superimposed boundaries and challenges landlocked countries in africa-aphug frq – Flashcards
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scramble for land in Sub-Saharan Africa
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in 1884, Auto Van Bismark-the German chancellor wanted to pit countries against each other so he invited them to the Berlin Conference to
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There were none
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who were the representatives of Africans at the Berlin conference?
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colonize Africa when people already lived there
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Europeans felt like they had the right to
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colonize Africa when people already lived there
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Europeans felt like they had the right to
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nah m8
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did the colonization of Africa benefit Africans?
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8.5
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20-___ million population after Leopold the 2nd-Belgian king- made people of the Congo into slaves
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unstable goverments
arbitrary borders
dependency on the outside world
arbitrary borders
dependency on the outside world
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After colonizers left Africa, the Africans were left with horrible things such as
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drug that fights against malaria
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Europeans could colonize Africa one quinine-___________- was widely produced
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race
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Europeans thought they were the superior ____ to Africans
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what colonialism is all about:)
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exploiting resources
getting money from a land that wasnt originally yours
getting money from a land that wasnt originally yours
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superimposed boundary
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a boundary that is put in after a population has settled and which ignores pre-existing cultural spatial patterns
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separate nations within the same territory
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mulitnational/multiethnic state
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culture group split into pieces, made into minority gorups
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multistate nation
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increased likelihood of religious, ethnic, or tribal conflict
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internal struggle
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increased likelihood of international, regional, or cross border conflict
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external struggle
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cultural groups separated and put w/other ones could cause them to disappear or smash with a new one; either way not like how it was originally
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loss of culture
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european or regional languages (swahili) became official language or lingua franca
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new language
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between culture groups of single country
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cultural syncretism (synthesis)
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may increase # of refugees or IDPs; tradational or seasonal migration patterns disrupted
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migration
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mation building difficulties
nonviable states formation of new independent states
relocated capitals
nonviable states formation of new independent states
relocated capitals
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government change
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economic dependency
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loss or limited access to natural resources
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governments, antecedent treaties laws less affective
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ineffective governance
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DIFFUSION PATTERNS EXTEND FROM PARTS ALONG coast to points inland
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POLITICAL AND ECONOMIC HUBS
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STUFF VVVVVVVVVVVVVVV (dans africa)
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landlocked country
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no access to:
international economic market
ocean resources
international economic market
ocean resources
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access to the sea
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customs
tariffs
tolls
distance
transportation costs
tariffs
tolls
distance
transportation costs
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increased costs of imports
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customs
tariffs
tolls
distance
transportation costs
tariffs
tolls
distance
transportation costs
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increased cost to export good
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more break of bulk points
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limited road or rail transportation for imported goods in bulk
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provisions and resources under law of the sea
have to arrange to use another countrys seaport to export and import goods coming to/from ships across ocean
have to arrange to use another countrys seaport to export and import goods coming to/from ships across ocean
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economic cooperation
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can be cut off politically or from global trade by hostile neighbors
surrounded by one or more countries, so they could be easily attacked militarily
surrounded by one or more countries, so they could be easily attacked militarily
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vulnerability
