Central Africa-Mr. Fentin World Geography Chp. 39
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- Most of this country's foreign income comes from tobacco
- Malawi
- What is the main source of income in Central Africa?
- cash crops and minerals
- What are the reasons for Cameroon's relative prosperity?
- oil deposits
- The two most important physical features of the Central African Republic are:
- The Central African Republic has dense forests covering the southern half and the northern half of the country is a savanna.
- This country was formerly known as the British colony of Northern Rhodesia
- Zambia
- Who are the primary farmers in Central Africa?
- substinence farmers ????
- What perentage of the land in Gabon can be used for farming?
- One percent
- Where is the mouth of the Zambia River?
- Indian Ocean
- Why must all Central African countries import food despite the regions many fertile farmlands?
- Food production has not kept up with the rapidly increasing population
- Zaire's deposits of this mineral are among the largest in the world.
- copper
- This was once called the Belgian Congo
- Congo
- What are the languages of the Niger-Congo Family also known as
- Bantu languages
- What type of government did Angola choose after it became an independent nation in 1975?
- Communist
- What percentage of people of C.A.R. are substinence farmers?
- 80%
- What is the largest most populous country in Central Africa?
- Zaire
- What was the Great Bantu migration?
- expansion of Bantu speakers into Central and South Africa from the border of Nigeria and Cameroon
- For the past 30 years what country has been a war zone?
- Angola
- Why are many people of Central Africa migrating away from the rural areas?
- to seek jobs with cash wages
- What is the climate region of much of Central Africa?
- The climate region of Central Africa istropcial savanna climate with wet summers and dry winters
- What is considered to be the prosperous country in Central Africa?
- Gabon
- Which one of the Central African countreis was a German colony divided by France and Great Britain after WWI?
- Cameroon
- With what country was the dictator Mobutu Sese Seko associated?
- Zaire
- Much of Zambia's land is suitable for what?
- agriculture and grazing
- Name some of the positive and negative aspects of Belguim's colonization of Zaire.
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Postive-schools, hospitals, better living conditions
Negative-high umemployment, riots, no job training - Describe the population density in Central Africa
- Population density is low across most of Central Africa
- What European country originally colonized Equatorial Guinea?
- Spanish
- What percentage of Central Africa is covered with steppe, savanna, or grassland? What percentage is desert? What percentage is forest or bushland?
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Steppe, savana or grassland-50%
Desert-33%
Forest or bushland-17% - What are the two most important rivers in Central Africa?
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Zaire
Zambezi - How did King Leopold II acquire the Belgian Congo?
- It was awarded by the Berlin Conference of 1884-85
- What is the estimated amount of Bantu languages?
- 300