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Independence
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Which vocabulary word can be used to describe the climate of the Sahara (it means hot and dry)
Arid

3. 1 - $200 Which region of Africa is most vulnerable to desertification?
Sahel

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How does water pollution and unequal distribution of water impact life in Africa?
It affects woman and children who have to walk long distances to get water - no education for them- and disease is also present in polluted water resulting in sickness and death for the population

5. 1 - $400 How does desertification impact the environment of Africa?
Poor soil and clear-cutting due to overuse makes land unusable for farming; timber becomes sparse because too much is cut down in an area. Less oxygen is available and fewer medications available

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How are poor soil and deforestation in Sub-Saharan Africa related?
When overuse of farmland and grazing occurs, soil is poor. Cutting down trees results in the soil eroding further and useless land.

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What is the difference between a Presidential Democracy and a Parliamentary Democracy?
How the executive branch is chosen - parliament chooses in a parliamentary democracy and the people directly choose their president in a presidential democracy

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What are four factors that affect access to education in Kenya and Sudan?
Gender, poverty, war, and HIV/AIDS

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Explain the similarities and differences between the Republic of Kenya and the Republic of South Africa
Differences: In the Republic of Kenya, citizens have less personal freedoms. Presidential Democracy.
In the Republic of South Africa, citizens have more personal freedoms. Parliamentary Democracy
Similarities: Both are forms of democracy, the executive holds the most power in the government, and both are unitary

10. 2 - $400 Explain how the following systems distribute power: Unitary
Confederation
Federal
Unitary: One central authority has the power or authority over local authorities
Confederation: local authorities have all the power and give up some of their power to a central authority for a common purpose such as trade or defense; example: UN, EU, NATO
Federal: Power is shared between the central authority and local authorities.

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How do the following systems determine citizen participation?
Autocratic
Oligarchic
Democracy
Autocratic: One ruler has the power and his power is absolute, citizens do not have power.
Oligarchic: A few people or group of people hold power and therefore citizens have few rights (olive garden = bring some family)
Democratic: Citizens have the most power in a democracy, they vote directly for leaders

12. 3 - $100 Which two ethnic groups are most likely to practice Islam?
Arabs and Swahili

13. 3 - $200 Which religion do the following religious groups follow?
Ashanti
Bantu
Ashanti: Mostly Christianity and animism/other traditional African religions.
Bantu: Combination of Islam, Christianity, animism

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Name two differences between an ethnic group and religious group
A religious group has a common belief in a god or gods, have the same literature, prayers, and rituals and an ethnic group shares a common history, language, origin and might share religion (religion does not depend on ancestry)

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List one political conflict, economic conflict and social conflict that led to civil war in Sudan.
Political: gov. was run by North Sudan and they enforced Arabic as the national language and Islamic Law; impacted South Sudan-speaks mostly English and practice Christianity
Economic: 80% of oil is produced in South Sudan, but they only receive 50% of the oil profits
Social: North Sudan=Arabs/practice Islam and South Sudan=200+ethnic groups/practice Christianity

16. 3 - $500 How did the Bantu migration impact Africa?
It was the largest migration in history and led to the Bantu culture changing dramatically as it encountered other cultures (blending of cultures occurred as groups intermarried)

17. 4 - $100 Who were Nelson Mandela and F.W. de. Klerk?
Member of the ANC who protested the apartheid.
Was imprisoned for trying to “sabotage” and “overthrow” the government.
Elected first black president of South Africa in 1994
F.W. De Klerk: The president of South Africa in 1989, worked to dismantle apartheid laws.
Pardoned Mandela and other ANC leaders

18. 4 - $200 What was the Apartheid and where did it happen?
Racial segregation of blacks and whites in South Africa

19. 4 - $300 Who was the ANC and why were they important to S Africa?
The African National Congress was a group that wanted equal rights for blacks of S Africa; they protested apartheid and were led by Nelson Mandela

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What was Pan-African Movement and what was its impact on Africa?
The Pan African Movement was a movement to unite all Africans and have them identify themselves as Africans over their countries of origin. This created a unified identify for Africans

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Who were the Mau Mau?
a secret society that believed force was the only way to win Kenyan rights and independence.
Fought through Guerilla warfare.

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Define Genocide
the deliberate killing of a large group of people, especially those of a particular ethnic group or nation.

23. 5 - $200 What was the Berlin Conference?
A 19th century meet European nations where they divided up Africa's land in order to avoid going to war over which country would get what territory (imperialism); no African's represented there

24. 5 - $300 What was the Scramble for Africa?
European nations' rush to take over African lands with the best resources (colonization of Africa in 19th and 20th centuries)

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List at least THREE of the problems that some African countries have experienced since they gained their independence from Europe.
Disease
Poverty
Drought
Poor Education
Civil War
Ethnic Conflict
Genocide
Famine

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Describe at least three effects of European colonialism of Africa.
Artificial boundaries created by Europeans
Civil War
Ethnic rivalries
Poor treatment of Natives: mutilation, slavery, villages slaughtered
Dependency on outside world