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African Unit Review. History 1. Ghana Mali Songhai. History 2. Europeans began taking Africans as slaves to the Americas. History 3. Depopulation (West Africa particularly) Economic damage Development slowed. History 4. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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African Unit Review
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History 1
• Ghana• Mali• Songhai
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History 2
• Europeans began taking Africans as slaves to the Americas
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History 3
• Depopulation (West Africa particularly)• Economic damage• Development slowed
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History 4
• Berlin Conference in 1884-85 in Germany to divide the continent of African in spheres of influence (colonies).
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History 5
• Partitioning caused civil war, ethnic conflict, artificial boundaries, poor example of democracy and therefore dictatorships
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History 6
• After WWII but mainly in the 1960s and 1970s
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History 7
• Great Britain & France
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History 8
• Dutch (the Netherlands)
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History 9
• The separation of blacks & colored (Indians & other Asians) people from whites in South Africa
• Black South Africans had much of their rights and land taken away
• Purpose was so the white minority could maintain control of the country and all its natural resources
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History 10
• The first democratically elected and first black president of South Africa
• Freedom fighter, member of the ANC• One of the greatest men to ever walk the face
of this earth.
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History 11
• President of South Africa who released Mandela from prison and worked with him to make South Africa a democratic nation.
• He & Mandela won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1993
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History 12
• First president of an independent Kenya
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Government 1
• Autocratic• Democratic• Oligarchic
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Gov 2
• Unitary – most every country• Federal – US/India• Confederation – UN, EU, OPEC
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Gov 3
• Presidential• Parliamentary
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Gov. 3 cont’d
• Presidential – leader is elected separately from the legislature and answers to the people
• Parliamentary – people elect legislature and legislature chooses leader. Leader answers to legislature. Title is Prime Minister
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Gov 4
• Many possible answers – several political parties, low level of corruption, free elections, military doesn’t control country.etc. etc
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Gov 5
• Many possible choices – one party rule, no or few citizen rights, corruption, civil war, etc. etc.
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Gov 6
• South Africa• Kenya• Ghana• Botswana• Mauritius (where I wish I was right now – no
offense)
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Econ 1
• Command – government controls• Market – consumer controls• Traditional – ancestors control
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Econ 2
• Mixed is the most common• Know about the economic continuum
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Econ 3
• Command – government• Market – consumers• Traditional – you do what your ancestors did
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Econ 4
• Government does not invest in human capital or technology therefore the countries many resources do not benefit Nigeria (or other similar countries) like they should.
• Plentiful natural resources do not make a country wealthy, investment in human capital does
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Econ 5
• If you invest in the children/education/human capital - you can do great things!!!!!