) What are the five sub-regions of Africa?

East, South, West, North, and Central Africa are the five sub regions. 

2) Why is East Africa known as the cradle of humanity?

Oldest fossils of people were found there

3) What were some early civilizations of East Africa? What was their economy based on?

Kliwaa, Askum, and they were trade centers between traditional east and the west. 

4) What was the Berlin Conference? Why - particularly - did it happen?

It was the gathering of European leaders to divide Africa without causing a war. 

5) How did colonization cause conflicts in East Africa after independence?

They didn't know how to govern themselves, ethnic boundaries were broken, and disrupted traditional African government.

6) Why are Liberia and Ethiopia important?

They were the only countries who didn't get colonized and kept their independence. 

7) What are some cash crops of East Africa?

coffee, sugar, and tea

8) What is East Africa's most critical health-care problem?

HIV/AIDS

9) Name two ancient empires of North Africa? 

Egypt and Carthage

10) What practices did the world acquire from Ancient Egypt?

geometry and medicine like splints, and bandages.

11) What North Africa countries have had the economies transformed by oil?

Algeria, Libya, and Tunisia. 

12) What is Rai?

A music started by urban children in North Africa and turned into a form of rebellion against the Islamic rule.

13) Discuss the changing roles of women in North Africa?

They no longer just stay home and raise the kids, there's no more arranged marriage, there can be divorces, women have equal pay and rights, and men can only have one wife. 

14) Why is Goree Island important?

It was the island where all the slave exports happened. Busiest slave trade port. Open for more than 300 years. 

15) List three trading empires of West Africa? What did the trade?

Mali, Ghana, and Songhai. They traded salt and gold.

16) What is a stateless society? How has West Africa's traditional stateless societies caused problems after colonization?

People there rely on family lineage to govern themselves and they faced problems after colonization because the Europeans wanted them to have one ruler to govern them which took power away from the families. 

17) What are some roadblocks to economic development in West Africa?

The infrastructure of colonialism because it was designed to take resources out of the colony but didn't bring anything back in return.

18) Discuss West African music.

A mix of Jazz, blues, and reggae which influenced western music

19) What is Bantu important?

they moved throughout Africa spreading their language and Culture also linked various areas of the continent. 

20) What was Sao Tome established for?

It was a slave trade post where traders waited for the europeans on the coast. 

21) Who was King Leopold II? Why was he important?

He organized the Berlin Conference and was interested in congo and wanted to open the interior of the congo river for trade. 

22) What are the lasting effects of colonialism in Central Africa?

Borders imposed brought enemy groups together and the Europeans didn't think about ethnic boundaries and disrupted old systems of government. 

23) What major problems does Central Africa have in education?

There is a lack of trained teachers, lack of secondary schools, language barriers, and high dropout rates. 

24) Who ended the apartheid in South Africa?

Nelson Mandela

25) How does modern Johannesburg reflect the problems created by the apartheid?
Theres the ghettos where black African's living, and it is broken up into sections. With the white people living in the nicer upperclass areas. So it represents what happened during it.