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Chapter 6: Sub-Saharan Africa

Setting the boundaries

As a region, what is the unifying characteristic of

Sub-Saharan Africa?

Physical Landscape

What is meant by plateau continent?

What is the Great Escarpment?

What is Sub-Saharan Africa's largest lake?

What is the tallest mountain peak in Sub-Saharan

Africa?

On which African river are Sub-Saharan Africa's two

largest hydroelectric power plants located?

How has the existence of the Great Escarpment,

affected coastal settlement in the region?

What makes the Nile River distinctive?

Congo Basin contains what important feature?

What is The Sahel

What is the world's largest desert?

In what region of Sub-Saharan Africa is

desertification most severe?

What is transhumance?

Environmental Issues

What are some problems associated with

deforestation in the woodlands of the savannas in

Sub-Saharan Africa?

What are some causes?

What are the primary biofuels in Sub-Saharan

Africa?

In which Sub-Saharan African country is tropical

deforestation the most prevalent?

Which country of Sub-Saharan Africa has

unexpected improvements in its tree cover as a result

of its local conservation practices and improved

rainfall?

What effect have the historically low human

population densities and the presence of several

endemic diseases among humans in Africa had on the

survival of African wildlife?

What are current reasons for modern decline of

wildlife?

In what country are powdered rhino horns from Sub-

Saharan Africa valued as a traditional medicine?

What is the international policy regarding the sale of

ivory?

Where does African ivory come from?

What parts of Sub-Saharan Africa are most

vulnerable to global climate change?

Population and Settlement: Young and Restless

Which country of Sub-Saharan Africa is the LEAST

densely settled in the region (see Figure 6.18)?

Which country in Sub-Saharan Africa has the largest

population in the region?

What is Sub-Saharan Africa's largest city?

How does this region’s average age compare to

western countries?

How would you describe family size in the region

On average, about how many children does

a woman in Africa have during her lifetime?

In Sub-Saharan Africa, one out of every five

children does this before the age of 5.

On average, for Sub-Saharan Africa as a

whole, what is the approximate life

expectancy at birth?

The Impact of AIDS on Africa

What disease is a major problem in Sub-Saharan

Africa, causing death and leaving many children

orphaned?

In what part of Sub-Saharan Africa are the highest

rates of HIV/AIDS found?

Which group of Africans bears a disproportionate

burden of the AIDs epidemic in the region?

Why does Uganda have lower rates of HIV/AIDS

infections when compared to other Sub-Saharan

African countries?

Agriculture and Subsistence

Which of the following crops was imported to North

America by enslaved people from Sub-Saharan

Africa?

What is swidden agriculture? Why is it used in

Africa?

Sub-Saharan agricultural practices have shifted

towards what kind of system?

What are common crops grown for export?

Herding and Livestock

What is pastoralism? Common animals…Why

would pastoralists graze their animals on harvested

fields?

Why is there concern about the tsetse fly in Sub-

Saharan Africa?

Urban Industrial South Africa

Apartheid

Know the different terms of the cultural groups in

this country…how is this linked to the creation of

cities?

Townships

Cultural Coherence and Diversity

What are the dominant non-native languages spoken

in the region (see figure 6.25)

What is the most important of the indigenous

language groups of Sub-Saharan Africa? (see figure

6.25)

What language began as a trade language in Sub-

Saharan Africa and is now the most widely used

language in the region?

What religion dominates the northern part of the

region? What religion dominates the southern part of

the region?

In what category are indigenous African religions

generally placed?

What form of Christianity is most common in

Ethiopia?

Who brought Calvinism to Africa?

Protestantism vs Roman Catholicism…where

With what religion are Sharia laws, such as those

imposed in seven Nigerian states in 2000, most

closely associated?

In which part of Sub-Saharan Africa has religious

conflict had the most serious consequences?

In what Sub-Saharan African country has a

civil war occurred in its Darfur region?

What role did slavery play in the globalization of

African culture?

Legacies of Colonialism and Conflict

What were some important African Kingdoms/States

pre-contact? (see figure 6.34)

What was the first European country to have

extensive contact with Sub-Saharan Africa?

What role did disease play in European efforts to

colonize Africa?

Why were Liberia and Sierra Leone created?

What was the purpose of the Berlin Conference?

Which European countries were

involved….(see figure 6.35)

What was the major problem of the Berlin

Conference? How does this affect civil

conflict today?

European colonization was effective throughout Sub-

Saharan Africa, with the exception of one country.

What was that exception?

In the colonial period, what European country had

primary control of northwest Africa?

South Africa Section!!

What were homelands in the country of South

Africa?

Who were the Boers

What two groups fought each other in the Boer War?

What is apartheid? When and where was is used?

When did it end and why?

Independence

What is the Pan-African Movement? Who were key

players?

When did most countries of Sub-Saharan Africa gain

independence?

Which region (and countries) had violent

independence movements? Why?

What African leader envisioned the political unity of

Africa?

What is the mission of the Organization of African

Unity (OAU)?

What is meant by, “Tyranny of the Map?”

Places of Ethinc conflict…

Which economic resource has been closely

tied to civil conflicts in several countries of

Sub-Saharan Africa?

What countries tried to secede from their parent

countries? Which were successful?

Economic and Social Development:

What is a structural adjustment program…what has

this left in the region?

Explain the failure of economic/development policies

in Sub-Saharan Africa?

Economic nationalism

Kleptocracy

What is Sub-Saharan Africa's main trading partner?

What resource has drawn Chinese investment to Sub-

Saharan Africa?

Which country of Sub-Saharan Africa is the region's

unchallenged economic powerhouse, yet also has one

of the worst distributions of income in the world?

Who are the oil and mineral producers

What is significant about the ECOWAS

Measuring Social Development

What are some causes of low life expectancy in the

region?

Nearly half of the region’s people are what age and

younger?

How have the Millennium developkent goals helped

with development?

What percent of the food production labor is made up

of women?

What kinds of things are still causing gender

inequality in the region? Why?

Which country of Sub-Saharan Africa recently

elected a woman, Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, as its

President?