Geography Chapter 13 terms – Flashcards
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Eighty percent of Africa's land is between the Tropic of Cancer and the Tropic of Capricorn.
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True
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The amount of rainfall increases as one moves northward in Africa from the equator.
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False
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Most of the continent of Africa is grassland, but 40 percent of it is desert.
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True
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In general, Kenya lacks mineral resources.
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True
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The Seychelles are made up of about 85 separate islands.
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False
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Mozambique's long coast makes it vital for shipping and transportation, especially to its four landlocked neighbors.
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True
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South Africa trails the continent of Africa in the length of its railroad system.
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False
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Lake Malawi is the largest lake in Africa.
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False
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The term Sudan originally referred to the entire Sahel.
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True
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The lowest spot in Africa is the Denakil Desert.
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True
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The grasslands of Africa are called?
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Savannas
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People of mixed race in South Africa are known there as what?
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Coloureds
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A steep rise from a plain to a plateau is called a(n)
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Escarpment
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The rigorous policy of racial separation practiced in South Africa from 1948 to 1997
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Apartheid
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The country that surrounds Lesotho
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South Africa
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the commodity is a major contributor to Swaziland's economy.
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sugar products
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the country became the major battleground between Cold War superpowers in sub-Saharan Africa
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Angola
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The common language of people on the east coast of Africa that developed long before European colonialists arrived.
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Swahili
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The names of the two major deserts of Africa, one in the north and one in the south.
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Sahara Desert & Kalahari Desert
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Famous British explorer that was also interested in the souls of the people of Africa.
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David Livingstone
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British explorer was more interested in making a fortune at the expense of the Africa.
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Cecil Rhodes
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the most famous of the Bantu tribes of Natal
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Zulu
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the name that was given to the original Dutch farmers in South Africa
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Boors
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the language that was developed from the Dutch spoken by those original colonies.
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Afrikaans
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the two leaders, one white and one black, negotiated an end to South Africa's policy of racial degregation.
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Nelson Mandela & F.W. de Klerk
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Botswana is the world's largest producer of what precious commodity
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diamonds
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The European colonial power had the greatest influence over Angola
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Portuguese
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After whom did Livingstone name the waterfall that he discovered in Zimbabwe.
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Queen Victoria
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By what name was Zimbabwe formerly known
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Southern Rhodesia
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the collective name of the four main volcanic islands and several islets northwest of Madagascar
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Comoros
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the name given to the "gash" in the earth that runs from the Middle East southward through East Asia
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Great Rift Valley
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the country that is considered the key to East Africa because of its advances cities
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Kenya
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the plain in Africa that has more large land animals than any other place on earth
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Serengeti Plain
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because of its shape, what is the wide Somali Peninsula on the east side of Africa called?
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Horn of Africa
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the largest country in Africa by area
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Sudan
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the region of Sudan experienced a civil war between two Muslim ethnic groups that resulted in the deaths of more than 200,000 people
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Darfur Region
