Africa Study Guide
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History of Africa
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Arrival of first Europeans
“Scramble for Africa”
Atlantic Slave Trade
Triangular Trade
Arab Slave Trade
Motivations for inward expansion
Imperialism
African Independence Movement
Geometric/arbitrary borders
Ethnic rivalry
Reason for differences b/n North Africa
and Sub-Saharan Africa
Apartheid
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Afrikaner
Sanctions
International reaction
Nelson Mandela
African National Congress
Genocide/Hotel Rwanda
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Definition of genocide
Reason for Rwandan Genocide
National Geographic Packet
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Sahara Desert
Sahel
Serengeti Plains
Great Migration
Fulani tribe
Dogon tribe
Baka tribe
Damas
Problems in the Congo River Basin
(Congo Rainforest)
Precipitation requirements of tropical
regions
Location of rainforests
animism
Challenges in Africa
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HIV/AIDS
malnutrition
Reasons for war in Africa
Desertification
Deforestation
Corruption
Malaria
Sudan Readings
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Ongoing problems in Sudan
Religious conflict
Governments in Africa
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Vocab
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Somalia
Piracy
Ghana
Egypt
Arab Spring
Animism
Civil war
Colonialism
Conservation
Ethnic groups
Famine
Guerilla fighting
Life expectancy
Savanna
Sanctions
Scarcity