2. 1. What is the main religion of the Arabs? 3. Islam 4. 2.
Which cultural group practice a wide variety of religions, which
include Islam, Christianity, as well as their traditional beliefs
(the power of magic and curses)? 5. Bantu 6. 3. The belief in the
power of the golden stool and Animism, the belief that all plant,
animals, and trees have souls, is central to what cultural group?
7. Ashanti 8. 4. Why did Europeans first take an interest in the
African continent? 9. To search for natural resources to fuel the
Industrial Revolution 10. 5. Which cultural group follows a strict
form of Islam? 11. Swahili 12. 6. How did the artificial boundaries
of Africa, set up by Europeans, cause problems? 13. Artificial
boundaries split tribes and kinship groups that were friendly to
each other and forced rival ethnic groups together that were always
in conflict with eachother 14. 7. What was The Berlin Conference of
1884? 15. A meeting held in Berlin Germany where European countries
met to divide Africa into European controlled colonies 16. 8.
Explain the Pan-African movement. 17. An idea that there is a
global Africa made up of Native Africans and descendants of African
slaves and migrants across the world 18. 9. What is nationalism?
19. Pride in ones country 20. 10. The __________is separated from
the coast of Africa by the Atlas Mountains. 21. Sahara Desert 22.
11. The ___________ is the largest desert in the world. 23. Sahara
Desert 24. 12. The ____________region is mostly grasslands. . 25.
Savanna 26. 13. ________________ is the biggest threat to the
African Rainforest today. 27. Over population 28. 14.The
_____________ Desert is located in southern Africa 29. Kalahari 30.
15. ______________is the longest river in Africa. 31. The Nile
River 32. 16. Which main river in Africa crosses the equator twice?
33. The Congo River 34. 17. Why did European powers colonize
Africa? 35. They wanted Africas rich natural resources 36. 18.
Which South African leader was responsible for ending apartheid?
37. F.W. de Klerk 38. 19. At the Berlin Conference, European
nations agreed to divide up the African continent. What was the
main goal of the European nations? 39. To gain control of Africas
rich natural resources 40. 20. Which lake is the largest in Africa?
41. Lake Victoria 42. 21. _________________ is forced control of
one nation by another nation. 43. Colonization 44. 22. What was the
African national Congress created to do? 45. To bring all races
together and end apartheid 46. 23. What is the international law
term that refers to large scale violence? 47. Crimes against
humanity 48. 24. Who granted the release of Nelson Mandela from
prison? 49. F.W. de Klerk 50. 25._________________ is the
pre-planned murder of an entire national, racial, political, or
ethnic group. 51. Genocide 52. 26. Which geographical feature would
be considered a trade barrier? 53. The Sahara Desert 54. 27. What
is thedifference between a religious group and an ethnic group? 55.
An ethnic group is made up of people who have similar language and
culture and who often share common values and religion 56. 28. What
is colonization? 57. Forced control of one nation by another nation
58. 29. Why did Africans in Kenya and Nigeria want independence
from Europe? 59. To gain control of their own lands and government
60. 30.What are artificial boundaries? 61. Country boundaries that
do not follow religious or ethnic lines; usually created by an
outside country. 62. 31. What is apartheid? 63. Official policy of
racial segregation in South Africa involving political, legal, and
Economic discrimination against people of color. 64. 32. Why was
the African National Congress created? 65. To bring people of all
races together to end apartheid 66. 33. What is civil war? 67.
Fighting between different groups to gain political power 68. 34.
What caused many of the civil wars in Africa? 69. Artifical
political boundaries and partitioning 70. 35. Why was the
Pan-African movement created? 71. To unite the people of Africa and
to develop a unified political identify
