Africa
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- Afrikaans
- in South Africa, Dutch was combined with African terms and became the language of
- Egypt
- 89% of ppl are Muslim in which African country?
- 1870s
- when did imperialism start?
- The British Society for the Abolition of Slavery
- 1788, accepted any slaves that escaped from US colonies in Sierra Leone
- emotional
- attitude among Europeans that they were superior to Africans
- The Great Trek
- the Dutch lost Capetown colony British took it over told Boers to stop having slaves, teach children in school English, Boers spoke Afrikaans, Boers decided to leave, put stuff in covered wagons, 10,000 wagons left that area
- South Africa
- which country led the world in production of gold?
- Entebbe, Uganda
- where did this occur in 1976?: Palestinian terrorists/freedom fighters (2 german terrorists included) hijacked AirFrance flight, they ended up in Entebbe, number of Jews on board (Israelis), terrorists wanted some ppl freed from Israeli jails, held these people for several days, Israel sent in a rescue squad and freed every captive but one older woman who got sick (hospital), head of the rescue squad was killed, squad killed all of the terrorists, mourned the loss of the head squad guy who got killed, no one ever saw the old lady again
- Bantu
- a family of negroid people, the largest group of African Christianity, and the largest language family in Africa
- Menelik II
- a previous leader of Ethiopia
- Kikuyu
- dominant tribe in Kenya
- 900 million
- approximately the number of people who live in Africa
- Mongoloids
- Asians, primarily located in E and S Africa
- Julius Nyere
- Which Tanzanian leader came up with his own type of socialism, developed "ujamaa", collectivized farms in small villages and nationalized businesses, and died in 1999?
- 95%
- percentage of people in Sub-Saharan Africa who are black
- Zulu
- black Africans, incredible warriors
- Fulani Rebellion
- What was the name of the rebellion against the British in Nigeria in the 1890s?
- National Islamic Front
- 1989- took control of Sudan in a coup, extremist Islamic group/party that wants to create the first African all-Islamic nation (purge out anything that isn't Islamic)
- Swahili
- (a Bantu language) is the language that helps unite East Africa
- 1960
- - African National Conference- Nelson Mandela- protest against apartheid, in on the of the protests in Sharpeville, as blacks were protesting, police start shooting into the crowd, kill 69 people
- 1994
- Rwandan civil war broke out, people fled to D.R. Congo
- Dutch East Indies
- In 1652 the Dutch established Capetown (southern tip of Africa) to resupply ships going where?
- 70
- How many years did Europeans control most of Africa?
- Ethiopia
- Mussolini's economic policies weren't working in fascist Italy, so he invaded and defeated which country in 1936 and 1937?
- Kenyatta
- Leader of Kenya in the Mau Mau Rebellion
- 53
- number of countries in Africa
- Mau Mau Rebellion
- Which rebellion was led by a secret society made up of Kikuyu, and was suppressed by the British?
- 70%
- percent of people in South Africa are farmers
- Kabila
- what rebel leader had a power struggle with and in 1997 overthrew Mobutu?
- 1945
- What year marked the biggest turning point for most African nations in their struggle for independence?
- Tanzania
- Which country used to be called German East Africa?
- King Leopold II
- king from Belgium who was disgraced in front of the world when it was discovered how he was making people in the Congo work in the mines for his own personal gain
- Janjaweed
- Arab militia that attacked black villages, have killed thousands (want to get out non-Muslim elements), refineries in North Sudan, trying to fund their practice, money from trading with China
- Ashanti
- Which african group fought the British in, what today is known as Ghana, in 1874?
- Boer War
- Shaka coveted the Boer Republics, found excuses to send the army into the Boer Republics, Boers firing at them, give British excuse to go in there, Boers were put in concentration camps
- Moi
- previous president of Kenya, at beginning looked good, 1989- confiscated 200 million dollars worth of ivory (elephant tusks), became corrupt, president until 2003- finally forced out of office by Kibaki
- Doe
- President for about 20 years in Liberia, overthrown in 1990 coup d'etat, executed him
- 1950s
- whites control south Africa
- Cameroon and Gabon
- which two countries have a higher standard of living than other countries in sub-Saharan Africa?
- Idi Amin
- 1971-1979- dictator of Uganda
- Shariah
- What is a term for "Islamic law"?
- Caucasoid
- (primarily Arabs and Berbers) make up 25% of Africa's population
- Masai people
- Who are the people in Africa who are nomadic herders who herd cattle?
