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How many countries are in Africa
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Fifty-three
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By the late nineteenth century, where had Europeans ventured in Africa
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With the exception of Cape Colony, Europeans had restricted themselves to coastal areas.
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Despite strong resistance by African Kingdoms, why were Europeans able to conquer much of Africa?
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Africa suffered from internal divisions and the Europeans possessed superior technology and modern weapons
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Some European powers granted private countries large areas of territory in Africa. This was done in order to:
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Occupy and exploit vast regions with minimal government financing and personnel
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What rose in the Arabian Peninsula during the 7th century; over the next 100 years, and moved into North Africa. Arab traders introduced it to West and East Africa
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Islam
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Who conquered Persia and Egypt and founded the city of Alexandria, a renowned center of learning, the arts, and trade?
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Alexander the Great
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What empire controlled North Africa until the 5th century AD.?
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Roman Empire
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Some African leaders, such as Egyptian President Gamel Nasser, thought Pan-Arabism would help put colonialism behind them because
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United Arab countries would develop faster and withstand foreign intervention better
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Besides the physical brutality of Slavery, the slave trade also affected Africa's economy by
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Depopulating many coastal areas and undermining traditional sub-Saharan African economies.
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During the colonial period, economic policies in Africa were mainly designed to expand the economies of Europe. As a result
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Trade and production patterns were severely disrupted.
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Colonial administrators were not interested in creating manufacturing sectors, but instead
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Developed economies based on one or two primary products for export
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What was the effect of developing small scale enterprises and investments in infrastructure projects after World War II
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They provided some help, but did not set the ground work for sustainable economic development.
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After independence, many Africa states maintained close economic ties with their former colonial rulers. They did this because
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They believed these ties would foster economic growth
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Africa's traditional religions can be characterized as
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Local or regional om scope, and based on worshiping ancestors, spirits, gods, animals, the land, inanimate objects, or natural phenomena
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How do the believers in traditional religions interact with ancesotrs and spirits to affect the lives of the living?
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They make offerings to their ancestors and access spirits through prayer and sacrifice
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How was Christianity first established in Africa?
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It was brought to North Africa during the Roman Empire, and then flourished in Ethiopia
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Describe Islam's influence in Africa
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Islam is the dominant religion in North Africa and is widely practiced in other parts of Africa
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Which diseases kill more Africans than any other diseases
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HIV/AIDS
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Of the 300,000 children under the age of 18 involved in armed conflict worldwide, what percentage come from Africa?
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1/3 33.33%
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Which of the following is NOT true about the land mines in Africa
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Things TRUE about the land mines in Africa (:
- used as a defensive weapon and instrument of terror -represent a threat to civilians -40 mil land mines are estimated to be found in Africa -Don't know where they are buried -Make agriculture dangerous and playing in fields unsafe -More then 30 Africans a day are wounded or killed by land mines. |
