Sub Saharan Africa REVIEW Unit 8. Sahara Desert Land feature located in North Africa. 20% sand dunes, rest of it is regular desert.

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Sub Saharan Africa REVIEW Unit 8

Sahara Desert Land feature located in North Africa. 20% sand dunes, rest of it is regular desert.

Nile River Longest river in the world

Serengeti Plains Flat grasslands located in Kenya and Tanzania, home to many wild animals

Mt. Kilimanjaro Inactive volcano located in the Serengeti Plains

Olduvai Gorge Area discovered by the Leakey Family, home to old hominid fossils

Great Rift Valley Area in East Africa, pulling the Horn of Africa from the mainland. Lots of earthquakes and volcanoes

Basin Area that holds water and feeds rivers

Bantu Migrations Led to the spread of West Africa Culture throughout the rest of Africa

Stateless society Area with people with no formal government

Nelson Mandela Led the fight against Apartheid in South Africa despite imprisonment from

Lake Tanganyika The birthplace of all three major religions in the Middle East.

Killer Lakes -Three lakes that sit atop masses of CO2, capable of exploding

Aswan High Dam Built to: -Provide electricity -Provide water to Africa -Control Floods Sank ancient ruins in the area Created Lake Nasser

Portugese This nation in Europe explored and mapped Africa in the 1400s

African Scramble This term refers to the time of the dividing and colonization of Africa in the 1800s

1884 Berlin Conference European conference where leaders gathered to divide up Africa

Malaria This disease is spread through mosquitos in Africa

Sub-Saharan Africa Where do 80% of the world’s cases of Malaria occur?

Sahel Area between the Sahara Desert And Congo River Basin that is Undergoing Desertification

King Leopold II Leader of Belgium who convinced European leaders that common trade was in the best interest

West Africa -Region -Cultural Hearth -High amount of Cases of Ebola -Three major empires, Ghana, Mali, and Songhai -Extremely diverse population with thousands of languages and ethnic groups

Central Africa Region which is: -Originally home to the Bantu people, who migrated and spread their culture -Centered on the Congo River Basin

East Africa Region with -Persistent problems with piracy, warfare and famine in Horn of Africa -Cash Crops such as coffee, tea, sugar -Crossroads for trade routes -Mainly rural and agricultural -Relies heavily on tourism

South Africa Region that: -Faces huge problem with AIDS/HIV, 25% infection rate or higher -Vast amounts of natural resources: gold, diamonds, metals, uranium, etc. -Has a country once under Apartheid -- whites ruled, blacks as 2nd class citizens. Ended in 1994 due in part to Nelson Mandela

MAP TERMS TO KNOW!!!!!! -Libya -Tunisia -Egypt -Angola -South Africa -Madagascar -Cairo, Egypt -Tunis, Tunisia -Johannesburg, South Africa -Congo Basin -Mozambique Channel -Atlantic Ocean -Strait of Gibraltar -Cape of Good Hope -Mt. Kilimanjaro -Lake Victoria -Killer Lakes -Great Rift Valley -Sahara Desert -Nile River