Africa study guide

What ancient kingdoms existed in East Africa?  

What is the longest river in the world?

What were some medieval kingdoms in West Africa?  

What are natural reasources in Nigeria

What was apartheid?

What is ebola?

What empires the Askums trade with?

What is Land Reform?  

What are some major products from Ethiopia?

What are two major deserts in Africa?

How does desertification cause urbanization? 

What are some major issues in DRC today?

Who was Mansa Musa?  

What two countries were not colonized by European countries?

What is the largest island considered to be part of Africa?

What are some health challenges people face in East Africa?

What are secondary sector economies?  

Why Mansa famous

What are tertiary sector economies

What European country was the first to establish colonies in Africa?

What are two major uses of the Congo River?

What is another major industry in Nigeria

When did Europeans ‘divide’ Africa amongst themselves officially?  

What commodity is the basis of the Nigerian economy?  

What are some natural resources in South Africa

What is one foreign policy goal of Ethiopia in the present day?

What is malaria? 

What is the largest waterfall in the world?

Lake Victoria is the largest lake in Sub-Saharan Africa?

What was the Rwandan genocide?

What are some major successes in South Africa today?

Pressure from other country to end the apartheid caused it to fall

What were the major trade items of the kingdoms in West Africa

What are primary sector economies?  

What does it mean when people say Africa has mirrored climates

What is desertification? 

How do modern borders create challenges with ethnic groups in Africa?

What country is investing heavily in African mining and infrastructure? 

What are the two main branches of the Nile

How is child labor used in agriculture in West Africa?

How did people fight against apartheid?

How is terrorism affecting life in West Africa?

What is the main language of Ethiopia?

How are people dealing with Ebola outbreaks

Who was Nelson Mandela?  

When did most countries achieve independence?