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What was the earliest empire in Africa south of the Sahara?
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Nubia
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What are Afrikaners?
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descendants of early European settlers neat the Cape of Good Hope.
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What is apartheid?
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Th south Africa policy that separated whites from native Africans, people of mixed races, and Asians.
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How was the Great Rift Valley formed?
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Earths crust stretched so thin that it broke apart.
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How did Swahili trading towns become wealthy city-states?
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Because of trade with the Arab merchants.
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Describe the Veld of Southern Africa.
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gently rolling grassland.
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Why did the city of Meroe prosper for 600 years?
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Because of its rich supply of iron ore and its location as a center of trade.
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What is one of the nations greatest challenges for the nation of East and Southern Africa?
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feeding the growing population.
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Why were European settlers attracted to the plateaus that spread alongside the Great Rift Valley?
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Because of its fertile soil and mild climate.
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What is Axum? Who founded it?
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A capital of an empire that at one time controlled the horn of Africa, Yemen the Arabian peninsula/ people from southern Arabia.
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