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38 Cards in this Set
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chad
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home to a very diverse population, there are more than 200 distinct ethnic groups.
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Senegal
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home of the mande people
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Mali
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home of the mande people
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Niger
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home of the Hausa
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sudan
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the place with the highest population density along the Nile River
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Darfur
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the western region that holds 2.7 million displaced people and is involved in a conflict between agrarian non-arab black African Muslims and government backed militias
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patriarchal
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headed by a male family memeber
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Nucelar family
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a family made up of a husband, wife, and children
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Uganda and Tanzania
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The Bantu ethnic group that takes up most of the countries
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Rwanda and Burundi
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The Hutu ethnic group makes up the majority of the countries
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Kenya and Ethiopia
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inland cities that have grown from trade
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Somalia
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60 percent of the population is nomadic or seminomadic
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Djibouti
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Has a long history that dates back to thousands of years and includes trading relationshiops with the arabian peninsula, china, and indai.
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Guinea, Cote d'Ivoire, togo, and Benin
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countries taht are mvoing to urban areas in hopes of finding work and education
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Nigeria
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an example of rapid population group. In 2009 about 153 million people lived in nigerai. It is projected taht the country's population growth will exceed 190 million by 2025
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Niger
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rapid population growth is contributing to competitinon between ehrders and farmers fro natural resources including land
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Gambia
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46 percent of the people live in villages
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Senegal
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more than half of the country is rural
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Ghana and mali
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countries named after two ancient empires
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Mauritania
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a place moors had left for fear of being captured and enslaved
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Democratic republic of Congo and cameroon
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both countries are home to more than 200 ethnic gropus
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Central African Republic
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a place where each ethnic group has its own language
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Gabon and equatorial Guinea
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Peopls of mostly Bantu origin
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Sao Tome and Principe
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islands with about 200,000 people from many different ethnic groups
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Republic of congo
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a densley poplulated area of central Africa
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Zimbabwe and Zambia
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where the sena people live. The Zambezi River seperates the two countries
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Malawi
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where the Sena sell fish and buy needed items (at markets) on the Zambezi river
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Swaziland
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Where the Swazi people migrated
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South Africa
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where the Swazi and Sulu peoples maintain strogn policitcal and cultural presesnce
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Namibia
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Where the best known hunter-gatherers live (the san people)
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Lesotho
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a small country completely surrounded by the country of South Africa
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Madagascar
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where people have been trading with outsiders as early as 600 A.D.
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Angola
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the portugues controlled this country throught the 1500s because they wanted slaves
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Comaros
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An Island where a trading colony was established
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Botswana
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a stable and succesufual economy that has been like that since independence in 1966
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Mauritius
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A country that has attained an open economy and political system defined by colitions and alliance building
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Apartheid
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seperation of races
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Universal suffrage
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voting rights for all adult citizens
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