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Which part of Africa is mostly Muslim?
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North Africa
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What is the capital of Egypt?
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Cairo
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What is the second largest city in Africa?
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Alexandria
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What is the longest river in Africa and in the world?
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the Nile
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This is the only ancient wonder still standing in the world.
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The Great Pyramid of Giza
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This archeological site is the site of over 60 tombs from ancient Egypt.
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The Valley of the Kings
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He was the first king of modern Egypt.
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Mohammed Ali
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President of Egypt from 1956-1970, he nationalized the Suez Canal and built the Aswan High Dam.
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Gamal Abdel Nasser
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What allows shipping to travel from the Red Sea to the Mediterranean Sea?
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The Suez Canal
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What Egyptian lake was artificially created by the building of the Aswan High Dam?
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Lake Nasser
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Why did the Egyptians build the Aswan High Dam?
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To control the flooding of the Nile
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This Egyptian president won a Nobel Prize for talking peace with Israel.
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Anwar al Sadat
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This war was an attack on Israel on the most holy Jewish holiday.
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The Yom Kippur War
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President Jimmy Carter negotiated the signing of these peace treaties between Egypt and Israel.
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The Camp David Accords
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Who is the current president of Egypt?
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Hosni Mubarak
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Ancient Sudan was the home of this ancient African kingdom.
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Nubia
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Most of North & Western Africa was colonized by _______, Egypt and Western Africa were colonized by _________.
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France / Great Britain
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In which country is the Darfur crisis?
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Sudan
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The current president of Libya, he has been in power since 1969.
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Muammar al-Gaddafi
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This US president bombed Libya in retaliation to a terrorist attack in Germany.
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Ronald Reagan
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The ruins of the ancient city of Carthage can be found in this North African nation.
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Tunisia
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He was the Carthaginian general that led elephants across the Italian Alps to attack Rome.
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Hannibal
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What is the capital of Algeria?
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Algiers
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This terrorist organization attacked the French in Algeria.
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The FLN (Le Front de Liberation Nationale)
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Who was the President of France that lost control of Algeria and much of French North Africa?
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Charles de Gaulle
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What is the largest desert in Africa and in the world?
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the Sahara
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Casablanca is the largest city in the nation of...
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Morocco
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The North African mountain range stretches across Morocco.
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the Atlas Mountains
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Mali is famous for trading...
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Salt
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The legendary city of Timbuktu was trading center for this West African empire.
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the Mali Empire
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The Mali king was rumored to be the richest man living during his time.
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Mansa Musa
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Which African nation is known for mining uranium?
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Niger
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This is the smallest nation in mainland Africa, penetrating into the interior of Senegal.
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the Gambia
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What European nation control Guinea-Bissau until 1974?
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Portugal
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Americans created this African nation as a place to recolonize freed African-American slaves.
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Liberia
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What does "Cote d'Ivoire" mean in English?
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"Ivory Coast"
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Which African nation was the first to gain independence from a European power?
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Ghana
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Ghana is the world's second largest producer of...
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Cocoa
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What is the capital of Nigeria?
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Abuja
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11% of American oil comes from...
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Nigeria
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What is the capital of Ethiopia?
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Addis Ababa
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Who do Ethiopians believe are the ancestors of their monarchs?
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Solomon and the Queen of Sheba
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He was President of Ethiopia during WWII and is still revered by Rastafarians.
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Haile Selaisse (Hayley Suh-lassie)
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Ethiopia leads Africa in the production of these three things:
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Coffee, honey, & livestock
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This narrow nation on the Red Sea broke away from Ethiopia in 1991.
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Eritrea
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What is the capital of Somalia?
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Mogadishu (Mo-ga-dee-shoo)
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President Bill Clinton retreated after 18 Americans were killed during an attack in this country.
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Somalia
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This African nation is crawling with modern pirates that operate off of the Horn of Africa.
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Somalia
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What is the capital of Kenya?
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Nairobi
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Where is the second largest city and the largest airport in Kenya?
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Mombassa
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This Kenyan lake is a major source of the Nile.
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Lake Victoria
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What native language is most commonly spoken in Kenya?
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Swahili
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These native Kenyan herdsmen paint their bodies red and leap to display their strength.
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the Masai
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In which African nation would one find the Serengeti Wildlife Preserve?
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Tanzania
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What is the capital of Tanzania?
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Dodoma
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What is the capital of Uganda?
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Kampala
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Who was the ruthless dictator of Uganda from 1971-1979?
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Idi Amin
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What large animals live only in the highlands of central Africa?
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Mountain gorillas
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This small nation was the scene of a horrible tribal genocide in 1994; 800,000 were killed.
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Rwanda
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These two Eastern African tribes do not get along at all (remember Rwanda & Zaire)!
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Hutus & Tutsis
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This small nation has rich deposits of cobalt.
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Burundi
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This group of languages/people is widespread throughout Central and Southern Africa.
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Bantu
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What is the second largest river in Africa?
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the Congo
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This is the second largest rainforest in the world.
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the Congo
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What is the traditional name for the Democratic Republic of the Congo?
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Zaire
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The DRC (Zaire) is the largest country in the world that officially speaks...
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French
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What is the first language of most North Africans?
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Arabic
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What is the capital of the Democratic Republic of the Congo?
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Kinshasa
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Zaire was colonized by what European country until 1960?
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Belgium
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This wealthy region of Zaire attempted to become independent and was violently forced to join anyway.
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Katanga
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Bloody civil wars (1996-2003) have claimed the lives of over 5 million in this nation,.
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the DRC (Zaire)
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This long and skinny "Great Lake of Africa" separates the DRC (Zaire) and Tanzania.
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Lake Tanganyika
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Where is Victoria Falls?
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Zambia
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The economy of Zambia is based on tourism and the mining of...
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Copper
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The current president of Zimbabwe, he has destroyed the economy and stayed in power too long.
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Robert Mugabe (Moo-gah-bay)
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What is the capital of South Africa?
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Cape Town
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What is the largest city in South Africa?
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Johannesburg (Yo-hannus-berg)
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These native inhabitants of South Africa were fierce African warriors.
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the Zulu
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What were the Dutch farmers that migrated to South Africa called?
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Boers (bores)
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Why did the British want the Boers' land?
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Diamonds
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Which 2 small nations are located inside of South Africa?
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Swaziland & Lesotho
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What is South African segregation called?
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Apartheid (apar-tide)
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Who challenged South African racism, was imprisoned, and became president?
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Nelson Mandela
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Which 2 small nations are located inside of South Africa?
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Swaziland & Lesotho
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What is South African segregation called?
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Apartheid (apar-tide)
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Who challenged South African racism, was imprisoned, and became president?
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Nelson Mandela
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Which 2 small nations are located inside of South Africa?
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Swaziland & Lesotho
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What is South African segregation called?
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Apartheid (apar-tide)
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Who challenged South African racism, was imprisoned, and became president?
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Nelson Mandela
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