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Africa

Rwanda

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Human Geography
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Rwandan Genocide
Africa
rwanda
Paul Rusesabagina
Tutsi
Hutu Power
Interahamwe
Radio Télévision Libre des Mille Collines
Hutu
Hotel Rwanda
Index of Rwanda-related articles
Ethnic groups in Rwanda
War

Comprehension and Discussion Activities for the Movie Hotel Rwanda This module has been designed to accompany the film Hotel Rwanda (2004). Hotel Rwanda is based on real characters and events that took place in Rwanda in 1994. Tension between Hutu and Tutsi ethnic groups reached a crisis point in that year, when Rwandan radio announced that May 5 was to be the ?cleanup day?. On that day the capital, Kigali, must be cleansed of Tutsis. Nearly one million people were killed by Hutu militia shortly after this announcement. Hotel Rwanda is a film about this event. Hotel Rwanda is also about Paul Rusesabagina, who made the hotel he managed into a refugee camp. This single daring act allowed thousands to survive. The module consists of

Rubenstein Ch 5 Reading Guide

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Human Geography
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Languages of Africa
Africa
Linguistic typology
Languages of Kenya
Languages of Tanzania
Swahili language
Bantu languages
Bantu languages
Swahili culture
Swahili people
Languages of Europe
Mozambique
Language isolate

CHAPTER 5 - - - Language: Key Issue 1 Where Are English-Language Speakers Distributed? Rubenstein, pp. 134-143 Page 134-135 Approximately ________ languages are spoken by at least _____ million people, including the ______ largest ones. The remaining __________ languages are spoken by ______ million people. Case Study on page 136. 1. What are Canada?s two official langauges? 2. What language is mainly spoken in Quebec? Why? ? ORIGIN AND DIFFUSION OF ENGLISH 3. How did English become so widely diffused? 4. What three European peoples originally came together to form the English people and English language? 5. Where did these people come from? 6. What two subsequent invasions added additional words to the evolving English language? ? DIALECTS OF ENGLISH

Traditions and Encounters Chapter 26 Test Bank

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World History
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Africa
Racism
States of pre-colonial Africa
Slave Trade
Ethnic groups in Angola
African slave trade
Atlantic slave trade
Central Africa
Kingdom of Ndongo
Kingdom of Kongo
Nzinga of Ndongo and Matamba
slavery
Social Issues

CHAPTER 26 TEST QUESTIONS MULTIPLE CHOICE 1. Thomas Peters was a. a wealthy plantation owner who became the largest slave owner in the Carolinas. b. the captain of the first ship to bring slaves to North America. c. an American congressman who played a key role in drafting legislation to end the slave trade. d. the author of The Crime of Slavery. e. central in promoting the establishment of a colony for ex-slaves in Sierra Leone. * (p. 695) 2. The Black Pioneers were a. Africans who served as indentured servants in return for land in the Caribbean. b. escaped slaves who fought to maintain British rule in the North American colonies. * c. former slaves who fought on the colonial side in the American Revolution.

New Imperial Age In Africa Between 1850-1914

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World History
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New Imperialism
Africa
Modern history
International relations
Colonialism
German East Africa
imperialism
Political economy
Maji Maji Rebellion
Scramble for Africa
Indirect rule
empire

New Imperial Age between 1850-1914 in Africa Kelcie Plank World Cultures Unit 1: Lesson 6 New Imperial Age of Africa Occurred between 1850-1914 The new imperialism focused mainly on declining empires and local wars left many states vulnerable Many states were weakened by slave trade Nationalism produced strong, centrally governed nation-states Industrial Revolution made economy stronger European industrialized nations more forceful in expanding into other lands Causes of New Imperialism Economy: Need for natural resources Imperialist needed raw materials to supply their own factories Need for new markets Imperialist need foreign markets to sell their goods Place for growing populations to settle Place to invest growing profits

natural history museum ap summer notes

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California Mission Indians
Native American tribes in California
Egyptian people
Egyptians
Kumeyaay people
Ancient Egypt
Africa
Middle East
California

