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Africa
Chapter 12: Africa Test
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what is a developed country?
one that makes their own goods, has technology
What is a developing country?
one that doesn't have a lot of technology or wealth
What are some major natural resources?
coal, diamonds, copper, oil
What is GDP
gross domestic product
what is GDP per capita
how much the average person makes in a year
Reason for South's High GDP
high amount of natural resources
What is the triangular trade
slaves to America, products made, products to Africa
What was the system that limited the rights of nonwhites
apartheid
Who sat in jail for 27 years protesting Apartheid
Nelson Mandella
Why did Europeans first come to Africa
trading
Why were the Europeans still interested in Africa after the trade?
resources
What caused them to need resources?
industrial revolution
percentage of a population that can read/write
literacy rate
average someone is expected to live
life expectancy
who was the president when the Apartheid ended
FW de Klerk
total value of all good and services in a country
GDP
Indicator that tell you the qulaity of life you can have in a country
human development index
cycle of selling slaves between africa, americas, and europe
triangular trade
name of the boat that the slaves revolted and won their freedom
amistad
which was the last event to happen?
independence
What was 1 country that was never colonized by europe
Liberia
who as an antislavery activist who wrote an account of his enslavement and won his freedom
olaudah equiano
Why does the north africa have high GDP
lots of tourism, natural resources, large cities
WWII left many europeans countries weak and africans gaining their what
independence
belief that Africans should work together
Pan-Africanism
Famous Egyptian that was married to Julius Ceasar and Marc Antony
Cleopatra
How old was King Tut when he died
18