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Africa and The Middle East Most important things bolded PSSSST OVER HERE Don t just study the bolded terms There are always a few random questions There is a lot of information so I would study super hard Africa Second largest continent in the world divided into two parts by the Equator north of the Sahara and the south 5 countries on the Mediterranean coast Morocco Algeria Libya Egypt and Tunisia northeast countries are akin to the Middle Eastern culture separated from Europe by the Atlantic separated from Asia by the Red Sea Short History Africa is where the human race started Remains of the earliest homo sapiens are found here The Egyptian civilization started on the Nile and reached it s height in 1400 BC The Portuguese were the first to explore Africa followed by France England Belgium Spain and then Germany In 1884 at the Berlin Conference the European countries set boundaries of their colonies in Africa In the 1950s African countries obtain independence In the 1960s school enrollment was up and industrialization grew In the 1970s international investors stop investing and the country is thrown in to limbo This will probably be on the test He said remember the history of Africa especially the 70s In the 1980s Africa is in total decline Hunger starvation and civil wars In the 1990s Africa is in crisis mode International warfare civil war starvation and dictatorship Top 5 Kingdoms Bushmen oldest inhabitants and last hunting and gathering tribe Berbers north Africa known for traveling through desert have been around since 3 000 BC Zulus largest ethnic group Tuareg besides being a VW car I have a small feeling this will be somewhere on the test they were a nomadic tribe in Sahara Mandinka west Africa Key Geographical Areas Most important Sahara Desert Great Rift Valley Mount Kilimanjaro Nile River Victoria Falls Stuff that is good to know Atlas Mountains Ngorongoro Crater Namib Desert Skeleton Coast Kalahari Desert Morocco Cities Great strategic location at the entrance of the Mediterranean Sea between North Africa and Spain from 1085 Muslims have come through Morocco to dominate Spain larger than California Atlas Mountains run southwest to northeast o Rabat capital French influence o Marrakesh founded in 1602 the most popular travel destination called the Red City because of the color of the bricks used to build the town o Meknes built to rival Paris after King Louis XIV built Versailles o Fez second most popular most ancient of the imperial cities built in the 8th century is known for its royal palace and Jewish Square Egypt Cities Gift of the Nile Nile flows north from Sudan and is the longest river in the world air quality in Egypt is poor o Cairo capital has the Egyptian Museum it is a mixed population of Arabs Turks African and Europeans was stable until the revolution it is the political banking and international trade center for Egypt o Giza suburb of Cairo on the Nile most famous pyramid The Great Pyramid of Cheops is here and is considered the world s largest single building Sphinx is also in Giza was used as target practice by Napoleon Bonaparte and his men o Memphis southwest of Cairo first capital known for its tombs for old pharaohs o Alexandria second largest and principal port beach resorts was going to be the intellectual center of Egypt with the world s first library but it was destroyed by Napoleon o Luxor most important destination the site of the ancient city Thebes imperial capital and the Temple of Luxor most important site Valley of the Kings is right across the river Safari Lands Safari means journey in Kiswahili the common language in east Africa there are two types land safaris mini buses and wing safaris airplanes runs along east Africa from Kenya through Tanzania Zambia Botswana Namibia to South Africa Kenya Tanzania US warns against traveling there tourist industry suffered great losses due to terrorists launching a missile at a commercial plane Cities and Attractions o Nairobi capital one of Africa s largest cities o Nairobi National Park Largest country in east Africa home to more than 125 tribes Attractions o Mount Kilimanjaro Africa s highest mountain principal travel destination became popular after Hemingway s Snows of Kilimanjaro o Ngorongoro Crater volcano west of Mt Kilimanjaro the animal population is confined to the area and has adapted population growth is stable o Serengeti National Park noted for zebras antelopes lions o Sealous Game Preserve one of the biggest parks in the Landlocked Victoria Falls is the top attraction Lusaka is the world Zambia capital Botswana Landlocked dry Cities and Attractions o Gaborone capital o Kalahari Desert belt for country spreads across home of the Bushmen o Chobe National Park highest elephant population about 100 000 Namibia German colony in the past architecture is mainly German Attractions and Cities o Windhoek capital o Namib Desert one of the world s driest and oldest desert and is so dry due to the Bingla Current comes from Antarctica blows toward the equator and then hangs a left o Skeleton Coast ships disappear here because they get lost in the fog to the north and follows the west coast o Etosha National Park one of the world s largest game parks South Africa Three times the size of Texas known for diamonds and gold has 28 of world s gold the Dutch settled it Britain saw it and they wanted it war broke out and in 1806 becomes a British commonwealth has three capitals Cities and Attractions o Kruger National Park o Capetown legislative capital o Bretonia administrative capital o Bloemfontein judicial capital Random Notes on Africa Highest birthrate in the world The population is 500 000 people but will be 2 000 000 000 in 2050 Has land in all four hemispheres Sahara means desert in Egyptian Madagascar similar to Galapagos species are uncommon The commonwealth nations old British colonies are Kenya South Africa Egypt and Uganda The Top 5 animals are lions leopards elephants rhinos and buffalo Nigeria key oil exporting Middle East Geographically refers to Israel Syria Lebanon Jordan six countries of the Arabian Peninsula four countries in Asia Iraq Iran Afghanistan Pakistan 19 countries in total politically includes Morocco Tunisia Egypt Libya and Algeria Short History People started to live in the Middle East around 25 000 BC After the Egyptian rise Islam was the next major force in the region from 700 AD 1100s AD 20th century led to independence for the countries In 1918 after World War I


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