Africa Test

For Mr. Brooke's Africa part two test

Lagoons

 shallow bodies of water that are separated from the ocean by islands, which lie parallel to the shoreline

West Africa is also called

Central Africa or Heart of Africa

Basin

an area of land that is drained by a river and its tributaries

Reservoir

an artificial or natural lake where water is stored and used to supply farms, homes, and businesses in the area with freshwater

Gulf

a part of the ocean that is partially enclosed by land

Congo River

nearly 3,000 miles long, which makes it the second-longest river in Africa and the fifth-longest in the world

Zambezi River

Two of the largest hydroelectric dams in Africa are located here

Conflict/Blood Diamonds

Name for diamonds from Africa

Montane

Latin word for “mountain,” and it simply means “of mountainous country.”

Democratic Republic of the Congo

the value of this country’s mineral resources is estimated to be about $25 trillion

Liberia

African Americans freed from slavery established this country on land purchased for them by the American Colonization Society

Gabon

later became a center of the slave trade

Boers

Dutch word for farmers

Afrikaans

Afrikaners and the Africans developed this language

Shaka

powerful Zulu ruler killing hundreds of thousands of other African people

Cecil Rhodes

started the De Beers company in the 1800s producing 90% of the world’s diamonds. Symbol of the European exploit of Africa

Apartheid

South Africa established this policy in the 1900s, an Afrikaans word meaning “separateness.”

Nelson Mandela

South Africa’s first black president; elected in 1994

Nigeria

Largest population of any country in Africa

Madagascar’s population

Ancestral mix of Malagasy (group from Southern Asia) and Africa

Cacao

used to make cocoa powder and chocolate; main export

Wood from Okoume tree

found mainly in Gabon, the Congo, and Equatorial Guinea; famous as a good raw material for plywood

Southern Africa

produced one-third of the gold ever mined in the world

Australia

Eq. Africa is covered by thick rainforest nearly matching the size of this country

Ivory Coast

Is the world’s larges exporter of cacao