World History|Semester 2
Africa Notes!
Africa Historical Timeline
“Birth” of the Human�Race”
Period of “Hunters-Gatherers
Early African Civilization - 100% capable of survival, innovative...
1400
1914
1884
Berlin Conference, European Countries
European controlled
90% of Africa
Age of Exploration
Dutch arrive South - tip of Africa
1600
“The Scramble for Africa,” was the invasion, occupation, division, and colonisation of African territory by European powers during a short period
Period of Domestication of plants & Animals
1960
African Independence Movements
WWII �1939-1945
Berlin Conference 1884
European Countries met to discuss how to best split up Africa.
Why Africa?
Natural Resources
Why was WWII a turning point for Africa?
African Preparation
In what ways was Africa prepared and not prepared for independence in 1960 and beyond?
(Video Clip 30min - end)
(Africa State of Independence, The Scramble for Africa
1960: “Year of Africa”
African Terrorist Groups
African Terrorist Groups
Al Qaeda In the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM)
Membership: less than 1,000
Extremism: Sunni Islamist
Goal: Establishment of an Islamic kingdom in North Africa
Links to Al Qaeda: formal ally
Recently: After being pushed out of northern Mali by French and West African militaries last year, AQIM has reportedly regrouped in the desert and is preparing violent comebacks.
Boko Haram
Membership: 100-few thousand
Extremism: Sunni Islamist
Goal: Overthrow the Nigerian government and establishing an islamic state.
Links to Al qaeda:They get money, guns, and training but is not a formal ally of Al qaeda
Recently: Boko Haram kidnapped nearly 300 Nigerian school girls, some escaped, but the groups leader planned to sell the others
Al- Shabab
Membership: Several thousand (1,000 - 6,000)
Extremism- Sunni Islamist
Goal: Destabilize, potentially overthrow the government of Somalia
Recently: Terror group claimed responsibility for the September 2013 attack on Kenya’s Westgate mall in which dozens were killed by a small group of armed men.
Refugee crisis
-A person who has been forced to leave their country in order to escape war, persecution, or natural disaster.
Why are people moving a lot?
A large number of people have been displaced by violent conflict, such as the ongoing civil war in South Sudan. Many are economic migrants looking for better opportunities and who often head from landlocked countries to more prosperous coastal countries.
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