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Africa facts clas.ufl

Africa facts clas.ufl.edu. --54 nations. --12.5% of the world’s population. 922,000,000; 2050 projection: 2,000,000,000 --45% of population is less than 15 years old. --Population density: 59/square mile. U.S.: 80/sq. mile. --Life expectancy: 53 years.

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Africa facts clas.ufl

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  1. Africa facts clas.ufl.edu --54 nations. --12.5% of the world’s population. 922,000,000; 2050 projection: 2,000,000,000 --45% of population is less than 15 years old. --Population density: 59/square mile. U.S.: 80/sq. mile. --Life expectancy: 53 years

  2. bcsafrica.blogspot.com --Borders (except for Liberia, Egypt, and Ethiopia) were set by European countries in the late 1800s/early 1900s. --Each country has a variety of ethnic groups, languages, religions, and customs: over 800 languages and over 1,000 ethnic groups. --Largest desert in the world: Sahara

  3. --Longest river in the world: Nile --Tallest mountain peak: Mt. Kilimanjaro in Tanzania. --Diverse climate and physical geography: deserts, rain forests, snowcapped mountains, savannas, temperate zones.

  4. exploringafrica.matrix.msu.edu

  5. African states: AD 1500-1650

  6. European exploration of Africa and slavery Portuguese began exploring the western coast in the 1400s. One result was that they found a new source for slaves and gold. Slavery of Africans increased dramatically in the 16th through the 18th centuries.

  7. Atlantic Slave Trade: AD 1500-1800

  8. Kingdom of Kongo exploringafrica.matrix.msu.edu King Afonso King Afonso (reign: 1506- 1542) converted to Christianity. Relations with Portugal deteriorated due to slave trade.

  9. Kingdom of Ndongo (Angola) Queen Nzinga Queen Nzinga led a lengthy resistance (1623-1663) to Portuguese control and the slave trade. Became the first European colony in Africa.

  10. Impact of slavery in Africa Distorted gender ratios; women’s roles changed; encouraged polygamy; introduced firearms; fostered conflict and violence between peoples. The African diaspora (dispersed people) included high death rates in Brazil and the Caribbean due to disease and poor working conditions.

  11. End of slavery **The Netherlands, 1795 **Denmark, 1803 **Great Britain, 1807 (slave trade); British Empire, 1834 **USA: 1808 (slave trade); 1863 (Emancipation Proclamation); Thirteenth Amendment, 1865 **Cuba, 1886; Brazil, 1880

  12. Europeans competed for control of Africa. Imperialism: Political, economic, and/or military control of one country over another country or people. The Suez Canal in Egypt was built (1854-1869) and controlled by the French. “Scramble for Africa” in the 1880s

  13. Imperialism in Africa, 1914

  14. Between 1875 and 1900, European powers seized almost the entire continent. Only Liberia (which was founded by freed slaves from the United States) and Ethiopia remained under African control.

  15. European Imperialism in Africa

  16. Imperialism in Asia, 1914

  17. Imperialism in Oceania, 1914

  18. shs.d211.org Colonialism: When a country officially claims and governs another country. Why did European countries establish colonies? *power; trade; to spread Christianity; to spread “civilization”; Social Darwinism (racism)

  19. Decolonization By 1960, most African countries had gained independence from their European colonial rulers.

  20. Rwanda and Sudan Rwanda: Killings of Tutsis by Hutus left hundreds of thousands dead in 1994. Sudan: Civil war has resulted in the deaths of thousands of innocent civilians in Darfur.

  21. South Africa infoplease.com The San and Khoikhoi were early tribes in the area. The Dutch East India Company established Cape Town in 1652. Most of the early European settlers were Dutch, Germans, and French Huguenots and became known as Boers or Afrikaners.

  22. Boer War map sangam.org Britain gained control of South Africa in 1806. The Boer (or South African) War occurred from 1899 to 1902. It pitted Afrikaners against British forces (victors).

  23. Nelson Mandela From 1948 to 1991, South Africa followed a system called apartheid, which means separation of races. Nelson Mandela, leader of the ANC (Africa National Congress), led the movement to abolish the apartheid system. He became South Africa’s first black president.

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