West Africa
Name___________________________Period_______________
West Africa
Class Objective:
West Africa
The _______________________________ for the conquering of West Africa was to ___________________________ for the __________________ trade.
_________________________________ Nations participated in the slave trade.
In the ____________________________ most nations had ___________________________ the slave trade.
After Slavery
When the European people stopped the slave trade they did not just leave Africa. They ________________________ things to trade such as: __________________________________________________________________, and other products from the interior.
Eventually the Europeans wanted to gain ______________________________________ of the products they traded.
The African people were not willing to give up their land easily. Often they met fierce _______________________________.
For example, the ___________________ fought for control of _______________________ for several years. ______________________________ led a _________________________ against the French in Senegal. He continued fighting off and on from 1883 until 1898 when he was finally ___________________________.
By the early 1900s, ____________________________________________________ had claimed almost all of West Africa.
_________________, which had become a republic in 1847, was the _____________________________ in that area. Because ___________________________ from the United States had _______________________, the United States helped keep the country from becoming a European colony.
Religion
Like North Africa, West Africa is ________________________________.
Countries _____________________ to the ______________________ practice ___________________________ and _________________________.
Native religions believe that ________________________________ play an _________________________________ part in their lives. People seek advice and help from spirits in times of trouble or sickness.
Many also believed in _________________________. This is the belief that ____________________________, ________________________ and such have _____________________.
Mosque
Ethnicity
West Africa is very ___________________________. To the north they share more commonalities with peoples of North Africa, _______________________________.
Farther to the south the ethnicity changes to a __________________________ of the area near the Congo.
Customs
With all of the different ethnic groups in the region customs have changed.
In the _________________________ the ____________________________ are influenced by the ______________________________.
______________________________ are based around several _________________________. Members work together to support the household and _____________________ of _____________________ and ______________________.
Language
Most of the West African countries speak a language _______________________ around the ________________________________ language family.
_________________________ is also spoken in northern areas.
During the colonial era, _________________________ and ________________________ became second languages in much of Africa.
Economy
One of the _____________________________________ facing West Africa is a rapidly ________________________________________________.
________________________________________________ has not kept pace with the population growth.
___________________________________ and _______________________________ have become more common.
Government
In the past 10 years, ____________________________ have been fought in the ____________________________________________________________.
Thousands of people have been killed in these civil wars.
Liberia Civil War (8 Years)
Civil War in Sierra Leone
Diamond Mining
Environment
West Africa’s natural __________________________ is being _______________________ very rapidly.
___________________________________ harvest tropical ______________________ for _______________________.
Areas are __________________________________ causing the extinction of some plants and animals.
Agricultural production has also contributed to the _________________________ of many areas. Desertification is where the __________________________ is ____________________________ due to ________________________ and ____________________________ factors.
This has __________________________________ to _______________________ the size of their ___________________________________ or relocate to new areas.
Disease
__________________________________has long been a problem. Malaria is caused by _____________________________________________ carrying the virus.
The _________________________ of all diseases in the area is __________________________________.
There is _________________________________ for the virus and treatments are __________________________.
________________________________________________________people are particularly vulnerable to the disease.
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