Africa’s Unit Test Review

• Sahara• Sahel - transition• Savanna - • Tropical Rainforest• Congo River• Nile River• Niger River• Atlas Mountains• Kalahari Desert• Lake Tanganyika – longest lake • Lake Victoria – largest lake

• Desertification – causes drought, overgrazing, and slash and burn

• Deforestation – cutting down to many trees in the rainforest

• Religion in Africa• Muslim/Islam• Christianity• Traditional Religion• Cultures• Ashanti• Bantu• Swahili – most African languages come from

Swahili

• Where Africans’ live – live by waterways• Literacy Rate – More men can read than women• More people read – higher standard of living• Government• Autocracy • Oligarchy• Democracy• Parliamentary • Presidential• Unitary• Confederation• Federal• Kenya – Republic• Sudan – Autocratic

• What are reasons for famine in Africa?• Lack of education• Bad Government • Bad soil• Over grazing

• Market• Mixed• Command• Traditional• South Africa – growing/mixed• Nigeria – struggling/mixed• Tariffs• Quotas• Embargoes• Capital investment – building a factory or machinery• Human Capital – people• Investing in Human Capital – providing education and healthcare• Entrepreneurship

• Kenya – independence from• Apartheid – • FW de Klerk• Nelson Mandela• Pan-African Movement/Pan-Africanism/Pan-

African Congress• Nigeria – more than 250 ethnic groups/ poor

but lots of oil