| A | B |
|---|
| veld | a term used for a vegetation and landform region of South Africa |
| apartheid | the South African government policy of separation of races, the policy began to disappear in the late 1980s |
| embargo | a legal restriction against the movement of freight |
| sanction | an economic or political measure, such as an embargo, used by one or more nations to force another nation to cease an illegal or immoral act |
| exile | a person who has been forced to leave his or her country |
| copra | the dried meat of the coconut, from which coconut oil is obtained |
| What is Southern Africa's single greatest landform, and how does it affect the region's climate? | The Drakensberg Escarpment; it blocks moist air from moving inland from the Indian Ocean, so the interior of Southern Africa is dry. |
| Beginning with the San, list the various groups of people who have settled over time in parts of Southern Africa. | San, Bantu speakers, Zulus, Dutch, Khoi, French, Germans, Southeast Asians, British, Indians |
| What was apartheid, and how did it affect the daily lives of South Africans? | It was a series of laws that separated the races. It gave power status, and wealth to whites and forced blacks to live in impoverished homelands. It discriminated against black South Africans. |
| Why is South Africa the continent's most economically developed nation? | It has valuable mineral resources. |
| What European countries colonized each country discussed in this section? | Namibia: Germany; Botswana and Zimbabwe: Britain; Mozambique: Portugal; Madagascar: France. |
| which South AFrican countries have economies based on mining? | Namibia |
