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Geography Exam 3
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- 1Where is the Sahara?North Africa
- 2Where and what is the Sahel?Desert in North Central Africa. Transition zone between Sahara and belt of humid savannas to the south. Sahel means "shore or coast" of Sahara desert.
- 3Where is the Great Rift Valley System?The Nubian tectonic plate moving further and further apart from another plate.
Ethiopia, Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania - 4Where is the Niger River?Empties into the Atlantic Ocean. Starts in the Northwest. Starts in Sierra Leone and empties off the coast of Nigeria.
Oil conflict! - 5Where were most slaves taken from and where did they end up?Came from West Africa.
Most ended up in either Brazil, Caribbean or US - 6Who were the Yoruba people and what was their role in the slave trade?From Nigeria, Largest group in Africa.
Provided/Offered a lot of slaves in the slave trade. - 7Who were the Ashanti people?From Ghana. Took slaves as captives from enemies in warfare
- 8Who were the colonial powers in Africa?French - West & Central Africa
Belgian - Congo (genocide)
British - East & West Africa
Portugal, Germany, Italy - 9How have cell phones transformed Africa?African use cells phones for many things such as:
mobile banking
dr's use for ultrasounds
famers for market prices - 10Where is coltan mined for the manufacturing or electronics like cell phones? Why is it a conflict mineral?Coltan is mined in the Dominican Republic (Congo)
"conflict materials" are any mineral that finances conflict in the Dom. Rep. - 11Where and Why is China investing in Africa?Ethiopia, Kenya, Nigeria, Angola
"debt trap diplomacy"
China wants these countries to "owe" them
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