Sub Sahara Africa Vocab

occurs when one country takes control of another country or region, establishing a settlement, or permanent part of the colony, in order to control the area and gain riches.

• Colonization

• Blood Diamonds

• Apartheid

• Darfur

precious stones mined in African war zones, often by forced labor, and used to fund armed rebel movements.

• Colonization

• Blood Diamonds

• Apartheid

• Darfur

the implementation and maintenance of a system of legalized racial segregation in which one racial group is deprived of political and civil rights.

• Colonization

• Blood Diamonds

• Apartheid

• Darfur

a region of the W Sudan; an independent kingdom until conquered by Egypt in 1874; since 2003 conflict between the Janjaweed and rebel groups has left thousands dead and homeless.

• Colonization

• Blood Diamonds

• Apartheid

• Darfur

is a dormant volcano located in Kilimanjaro Region of Tanzania.

• Mount Kilimanjaro

• Extended family

• Horn of Africa

• Darfur

a family that extends beyond the nuclear family, including grandparents, aunts, uncles, and other relatives, who all live nearby or in one household.

• Mount Kilimanjaro

• Extended family

• Horn of Africa

• Darfur

region of eastern Africa. It is the easternmost extension of African land and for the purposes of this article is defined as the region that is home to the countries of Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, and Somalia,

• Mount Kilimanjaro

• Extended family

• Horn of Africa

• Darfur