Central Africa Review

What was the trading between Europe, Africa and the Americas called?

An area where river currents and ocean tides meet.

The land drained by a river and its systems of tributaries.

Which Central African country forced many people to become refugees because of their civil war from 1997 to 2003?

One of the first farming was known as _____________ because farmers were cultivating millet and other grasses.

After the conference in Germany, Europe decided to colonize Africa- how did they justify colonizing this area?

The political and economical rule of one region or country by another, usually for profit.

A person who flees to another country to escape persecution or disaster.

Why is the Congo River unnavigable?

A variety of plants and animals living on the planet.

What kind of houses are made by driving vertical poles in the ground and weaving slender branches through them?

Two reasons why the Congo River is important to Central Africa...

Which country has become one of the wealthiest and most stable country in Central Africa?

Which is the only landlocked country in this region?

A sudden and violent overthrow of a government usually by the military.

As European ships came, __________________ also began in order to provide a larger workforce.

What is climate like near the equator in Central Africa?

Why was Europe not interested in colonizing Africa in the 1500 and 1600's?

What are the three main economic activities in Central Africa?

A grass that produces edible seeds.

A common language used to conduct trade.

A method of clearing farmland by cutting down and burning trees and shrubs in order to make the soil more fertile.

The main landform of Central Africa is the _________ of the Congo River.

Why were trade languages needed in Central Africa?

What biome covers more than half of central Africa?

In Central Africa hosts may offer guests food while they go hungry and men eat in different rooms than women.

Which is the most populous country in Central Africa?

Which food provided such a nutritional boost that it let to a population growth?

A person who moves to another area to spread his/her religion.

A tuberous plant that has edible roots.

These people make their living by_________________.

Europe traded cloth and beads. Africa traded people. America traded_____________

Which ethnic group lives in Southern Cameroon, mainland Equatorial Guinea and northern Gabon?

An oil used in cooking.

Why are some resources in Central Africa still underdeveloped?

Most people of Central Africa live in ________ areas.

Which agriculture destroys plant and animal habitats, creates air pollution and can cause rainforests to shrink?

Nearly all of Cameroon's energy comes from...