Africa Unit Test Study Guide

The Africa unit test will be on Friday.  Be sure you know the countries on the map of Africa and the answers to the questions below.

1. Africa Before Europeans
-Why did the first humans (homo sapiens) come from Africa?
-What part of Africa has a large number of Arabs?
-Are pygmies traditionally farmers or hunters and gatherers?  What language(s) do they speak?
-Where do the Khoisan mainly live today?  What kind of languages do they speak?
-Who are the Bantu?  Are the Bantu traditionally farmers or hunters and gatherers?
-What is the Bantu migration and why is it significant?
-Who are the Austronesians?  Where do they mainly live in Africa?  Where else do they live?  How did they get to Africa?
-How do historians learn about pre-colonial Africa?

2. Imperialism in Africa
-What is imperialism?
-What is the "White Man's Burden"? How was it used to justify imperialism in Africa?

-Where were the first European territories in Africa located?  Why?
-How did the African slave trade change with European involvement?  How did the slave trade affect African society?
-What is the African diaspora?  How did the slave trade influence it?
-What was the scramble for Africa? Why did it happen so quickly?
-After the end of the slave trade, why were Europeans interested in Africa?
-How did the rubber trade affect Africans?
-What happened at the Berlin Conference?

3. Africa After Independence
-Why were so many leaders ousted by force?
-How were economic problems in Ghana and Nigeria tied to political problems?
-How did the Cold War affect Africa?
-What economic problem did Zimbabwe face after independence?

4. South Africa
-What Europeans first settled in South Africa?  Why?
-Who are the Boers?  What is Afrikaans?
-Who are the "coloureds"?
-What did the British do that angered the Afrikaaners?  What did the Afrikaaners do about it?
-Why is there such a large Indian population in South Africa?
-How did the discovery of diamonds affect South Africa?
-What were the Population Registration Act and the Group Areas Act?
-What are townships?
-What was life like under apartheid?
-Is violence or non-violence a better strategy for resisting apartheid?
-How did anti-apartheid movements succeed in overthrowing apartheid?
-Is Nelson Mandela a terrorist?
-To what extent did the end of apartheid produce equality?

5. Genocide
-What is genocide?  How is it different from war?
-How are the Hutus and Tutsis different?
-How did colonial rule contribute to differences between the groups?
-What caused the genocide in Rwanda?
-When do other countries have an obligation to intervene in genocide?

World Studies May 9 - May 15

This week's PowerPoint
Apartheid in Practice

1st period
Monday: Introduction to apartheid, HW: Reading about violent/non-violent solutions
Tuesday: Life under apartheid, HW: Reading about life under apartheid
Wednesday: Violence vs. non-violence, HW: Reading about the end of apartheid
Thursday: DROP
Friday: Apartheid video, HW: Prepare for essay
Monday: In-class essay about apartheid

5th period
Monday: Introduction to apartheid, HW: Reading about violent/non-violent solutions
Tuesday: Life under apartheid, HW: Reading about life under apartheid
Wednesday: Violence vs. non-violence, HW: Reading about the end of apartheid
Thursday: Sophomore class trip (movie for those still here
Friday: Apartheid video, HW: Prepare for essay
Monday: In-class essay about apartheid

Classwork and Homework for May 3 - May 7

Notes for this week
Africa map analysis
Scramble for Africa reading questions
Imperialism in Africa
African Diaspora

1st period
Monday: DROP
Tuesday: Notes on Africa before the arrival of Europeans and Africa map analysis, HW: Scramble for Africa reading and questions (due Thursday)
Wednesday: Imperialism in Africa and the African Diaspora, HW: Scramble for Africa reading and questions
Thursday: Discuss the Scramble for Africa and decolonization, review for quiz, HW: Study for quiz tomorrow
Friday: Quiz about the map of Africa, Africa before the arrival of Europeans, and the scramble for Africa, HW: Decolonization reading (due Monday)

5th period
Monday: Notes on Africa before the arrival of Europeans and Africa map analysis, HW: Scramble for Africa reading and questions (due Wednesday)
Tuesday Imperialism in Africa and the African Diaspora, HW: Scramble for Africa reading and questions
Wednesday Discuss the Scramble for Africa and decolonization, review for quiz, HW: Study for quiz tomorrow
Thursday: Quiz about the map of Africa, Africa before the arrival of Europeans, and the scramble for Africa,
HW: Decolonization reading (due Monday)
Friday: DROP