Modern Africa Study Guide
World History
Mrs. Ziemnik
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Text to read and understand: Chapter 19 Section 3; Chapter 20 Section 2; Chapter 21 Sections 1 and 2. Because the information we are learning is so current and changes daily, heavy emphasis will be placed upon class notes, handouts, and activities. Be sure to take good notes and be diligent in makeup work if you miss a day of class!
Part One: Identify
Directions: briefly explain the significance of the following people, places, and events.
Savannas:
Kwame Nkrumah:
Jomo Kenyatta:
Biafra:
Apartheid:
African National Congress:
Afrikaner:
Sharpeville Massacre:
Nelson Mandela:
Archbishop Desmond Tutu:
F. W. de Klerk:
Darfur:
Developing world:
Traditional economies:
Market economies:
Green Revolution:
Fundamentalists:
Shantytowns:
Socialism:
Desertification:
Urbanization:
Sustainable development:
Wangari Maathai:
Ken Saro-Wiwa:
Hutu and Tutsi tribes in Rwanda:
US Marines in Somalia:
Mohammed Aidid:
“warlord:”
Part 2. Questions to consider
1. What problems were caused from European partition? How do those problems carry over into today?
2. Describe Apartheid, citing specific laws and acts passed. Compare apartheid to the civil rights struggle in the US. What are the similarities? Differences? How did each end? (or, are they still going on now…?)
3. Explain the struggle for independence in Ghana, Algeria, Kenya, Democratic Republic of Congo, and Nigeria. Understand the European country involved and key people involved in each case.
4. How are overpopulation, child labor, and urbanization affecting countries in the developing world today?
5. Describe the AIDS crisis in Africa today. Cite specific facts, details, and statistics. What can be done to stop the crisis, both by the US and the world?
6. Explain the story of “Black Hawk Down.” How did it forever change American foreign policy? Explain.
7. Explain the Rwandan Genocide of 1994. How did it happen? What did the UN do? What lessons can be learned from the genocide and what were the results?
8. What is the current situation in the Darfur region of Sudan today? What are some things that can be done to stop the killings?