Name: Prerana Kiran

Period:
3
Womens Roles in the Development of Africa
Read the chapter and answer the following questions.
Definition
1. Gender-based division of
labor:

Picture or Symbol

Division of work in society based

on a persons gender

2. Informal economy:

Sentence Using the Term

Because of gender based
division of labor in native
American tribes, women had to
do tasks like sewing while men
hunted for food.

The community had an informal

economy, so everyone traded
each others services of
handmade goods.

Informal exchange of goods

without much government
control

3. Micro-enterprise:
Very small business with few
employees

With a micro-enterprise that

sells burritos, the girls made a
lot of pocket money.

4. Micro-entrepreneur:
A person who starts and runs a
small business

Polly, a micro-entrepreneur,
sold homemade cloth to visitors
and tourists.

The Geographic Setting

5. List 4 challenges people in developing countries in Africa face.
In developing countries, many people go hungry due to meager food. In addition, wars between rival
tribes have killed much of the population. Natural forces like drought and famine have affected food and
water supply, and diseases like malaria are harmful.
6. What additional challenges do poor African women face as they try to get out of poverty?

As poor African women try to get out of property, they face challenges like illiteracy and not having
education, which limits them from jobs. Also, personal obligations like heading the family dont earn
them money at all, which does not help.

Grinding Peanuts in Rural Mali

7. The African woman shown here is one of many who created a micro-enterprise. Describe their microenterprise, how they created it and how it works.
Many African women used help from the UN and bought a multi-functional platform that performed
various things like grinding nuts, and used it to form a peanut grinding business.

8. List and explain 4 ways these micro-entrepreneurs changed peoples lives and these womens
community.
The micro-entrepreneurs changed peoples lives and these womens community by:
1. Earning money to help lift themselves out of poverty
2. Can send children to be educated so they will have better futures
3. Can sell peanut butter for money
4. Conserving time for other activities, like taking care of kids
They changed the community by hooking the machine to an electrical generator, which gave the village
electricity and light.
Selling in Ugandas Poor Mans Market
9. This African woman created a micro-enterprise. Describe her micro-enterprise, how she created it and
how it works.
Margaret Saajjabi sold soap and drinks, and was able to make enough money to buy land. She rented out
some spots to other micro-entrepreneurs, sold water, and charged money for parking spaces.

10. List and explain 3 ways this micro-entrepreneur changed peoples lives and this womans community.
Ms. Saajjabi supports her family and is able to send many of her children and nieces and nephews to
school, sold land to other micro-entrepreneurs so they could help their own family, and hired guards for
her parking spots.

Cooking Up Comfort Food in Botswana

11. The African woman shown here is one of many who created a micro-enterprise. Describe their microenterprise, how they created it and how it works.
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The women created a restaurant business to sell traditional Botswana food to city workers, by having road
side restaurants and mobile trailer cafs with chairs for guests.
12. List and explain 4 ways these micro-entrepreneurs changed peoples lives and these womens
community.
With the money the women earned, they can sell inexpensive food to workers, support their families, send
their children to school, buy land or houses, or hire other workers themselves.