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III. Southern Africa
A. The Economy
1. South Africa has the most highly developed economy in Africa thanks to exports of certain minerals such as gold, diamonds, and platinum.
a) Industry, farming, and ranching are also developing.
2. Some South Africans live in rural areas and survive on subsistence farming while in the city there are not enough jobs.
B. People
1. South Africa has a diverse population.
a) Zulu and Xhosa make up about 10% of South Africa’s population.Slide2
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b) Afrikaners of Dutch, German, French, British settlers.
c) The eastern part of the country have many citizens of South Asian descent.
C. History and Government
1. In the early 1900s, British and Afrikaner settlers formed South Africa as a white-ruled country.
a) Apartheid was set up to control non-European groups.
b) The African National Congress was formed (ANC).
c) Apartheid ended in the early 1990s.
d) South Africa wrote a
constitution
, a document describing a governments power and
structure
as well as the rights of citizens.Slide3
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e) It gave
suffrage
, or the right to vote, to all of its citizens who are 18 and older.
D. Inland Southern Africa
1. The 6 countries of inland southern Africa include Lesotho, Swaziland, Botswana, Zimbabwe, Zambia, and Malawi.
a) Landlocked, mild climate, high plateaus.
b) Subsistence farming.
c) Thousands are
migrant workers
, or workers who travel to work.
d) They visit their families for
brief
, or short periods of time.Slide4
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2. Within South Africa lie Lesotho and Swaziland.
a) These 2 countries are
enclaves
, or small countries located inside a larger country.
b) Both depend heavily on South Africa.
3. North of South Africa lies Botswana.
a) Swamplands and the Kalahari desert.
b) Diamonds and other minerals.
c) Food is imported in from South Africa.
d) One of the strongest democracies in southern Africa.
4. Northeast of Botswana is Zimbabwe.
a) Gold, iron ore, copper, and asbestos.
b) Coffee, cotton, tobacco.Slide5
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c) Disorder and violence due to land redistribution.
d) Widespread shortages.
e) Strong handed rule by Robert
Mugaba
.
5. Zimbabwe’s northern neighbor is Zambia.
a) Relies on copper as the chief economic source of income.
b) Mining and service industries.
c) Corn rice on subsistence farms.
6. East of Zambia is Malawi
a) Wetlands, lakes, mountains and forests.
b) Wildlife attracts tourists.Slide6
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c) Tobacco, tea, and sugar exports.
d) Democratic in the mid 1990s.
E. Coastal and Island Countries
1. Angola and Namibia have Atlantic Ocean coastlines.
a) Hilly grasslands and rocky deserts.
b) Rich in minerals.
c) Angola is major oil producer.
d) Namibia mines diamonds, copper, gold, and zinc.
e) Most people are poor and practice subsistence farming.
2. Mozambique borders the Indian Ocean.
a) Development was slowed due to war and famine.
b) Recently attracting foreign investors.Slide7
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3. Madagascar, Comoros, Mauritius, Seychelles are island nations in the Indian Ocean.
a) Mix of Asian and African peoples.
b) Madagascar is only island with a sizeable population.
c) Agriculturally dependent with Mauritius having a growing banking industry and Seychelles is growing in tourism.