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barter?
most African trade was in gold, ivory, skins and good while Europeans were tradingwith tobacco, cloth, alcohol and guns and ammo
colonization
when a stronger country takes over a weaker nation - the stronger country implements their government and culture
- they take resources and control land
- force the weaker nation to trade with the stronger nation
river blindness prevention and treatment?
contracted by a black fly
prevent by taking pills, but most cant afford it
treatment is putting pesticides in water
steven biko?
leader of the black conciousness movement
believed violence was justified to bring about change
nelson mandella?
practiced nonviolent disobedience
WEB DuBouis
organized several Pan-African congresses
Zulus
fought a fierce war with the boers
what language did the zulus speak
bantu
ghandi
fought for independence for india from the british
first to oppose afrikaners rule
boers
aka afrikaners
what dutch settlers called themselves
where were the dutch from?
netherlands
what did the boers believe?
the bible justified slaves and superiority of europeans over peoples of noneuropean decent
autonomous
to govern yourself and make your own decision
infrastructure
basic technology for society to function effectively
africas infrastructure?
roads are in despair
outdated technology
sudan conflict
muslim based government targeted black christians
rwanda conflict
hutu targeted the tutsi
christians
type of religion practiced by the dutch
genocide
mass killing of people for no reason
apartheid
a system of racism implemented in south Africa by the Boers that segregated allaspects of south African life
subsistence
farmers who use slash and burn to grow enough to live on but they have nothing extra
guerilla warfare
using the land to make weapons and fight
nets
used to protect people from malaria
leaching
the soil in much of Africa is not very fertile because of it
who did the dutch east india company support?
the boers
Sovereign
to govern yourself and make your own decisions
berlin conference
a conference held to divide up Africa based on European needs, but there were notAfrican representatives at this meeting
pan african congress
was ignored by european powers
oranized by WEB Dubois
uganda conflict?
battle between the acholi (kony) in the north, versus the bantu in the south
kony?
apart of the genocide and stealing of children in uganda
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Africa Test
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africa study guide
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2012-11-08T21:43:13Z
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