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Sub Saharan Africa 3 rd Quarter Assessment Study Guide

Sub Saharan Africa 3 rd Quarter Assessment Study Guide. 1. In what hemisphere is most of Africa located?. Most of Africa is located in the Eastern Hemisphere. 2. In what hemisphere is the least amount of Africa located?. The least amount of Africa is in the Western Hemisphere.

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Sub Saharan Africa 3 rd Quarter Assessment Study Guide

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  1. Sub Saharan Africa3rd Quarter Assessment Study Guide

  2. 1. In what hemisphere is most of Africa located? Most of Africa is located in the Eastern Hemisphere

  3. 2. In what hemisphere is the least amount of Africa located? The least amount of Africa is in the Western Hemisphere

  4. 3. In what hemisphere is Africa not located? None. Africa is in the North, South, East, and West Hemispheres.

  5. 4. Name three geographical features in Africa.

  6. 5. Which region in Africa has the most natural resources? The least? South Africa has the most, East the least—Central is low as well.

  7. 6. About what percent of Africa is in the high latitudes? Mid latitudes? High = 0 Mid = 10 - 15%

  8. Which river, in central Africa, crosses the equator twice? The Congo River

  9. What does the term “Middle Passage” mean? The Middle Passage is the voyage west across the Atlantic Ocean that took slaves to the Americas.

  10. 9. How and when did the Europeans divide Africa? The Europeans divided Africa among themselves at the Berlin Conference in Berlin, Germany in 1884. 14 countries were represented, but no Africans were invited.

  11. 10. List two ways that World War II boosted the independence movement in Africa. • Africans were on the winning side- they wanted freedom, too! • European countries were financially drained after the war – they couldn’t afford their colonies.

  12. Fill in the blank: • Three major kingdoms in West Africa were: Ghana, Mali, & Songhai

  13. 2. Three major kingdoms in East Africa were: Egypt, Nubia/Kush & Aksum

  14. 3. The kingdoms in the west became powerful because of the: Gold and salttrade.

  15. 4. The ____________ were the first to explore Africa. Portuguese

  16. 5. The three main motives for European colonization of Africa were: • Economic (Gold) • Political (Glory) • Religious (God)

  17. 6. Almost all countries in Africa became independent after: 1960

  18. Africa’s Regions Central: D.R.C. Gabon Chad Cameroon East: Sudan Kenya Ethiopia Somalia

  19. Africa’s Regions South: Angola Mozambique Malawi Zambia West: Ghana Mali Mauritania Guinea

  20. Timeline Which kingdom lasted the longest? Aksum 2. How long did the kingdom of Aksum last? 1500 years 3. How many years apart were the kingdoms of Mali and Aksum? 640 years

  21. Vocabulary Review 1. Desertification is a process in which land that was farmable or able to be lived on turns to desert.

  22. 2. Urbanization is the movement of people from rural areas to cities.

  23. 3. Coup d’etat is an overthrow of a government by use of force.

  24. 4. Subsistence farming is farming just enough for one’s household to survive.

  25. 5. The Sahel is a semi-arid region located south of the Sahara Desert.

  26. 6. Cataract is another word for waterfall.

  27. 7. Imperialism is when a country controls the government and economy of another country.

  28. 8. A drought occurs when there is no rain for a long period of time.

  29. Apartheid was a strict policy of separation between the races, adopted by South Africa in the 1940s.

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