Africa Quiz 1
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- Name 3 things that powered the "Scramble of Africa"
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economic
social
political conditions in Europe - Under the Scramble of Africa, what year and what players were involved.
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July 1884
France
Britain
Germany
Portugal - When did the Berlin Conference take place?
- November 15th, 1884 to Feb. 26th, 1885
- What was the purpose of the Berlin Conference?
- To convene to setup rules of the scramble.
- What rules were made by the Berlin Conference?
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1. any sovereign power wanting to claim any territory should inform other powers
2. any such annexations should be validated by occupation
3. Treaties with African Rulers were to be considered a valid title to sovereignty.
4. Powers were free to navigate the Congo and Niger River
* there was no precedent in history to justify one continent distruting and occupying another continent. - Africa is ____ largest Continent. Has ______ million square miles.
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2nd
11.7 - How much of Africa is rain forest (referred by westerners as jungle). What is the main use of tropical rain forest?
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10%
farming -
What is the population of African roughly?
What are agrarian economies -
900 million people
Economies generated from agriculture -
Hom ethinc groups are there?
How many languages are spoken?
How many have over a million speakers? -
over 800
over 1000
at least 40 - How many countries are in Africa?
- 53
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What is the A.U? When and where was it formed?
Who belongs to A.U? -
African Union formerly O.A.U, formed in Durban, South Africa in June 2002.
African Nations belong to A.U. -
What is the O.A.U.? When was it formed?
Where was the first meeting held? -
The Organization of African Unity.
Formed in May 25th, 1963
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia in 1963 - How many regions are there in africa? what are they?
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5
North Africa, South Africa, East Africa, West Africa, Central Africa - List the top three longest rivers in Africa? (In order) How long is the longest?
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Nile, Congo, Niger
4000 miles - Where was the A.U. formerly launched ?
- Durban, South Africa June 2002
- What are the major uses of the Nile River?
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Hydroelectric power
irrigation - What is E.C.O.W.A.S
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Economic Community of
West African States - What two contries were never colonized?
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Ethiopia
Liberia - What is N.E.P.A.D?
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Program formed by A.U.
New Partnership for African Development - What agriculture item is Africa the largest producer of?
- cocoa
- Who had most of the colonization?
- British and French
- Why is it hard to generalize about Africa?
- Because of the diversity
- Who were the first and second most aggressive to carry out conquest of Africa?
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1. French
2. British - What was the major factor responsible for the change in European attitudes to Africans from one of equality to one of racist predudice?
- The Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade
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Which is not a region of Africa?
North Africa
South Africa
Central Africa
East Africa - South Africa
- Who were the origional founders of the O.A.U (Organization of African Unity)(3)?
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Haile Selassie
Gamel Nasser
Kwame Nkrumah - Ethiopia beat ________ in 1896 in the battle of ______
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Italians
Adowa - Part of the First World War was fought on African soil because of?
- The attempt by the other European colonists to take over German colonies.
- Why is it important to refer to the 19th century when discussing Africa in the 20th century?
- Because the major events of the 20th century actually started in the 19th century.
- Give the definition of kinship?
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Kinship is the "ties" to oneself - ties are formed by blood or marriage. In essence, the connection of one to others by blood or marriage.
patrilineal
matrilineal