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3rd Marking Period
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Geography
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04/10/2005

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Mungo Park
Definition
scottsmen who searched for the source of the niger river
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David Livingston
Definition
Christian missionary- British- searched for an inland river
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raw materials
Definition
cotton, rubber, ivory, gold, diamonds
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Nationalism
Definition
pride in your nation - fueled europen colinization
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Missionaries
Definition
try to spread christianity- fueled europen colonization
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2 Innovations
Definition
medicine and better guns
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Suez Canal
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Egypt- built by French- controlled by britsh
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Berlin Conference
Definition
1884 Europeans meet to distribute Africa
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Ethiopia
Definition
remains independant and Battle of Adowa
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Bantu
Definition
root language for many africans and became used to descibe Africa
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Zulus
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S. African tribe whos leader was Shaka Zulu
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Boers
Definition
named for dutch decendants
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colonial governments
Definition
direct rule= europens in africa
indirect= Africans leaders controlled by Europeans
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taxes
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made africans dependant
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money economy
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changed african tradition
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Material improvments
Definition
railroads, roads, telephone poles, hospitals
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schools
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european system
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western educated Africans
Definition
believe in freedom and equality
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Ghana
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Boycott
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N. Africa
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WAR
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Kenya
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WAR!
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S. Africa
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WAR
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colonial legacy
Definition
feeling of anticolonialism, desire for modern technology and europen standards of life
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apartheid
Definition
seperation of races by the dutch govt, S. Africa 1948-90's
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homelands
Definition
land were natives americans were feared to the blackers were seperated
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passbooks
Definition
N. Africans were forced to carry them by law or punished
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African National Congress (ANC)
Definition
banned by govt and represented the Native Africans
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Sharpeville
Definition
many africans were killed, massacure for protesting the pass book laws
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Nelson Mandella
Definition
leader of NCA sent to jail for treasin 1964, 1994 became president
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Soweto Riots
Definition
kids rioted over new language laws
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Afrikaans
Definition
the language
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International pressure
Definition
boycotted S. africa through bussiness and others
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FW DeKlerk
Definition
1989 Lifted ban on ANC, he was white- freed Mandella
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Independance
Definition
1994 Blacks have full rights and Mandella = president
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