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141 Cards in this Set
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70% of Africa's surface is _____
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plateau
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Africa is devoid of....
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Good natural harbors and long mountain ranges
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Desert Area with some snow
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Atlas mountain
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Many minerals but plenty Bauxite
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Guinea highlands
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Bantu languages began here
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Adamawa highlands
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Coffee is believed to have originated here (volcanic origin, high elevations and tropical climate)
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Ethiopian Highlands
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Mount Kilimanjaro is located in this mountain range
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isolated Volcanic Peaks of East Africa
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It is predicted that the snow cap on this mountain will be gone by 2025
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Mount Kilimanjaro
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This lake is the 2nd largest on the planet and largest of the Rift Valley Lakes of East Africa
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Lake tanganyika
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____ is a downward faulted block in the earths crust
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Graben
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These lakes are located in Grabens
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The rift Valley Lakes of East Africa
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This lake is not a Rift Valley Lake because it was not formed by shifting tectonic plates
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Lake Victoria
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Africa's largest lake in terms of area
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Lake Victoria
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The claim to African land was called ______
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The Scramble
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The white men felt it was their "burden" to...
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Fix the African's ways and exploit them
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Meeting to split up Africa
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Berlin Conference
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British practiced two kinds of rule...
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Direct and Indirect
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Areas where the british wanted to protect natives from other world powers (germany)
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protectorates
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british practiced direct rule when...
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There was good land and british colonists
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This world power thought it was the right and noble thing to do to turn Africans into _____.
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France, French
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This nation still has a strong relationship with it's former colonies
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France
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Turn Africans to Portuguese
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Assimiladao
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Some species are found no where else on the planet
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Species endangerment
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Trees being chopped down
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Tropical deforestation
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Sahara desert expanding southward
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Desertification
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This area is suffering from desertification
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The Sehal
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A disease with worldwide distribution
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Pandemic
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Estimated ____ mill Africans with AIDS
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40
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leading cause of the spread of AIDS in Africa
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unprotected sex and drug use
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First non-European country to recognize America as independent
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Moroco
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used to be called Spanish Sahara
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Western Sahara
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This nation wants to annex western portion of Sahara Desert to get a hold of phosphates, even though phosphates are no longer in high demand.
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moroco
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The french wanted to turn this nation into a department, so this nation fought an 8 year war for independence
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Algeria
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A military party ran for election in this nation against Islamist party and dramatically lost
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Algeria
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This nation has a big tourism industry and is politically stable
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Tunisia
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Ancient carthage was located in this nation
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Tunisia
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Scenes for the movie Star Wars were filmed here
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Tunisia
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This nation was the poorest in the world until they discovered oil, now a major oil transport
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Libya
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This man was referred to as the Dr Jekyll and Mr hyde of the Middle East
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Khadafy (Libya)
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1/4 of adults in this country have HIV
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Swaziland
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Worst nation on the planet in terms of HIV, life expectancy is 34 years
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Swaziland
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This man supported terrorism but also did alot of good for his people (river project)
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Khadafy
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Using this nation as an example of being rewelcomed into the international commnity
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Libya Model
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Threat to peace and stability of other countries
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rogue state
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This nation was a rogue state
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Libya
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Located in the middle of South Africa
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lesotho
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This nation is a perforated state and, therefore, is forced to be on good terms with South Africa
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Lesotho
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This nation has a large population which is distributed over only 49% of the land
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Egypt
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this nation's population is located primarily along the nile river
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Egypt
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High quality cotton
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Egypt
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This nation was kicked out of the Arab nation when it made peace with Israel
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Egypt
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This man, the leader of Egypt, was assasinated by a radical Islamic fundamentalist
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Answar Sadat
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This man was the first black president of South Africa
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nelson mandela
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This nation has the largest economy in all of Africa
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South Africa
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witwatersand was an independent area settled by the ____ in this country.
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Boers, South Africa
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The boers first settled here and found large reserves of gold and diamons
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South Africa
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This company has a monopoly of the Diamond Industry (South Africa)
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DeBeers
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DeBeers created a "_____" and controls how many diamonds are on the market
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Artificial Shortage
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One of the first African colonies to gain Independence
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South Africa
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White minority regimae ran this nation under the "apartheoid" system
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South Africa
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Seperation of Blacks and Whites
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Apartheoid System
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largest country in terms of land area
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The Sudan
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there has been civil war between the Christians and Muslims in this country since indpendence
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The sudan
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In the Sudan, _____ has always wanted to break away and so the governement has undergone genocide against the _____
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Darfur
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this nation is beginning to get it's HIV problem under control
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Botswana
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politically and economically stable since independence
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Botswana
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the diamond company in Botswana
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Debswana
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The diamond money in this nation has help it be stable
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Botswana
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Most of these nations are dominated by Islam, except for ____
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The Sehal, Ethiopia
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Most of these nations are still living off the land (nomadic herding of lifestock)
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The Sehal
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Dessertification is an issue here...
