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35 Cards in this Set
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plant with starchy root
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cassava
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ack of food in an area
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famine
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plant used to make rope
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sisal
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government takes land or business from private owner
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nationalize
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person who flees to find safety
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refugee
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neither hot nor cold in climate
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temperate
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ruler who has complete power
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dictator
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illegal hunting
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poaching
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brutal killing of many people
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massacre
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not army
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civilian
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The central region of the Democratic Republic of the Congo is covered by the ______.
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Congo River Basin
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When the Portuguese first reached the African east coast, trade between Africa and the Far East was controlled by:
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city-states
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People hunt animals, but do not kill them on a:
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photo safari
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The people do not own any of the businesses or land under:
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communism
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Fighting between ethnic groups is called:
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tribal warfare
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The African jungle is also known as a:
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tropical rainforest
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Anyone can be arrested or killed for little or no reason under:
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mass terror
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People can only vote for one person for each office under:
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one-party governments
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Farms owned by the government and run by people who split any profit equally, no matter who did the work, are called:
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collective farms
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A small port at the mouth of the Red Sea with no other resources is ______ .
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Djibouti
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The first African colony to become independent under the control of freed American slaves was ______.
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Liberia
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Due to clan warfare among its Sunni Muslim people, ______ has suffered famine and anarchy in the 1990s.
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Somalia
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The three main tribes are divided by culture, religion, and location with the Muslim Hausa being the largest group in
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Nigeria
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A beautiful lake covered nation that was created by combining several independent kingdoms under British rule is ______.
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Uganda
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The Mau Mau rebellion occurred in ______.
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Kenya
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Approximately 200,000 people, mostly Tutsi, were killed by Hutus after the Hutu president died in a plane crash in ______ in 1995.
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Rwanda
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A Christian nation that never became a European colony is ______.
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Ethiopia
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Once the private property of the King of Belgium and now is almost entirely the private property of its president, Mobutu Sese Seko is the country of ______.
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Zaire
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Mt. Kilimanjaro is located in ______ where Kiswahili is the official language.
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Tanzania
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Many African nations who have good resources are so poor because the governments are corrupt and unstable.
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True
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The three important religions practiced in Africa are Christianity, Islam, and Voodoo.
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False
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An example of an African food crop would be coffee.
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False
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In 1967-1970, the Ibo people of Nigeria revolted and formed a nation they called Biafra.
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True
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Ethiopia was not conquered by Islamic armies in the A.D. 700s because its location made it difficult to attack.
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True
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Benin, Oyo, and Dahomey were African Kingdoms.
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True
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