Chapter 7 South Africa and Democratic Republic of Congo Vocabulary List
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Authoritarian: Controlled by one person or a small group.
Nationalize: To put a once-private industry under national control.
Kantanga: A Southern province in Congo.
King Leopold II: A king of Belgium who took control of an area in Central
Africa, calling it the Congo Free State. He ruled brutally.
5. Mobutu Sese Seko: A military leader who foreign countries helped to take
power.
6. Apartheid: The segregation of blacks and whites in South Africa.
7. Afrikaan Language: A special form of Dutch.
8. Swahilli Language: African language that includes some Arabic words, it is half
Arabic and half Afrikaan most widely spoken language created so all people in
Africa can speak the same language.
9. Homeland: South African land where blacks were forced to live during
Apartheid (driest and least fertile parts of country).
10. Discriminate: to treat people unfairly based on race, religion or gender.
11. Prejudice: Irrational attitude of hostility directed against a individual, a group, or
a race.
12. F. W. de Klerk: South Africa’s president in 1990 pushed through laws that tore
down apartheid.
13. Nelson Mandela: South African first black president, that was voted for by all
colors and spend 28 years in jail during the apartheid.
14. Cape Town: Legislative capital of the Republic of South Africa, the capital of
Cape Province.
15. South Africa: Country that lies at the southern tip of Africa.
16. Swaziland: Country in South Africa
17. Lesotho: Small country in Southern Africa.
18. Slave Trade: The buying and selling of blacks for profit
19. First Multi-racial election: The first election where all colors peacefully elected
a president. First time more than one ethnic group ran against each other.
20. Aids Rate: The rate of aids in a country. STD weakens immune system.
21. Literacy Rate: Percentage of people in a country who can read and write at a 5th
grade level.
22. Life Expectancy: How long an average person will live. Average age you will
live to be in your country.
23. Per Capita Income: Average income per household per year in a country.
24. Exchange Rate: The amount of currency for each dollar.
25. Currency: What you use to purchase items. Money
26. Government: A system that sets up and enforces laws.