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Sub-Saharan Africa Study Guide
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6th Grade
03/29/2009

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In what hemisphere is most of Africa located?
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In what hemisphere is the least amount of Africa located?
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In what hemisphere is Africa not located?
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Name three geographical features loated in Africa.
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Which region in Africa has the most natural resources?
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Which region in Africa has the least natural resources?
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About what percent of Africa is in the high latitudes?
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About what percent of Africa is in the mid latitudes?
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Which river, in Central Africa, crosses the equator twice?
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What does the term "Middle Passage" refer to?
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How and when did the Europeans divide Africa?
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List two ways that World War II boosted the independence movement in Africa.
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What were three major kingdoms in West Africa?
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What were three major kingdoms in East Africa?
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The kingdoms in the west became powerful because of what two *things*?
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Who were the first to explore Africa?
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What were the three main motives for European colonization of Africa?
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(Remember the 3 G's)
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Almost all countries in Africa became independent after (what) ?
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Which countries make up the region of Central Africa?
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Which countries make up the region of East Africa?
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Which countries make up the region of South Africa?
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Which countries make up the region of West Africa?
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How long did the kingdom of Aksum last?
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1,500 years
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How many years apart were the kingdoms of Mali and Aksum?
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640 (AD 1240 minus AD 600)
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Which kingdom (Askum, Mali, or ???) lasted the longest?
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Apartheid
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A strict policy of segregation between the races, adopted by South Africa in the 1940's.
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Segregation
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A forced separation of groups of people from different races, such as under the rule of apartheid in South Africa.
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Coup d'etat

(pronounced "koo day TAH")
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An overthrow of a government by force.
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desertification
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A natural process in which land that was farmed or able to be lived on turns into desert.
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urbanization
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The movement of people from the countryside and rural areas, to cities.
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Subsistence farming
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The term for farming just enough for one's own household to eat.
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