AP World History Summer HW National Museum of the American Indian assignment Option 1 The Kumeyaay Indians from California The Kumeyaay Indians at one point extended all along California into Mexico. The Kumeyaay had a federation of autonomous self-governing clans or bands. They grew trees, grains and numerous other crops in addition to maintaining wild stock. Each family planted and maintained their fields but was always expected to share. Family ideals were extremely important to the kumeyaay The Kumeyaay still plant crops in their mere 500,000 acres of land, compared to the land they were intended to receive (8.5 million acres) they now have several reservations near San Diego and throughout California where they practice their values

Crash Course 4

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Environmental Science
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Africa
Middle East
Arab world
Egyptian gods
Egyptian people
Egyptians
Ancient Egypt
Flooding of the Nile
Nile
Egypt
Min
Ancient Egyptian agriculture
Disaster
behavior
Human development
Interpersonal relationships
Love
Psychoanalysis
Attachment theory
Ethology
Personal life
Technology
Environment

CRASH COURSE HISTORY RESPONSE FORM #___W2_______ TOPIC/TITLE: Ancient Egypt NAME: Casey Murphy LIST TWO NEW FACTS YOU LEARNED: a) In the first 3-4 minutes * Lasted from 3000 B.C.E. to 32 B.C.E., which is unusually long. *The Nile River flooded at exactly the right time every year, which made planting seeds in the very easy because it was so soft and the ground was very fertile. b) In the middle * 3 Kingdoms: The Old Kingdom, The Middle Kingdom, and The New Kingdom * Pyramids were and other monuments were built for kings. c) In the last 3-4 minutes *2 Forms of writing: Hieroglyphics and Demotic Script * King Tut was about 17 when he died and could have died from an infected broken leg and or malaria.

Bantu Timeline

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World History
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Africa
Ethnic groups in Africa
Bantu expansion
human migration
Bantu peoples
Bantu languages
Sub-Saharan Africa
Central Africa
The World
Twa
African people
Herero people
behavior
Human development
Interpersonal relationships
Love
Psychoanalysis
Human behavior
Personal life
Attachment theory
Evolutionary biology
Technology

The Bantu People Migration from 3000 BCE?1100 CE through Sub-Saharan Africa By Priyanka Juneja, Sasha Ree, and Lauretta Zhao Regional Impact ? Central Africa Society subsistence farming pastoral pursuits gongs or iron bells of African music are products of Bantu?s introduction of metal to society permanent homes Economy Lived in villages and farmed along river banks Introduced new crop like bananas and yams More efficient food production Technology more efficient food production methods introduced as they brought with them agricultural technologies introduced pottery and metal working technologies like iron Art/Architecture masks created the Kuba a Bantu people

Bantu Migrations

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World History
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Ethnic groups in Africa
human migration
Demography
population
Bantu peoples
Bantu expansion
Bantu languages
Africa
Human Geography
Science
Disaster
Environment
behavior
Human development
Interpersonal relationships
Love
Psychoanalysis
Human behavior
Personal life
Attachment theory
Evolutionary biology
Technology

WHY DO PEOPLE MIGRATE? Push Factors Why people want to leave a place. Their lives might be in danger (war, famine) There may be limited economic opportunity Family members may have died or moved Pull Factors Why people are attracted to a new place. The new place might be more secure There may be more available jobs Relatives or friends may be there already REASONS FOR THE BANTU MIGRATION The reasons for the migration of the Bantu are not known but most likely included the following: Drought and famine: The Bantu moved to escape famine, which was a result of overcrowding and drought. The climate in their cradle land had become unreliable/unpredictable.

AP World History Chapter 4 Outlines

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World History
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political geography
Ancient history
Africa
Greek people
Ancient greece
Classical antiquity
Mediterranean
Greeks
Hellenistic period
Hellenistic civilization
Western world
Roman empire

The Persian Empire After the fall of the Egyptian and Hittite Empires in the Middle East (1200 BCE) many smaller states prevailed the area. Then over time new powers came to attention with first the Assyrians, then the Persians. And then a great conqueror was well known named Cyrus the Great. Cyrus was known for establishing the Persian Empire located in the northwestern region of India. Cyrus allowed some of the empire to keep older traditions such as cuneiform. For quite some time the Persian empire was considered to be much more advanced and skilled compared to the Greeks. The empire also created many political and cultural traditions still used today in present day Iran. Political Styles and Innovations

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