Veld Open Grassland Pan Low Flat Area Enclave small territory completely surrounded by another country Lesotho Swaziland Afrikaners European descendants in SA Boer Afrikaner Farmers ID: 385719
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Escarpment – steep face at an edge of a plateau
Veld – Open Grassland
Pan – Low Flat Area
Enclave – small territory completely surrounded by another country (Lesotho, Swaziland)Slide3
Afrikaners – European descendants in SA
Boer – Afrikaner Farmers
Apartheid – Separations of races
Township – Where blacks were told to live
Sanction – Economic of Political penalty to force changeSlide4
Drakensberg and Inyanga Mountains
Okavango River
Drains into an Inland delta
Orange, Limpopo Rivers
Drain into oceansSlide5
Rain only falls on one side of the mountains
Deserts
Kalahari
Namib
Madagascar
Lush vegitation and tropical forests Slide6
Timber, Hydroelectricity, Crops, Minerals, Coal, Platinum, Copper, Uranium, Iron Ore, Gold, Diamonds
Diamonds are the most prevalent and important resourceSlide7
Great Zimbabwe
Stone walled capital city
Became rich and powerful due to trade
10-20K residents
Chinese relicts found
Cape of Good Hope
1650 Dutch Training Post on the tip of southern Africa Slide8
Powerful fighting force took over African tribes keeping away British influence
Eventually taken over by the British Slide9
Policy that kept blacks and Asians separated from Whites in all aspects of life – segregation
Typically told to live in townships that did not have good land, resources, schools, healthcare
Far from the cities and jobsSlide10
Freed of European rule by 1975
Still ruled by South African countries Slide11
All the religion, languages, dance, art, celebrations are similar with everyone else in Africa.
Melting pot – many influencesSlide12
Protested against apartheid
Imprisoned for 25 years
1990 was released from Prison
1993 Nobel Peace Prize
1994 First black president of South Africa
New constitution Slide13
Much of their money is made through diamonds and gold trade
Much is still controlled by whites
They fear rapid change will worsen the conditionsSlide14
People travel to places like Johannesburg (hosted last World Cup), Cape Town, and to the region for safariSlide15
Food
Government
Disease (Malaria, HIV)
Corruption
Segregation
Deforestation
Unemployment/poverty