- Mbeki
- current, 2nd black president of South Africa
- Mozambique and Angola
- What are the two main colonies of Portugal? (for slaves)
- Qaddaffi
- leader of Libya
- 1994
- when was the first free election (in South Africa) in which Nelson Mandela became the first black president
- D.R. Congo
- which country has 60% of world's cobalt?
- Somalia
- which country has an anarchist government? (warlords have the control)
- emperor of Ethiopia
- Haile Selassie
- Sierra Leone and Liberia
- What two countries are known in Africa for admitting free slaves?
- Islam
- Somalia is 94% what religion?
- Nigeria
- most populous country in Africa
- Liberia
- which country's constitution is modeled on the Constitution of the USA?
- terrorist bombing
- What happened in Tanzania in August 1998?
- Luo
- other tribe in Kenya
- Christianity
- most widely-practiced religion of Negroid ethnic groups
- Berlin Conference
- Which conference occurred in 1884-1885?
- Boers
- As things got better (Industrial Revolution, etc.) population got bigger, there came a group of poor white people called WHAT
- 90%
- what percent of Libya is desert?
- jingoism
- a form of nationalism with militarism involved
- Olduvai Gorge
- located in Tanzania, where Louis and Mary Leakey found some of the oldest remains of humans
- Nelson Mandela
- leader of ANC (African National Conference)
- Islam
- northern half of Africa is what religion? (was dominated by religion until 1500 years ago)
- Egypt
- Coptic Christians are a minority at 10% in which African country?
- standard of living
- S Africa has the lowest WHAT in the world
- Zulu
- What black African tribe fought the British in the 1870s and 1880s in S Africa?
- Negroid
- make up 70% of Africa's population
- Desmond Tutu
- Anglican archbishop who won a Nobel Peace Prize for trying to keep everyone calm
- Charles Taylor
- former rebel leader in Liberia who became president in 1997
- Black Hawk Down
- Oct. 1993- helicopter shot down, ambush, Al Qaeda behind the attack, killed 18 of US troops, killed over 500 Somalis in a firefight, pulled out March 1994
- LRA
- have abducted 30,000 children over the last decade
- Mobutu
- took over Zaire in 1965, created a socialist economy, nationalized businesses
- Otto von Bismarck
- who called together the Berlin Conference?
- 1984
- drought (under Commis) didn't want to admit what was going on, Ethiopian gov't didn't help, people starved to death
- chauvinism
- extreme nationalism
- Christianity
- southern half of Africa is mainly what religion?
- South Africa
- first country to dismantle nuclear weapons
- 1993
- Eritrea gained independence, so now Ethiopia is landlocked
- Orange Freestate and Transvaal State
- two Boer republics
- Joseph Kony
- leader of LRA
- Battle of Adowa
- March 1st, 1896- Italians were defeated by Menelik's Ethiopians- only successful defeat of a European country in Africa
- Shaka
- leader of the Zulus, coveted the Boer Republics
- Ethiopia
- what country did the French and Italians want?
- Afrikaan
- what language did the Boers speak?
- Haile Selassie
- Overthrown in 1974, declared a communist/Marxist state, stayed in control until 1991
- Sudan
- largest country in Africa
- France
- What country took over biggest parts of Africa?
- Sub-Saharan Africa
- has one of the world's youngest populations, about half are no more than 15 years old, region has world's highest population growth rate, and world's lowest economic growth rate
- France and Portugal
- After 1945, which European countries fought to keep their African colonies?
- 2001
- what year was Kabila assassinated?
- John Garang
- 2005 became vice-president of Sudan, short time afterwards, in a plane crash (suspicious)
- civil war
- what happened in Nigeria from 1967-1970? (Tribe named Ibo wanted to secede from the rest of Nigeria (thought they were being discriminated against), created Biafra (never existed, no one else in world recognized it), sleeping sickness- tsetse fly spreads it)
- Christianity
- 5% of Sudan is what religion?
- after 1945
- many African countries developed socialist economies and nationalized a lot of industries (under government control)
- Cairo
- capital city of Egypt, most populated city in Africa- 16 million ppl
- F.W. deKlerk
- worked with Nelson Mandela to figure out an end to apartheid
- Prime minister of Cape colony
- Cecil Rhodes
- Union of South Africa
- British combined all different republics in south Africa into one country called WHAT
- Nigeria
- which country is the world's biggest oil exporter in the world?
- Sudan and Mauritania
- two African countries where slavery has persisted into the 21st century
- Ethiopia and Liberia
- countries in Africa never taken over by Europeans