1. Unit 8 Study Guide

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 one’s 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
Africa’s 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 Africa’s 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 the
difference 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