African Unit Review

History 1

• Ghana• Mali• Songhai

History 2

• Europeans began taking Africans as slaves to the Americas

History 3

• Depopulation (West Africa particularly)• Economic damage• Development slowed

History 4

• Berlin Conference in 1884-85 in Germany to divide the continent of African in spheres of influence (colonies).

History 5

• Partitioning caused civil war, ethnic conflict, artificial boundaries, poor example of democracy and therefore dictatorships

History 6

• After WWII but mainly in the 1960s and 1970s

History 7

• Great Britain & France

History 8

• Dutch (the Netherlands)

History 9

• The separation of blacks & colored (Indians & other Asians) people from whites in South Africa

• Black South Africans had much of their rights and land taken away

• Purpose was so the white minority could maintain control of the country and all its natural resources

History 10

• The first democratically elected and first black president of South Africa

• Freedom fighter, member of the ANC• One of the greatest men to ever walk the face

of this earth.

History 11

• President of South Africa who released Mandela from prison and worked with him to make South Africa a democratic nation.

• He & Mandela won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1993

History 12

• First president of an independent Kenya

Government 1

• Autocratic• Democratic• Oligarchic

Gov 2

• Unitary – most every country• Federal – US/India• Confederation – UN, EU, OPEC

Gov 3

• Presidential• Parliamentary

Gov. 3 cont’d

• Presidential – leader is elected separately from the legislature and answers to the people

• Parliamentary – people elect legislature and legislature chooses leader. Leader answers to legislature. Title is Prime Minister

Gov 4

• Many possible answers – several political parties, low level of corruption, free elections, military doesn’t control country.etc. etc

Gov 5

• Many possible choices – one party rule, no or few citizen rights, corruption, civil war, etc. etc.

Gov 6

• South Africa• Kenya• Ghana• Botswana• Mauritius (where I wish I was right now – no

offense)

Econ 1

• Command – government controls• Market – consumer controls• Traditional – ancestors control

Econ 2

• Mixed is the most common• Know about the economic continuum

Econ 3

• Command – government• Market – consumers• Traditional – you do what your ancestors did

Econ 4

• Government does not invest in human capital or technology therefore the countries many resources do not benefit Nigeria (or other similar countries) like they should.

• Plentiful natural resources do not make a country wealthy, investment in human capital does

Econ 5

• If you invest in the children/education/human capital - you can do great things!!!!!