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The Sehal
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These two nations were former german colonies and have large populations
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Rwanda and Burundi
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short squaty farmers in Burundi and rwanda
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hutu
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tall, slim ranchers
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tutsi
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Hutu took power in this country
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Rwanda
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genocide in this country between hutu and tutsi
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rwanda
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This man was the crazy leader of Uganda
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Idi Amin Dada
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This man came into power in a cout against the former leader Obote.
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Idi Amin Dada
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This man kicked the Asian Minority out of this country.
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Idi Amin Dada, Uganda
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Idi Amin Dada allowed a hijacked plane to land in ____,____
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entebbe, Uganda
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Tall grasslands, mamalian fauna, threatened by poachers, serengeti national park...
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Savanna in kenya and Tanzania
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After independence, this nation was named to bring it back to it's African roots and distance itself from colonial empires
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Mali
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Timbuktu is located here
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Mali
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The French linked their colonies through rail lines, Ouagadougou was an important rail hub
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Located in Burkina Faso
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This nation has significant deposites of uranium and France purchases much of it
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Niger
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Darfur refugees fled here
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Chad
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This nation is located in a shatterbelt
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Chad
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Regions of chronic instability
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Shatterbelts
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this country was never a european colony although Italy tried to invade and failed
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Ethiopia
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Ethiopia tried to combine with this nation but failed (Ethiopia became landlocked)
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Eritrea
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This nation reniged on a deal eith Ehtiopia to allow it access to the red sea
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Eritrea
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These two nations were briefly united
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Senegal and Gambia
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This nation is a little sliver inside of Senegal
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gambia
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French still maintain bases in this country which they use to monitor terrorists in the Arabian Peninsula and East Africa
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Djibouti
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Government has lost all control
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Failed state
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this nation is considered a failed state
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Somalia
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british somaliland and italian somaliland were combined to make this nation
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Somalia
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Piracy is a big problem in this country
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Somalia
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Last remaining matriachal society is loacted on Bolama Archipelago in this country
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Guinea-Bissau
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This nation has large reserves of bauxite
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Guinea
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Ahmed Sekou-Toure severed ties with france and started a realtionship with the Soviet Union which destroyed this country's economy
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Guinea
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founded by freed british slaves
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Sierra leone
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founded by freed american slaves
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Liberia
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The governemnt in this nation is run by mostly freed slaves and has created ethnic tension and civil war
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Liberia
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Was never a europen country
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Liberia
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Children in this country are forced into warfare and pumped with drugs
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Liberia
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Abidjan is the former capital and largest city in this country
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Cote d'ivoire
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the Paris of Africa
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Abidjan (cote d'ivoire)
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long empowered by agriculture
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Cote d'Ivoire
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Cacao is big here
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Cote d'Ivoire
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Leader Kwame Nkrumah made this nnation the first african counry to have industry under black leadership
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Ghana
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Highest population - one of the largest in terms of pop.
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Nigeria
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natural gas and oil (largest)
blessing and a curse |
Nigeria
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High minerals and highest per capita income
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Gabon
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Small # of wealthy, large # of poor
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Gabon
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This man, leader of Central African republic, crowned himself emperor ($30 mill) and is a modern day napolean
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Jean-bebel bokassa
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This city in Congo republic was essentially the capital of France in WWII
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Brazzville
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This nation is often labeled communist
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Democratic republic of congo
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Tthis nation has lots of copper and cobalt
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Democratic republic of congo
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nation got worse under the leader mobutu
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Democratic republic of congo
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Mobuto, leader of Democratic republic of congo, changed his name to ______ and also changed the name of the country
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sese seko
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Madlyn Albright referred to the conflict of this countryto Africa's first WW
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Democratic republic of congo
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The rebels in the Democratic republic of congo were led by...
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Laurent Kabila.
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_____ is slowly drifting away from the rest of the continent
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East Africa
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The world's longest river and the lifeblood of Egypt
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Nile River
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______ was built on the ______ river and created _____. It is thought that it would be best if the dam was gotten rid of
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Answan High Dam, Nile, Lake Nasser
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This river is an exotic stream
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Nile River
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A river that does something unexpected: moving from a humid area to a dry area.
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Exotic Stream
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Inland Delta: Runs dry along its course on this river (very important)
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Niger River
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Much oil and gas found on the inland delta of this river
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Niger River
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2nd largest river on the planet in terms of water volume
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Congo River
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1/11th of the world's hydroelectric potentional
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Congo River
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Victoria falls are located here
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Zambezi River
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Locals call Victoria falls...
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The smoke that thunders
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Most of the gold in Europe was found in Africa
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True
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Oldest civilization in Africa that we know alot about
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Ancient Ghana
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stories and traditions told from generation to generation in stories and songs
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Oral Tradition
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Cross-saharan and East African routes (slavery) but the worst was...
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Trans-Atlantic Route
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One of the great crimes in the history of the world
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Slavery
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For every African that made it to America...
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5 died on the way
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Slave estimate
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Low end: 10-11 mill
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