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What religion did the Arabs

bring to Africa?

Islam

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What is the name given to the local

beliefs of the Swahili?

Mila

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What religion, which believes that spirits are found in natural

objects, is followed by the

Bantu?

Animist

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Why was learning Arabic

important to the Muslims?

The Quran is written in

Arabic.

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In addition to their traditional religion, what two additional

religions are followed by the Ashanti people

today?

Christianity and Islam

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In what part of Africa do most Muslims live

today?

Mediterranean Coast (northern

and eastern Africa)

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In what country do the Ashanti

live?

Ghana

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What Arabic word means “one who

lives on the coast?”

Swahili

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What structure has allowed

Egypt to have year-round irrigation?

Aswan Dam

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What is another name for the Democratic

Republic of the Congo?

Zaire

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Who was the leader of the independence movement in

Kenya?

Joseph Kenyatta

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What leader of Kenya was threatened

economically if the country did not

improve the civil rights of its

people?

Daniel arap Moi

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Who was South Africa’s first

black president?

Nelson Mandela

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Who was the president of

South Africa who began the repeal

of apartheid?

F.W. de Klerk

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What was the name of the

supreme god of the Ashanti?

Nayme

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What was the reason for the

earliest European interest in

Africa?

To obtain slaves

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Besides slaves, what other

interest did Great Britain have

in Africa?

Protecting the transportation routes to the

British territories in India and Asia

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What Africans did some European countries use to

enforce their policies, e.g., collecting taxes, running businesses?

Local chiefs

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What was the name for the form of government in

which Europeans used Africans to administer their

colonies?

Indirect Rule

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What are three European

countries that had colonies in Africa?

Belgium, Great Britain, France, Netherlands,

Germany

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After what war did Africans begin to

openly oppose European control of their countries?

World War II

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How many African nations were

independent by 1960?

27

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Why did many of the boundaries of the new African countries cause

problems?

The boundaries often split tribes

and kinship groups.

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What criteria was most often used to draw boundaries

for the new African nations?

Old colonial boundaries

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What was the goal of the Pan-

African movement?

To end European control and make

Africa a homeland for all people of African

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What term is used to describe the

desire of a country to acquire colonies

as a symbol of power?

Imperialism

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What is a term that means to give up one’s customs for those of another

country?

Assimilation

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What name was given to Dutch

settlers in South Africa?

Boers

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What is apartheid?

The legal separation of the

races

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What is a dowry?

Money or gifts a groom and his family give to the bride and

her parents as a wedding gift

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Final Question

What native tribe occupied the land to

which the Dutch moved when the

British took control of South Africa in the early 1800s?

Zulus

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