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Chapter 8
Africa South of the Sahara
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Geography
Undergraduate 1
11/11/2010

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Cradle of Civilization
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Africa. first human life was found here.
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good natural resources
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holds much of the worlds natural gas and oil. has jewels, coal ect.
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challenges
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poor soil, diseases, internal conflict, economics, human rights
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Problem with the physical geography
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large hills and valleys, plateaus. unnavigable rivers
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rift valley's
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plateau surface folded, cracked
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the major rivers are interuppted by
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rapids and waterfalls
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most of the reason lies in ________ climate
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tropics
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equator
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hot and rainy
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south africa
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temperate, mediteranian
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laterite
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soils with high clay and iron content. used for brick
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ravanna grasslands?
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find them on a map
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The Sahel
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southern margin of the Sahara Desert
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Tribe
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basic social/political unit
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who influenced this region after 600 AD
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Muslims
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west african trade
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trades slaves, gold, ivory
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creole language
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composed of elements of many languages, understood by all
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European trade limited to
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coastal trading
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Europeans traded guns and alcohol
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Berlin Congress 1884
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divided land among european countries, colonized
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South Africa became independant
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1910, 1961.
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other countries became independent
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1950-1960
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were the countries prepared for independence?
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no
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because they were not prepared for independence, there was conflict and . . .
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a corrupted government
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