Southern Africa Chapter #24
I. Natural Environments A. Landforms & Water –Landforms? (3) –Escarpment? –Drakensburg Mtns.? –Major Rivers? (3) dfdf
B. Climates & Resources Tropical Rainforest? –Biodiversity? Cape Town?
Namib Desert? –H2O? Veld? Resources?
II. History & Culture A. History –First inhabitants? –Bantu? –Europeans?
B. The Colonial Period Dutch (1652) –Fr. & Germans –Boers? –Afrikaners? Language?
British? Boer War?
C. Independence Northern & Southern Rhodesia? Apartheid?
D. Ending Apartheid Economic sanctions? African National Congress (ANC)? Nelson Mandela? Voting rights for all?
E. Culture Languages? Religion/s?
III. The Region Today A. Southern African Economies –developED vs. developING?
B. Agriculture Most common economic activity? Madagascar cash crop?
C. Business & Industry Largest mineral exporter? Angola? –Cabinda? –Exclave? Botswana?
Informal sector? Tourism?
D. Challenges Most serious problem? –Explain. Environment? Other?