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52 Cards in this Set
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What is the most valued crop in the highlands of East Africa?
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coffee
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What is the most valued crop in the dryalnds of East Africa?
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cattle
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This country is Africa's favorite tourist site
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Kenya
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Dar es Salaam is the greatest city and major port of this country.
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Tanzania
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These two countries were once a German colony that was divided into two countries at independence in 1962
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Rwanda and Burundi
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The Nile runs through the length of this country.
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Sudan
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This country is home to Organization of African Unity
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Ethiopia
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This country is located on the Red Sea coast north of Ethiopia
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Eritrea
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This country is strategically located on the strait that connects the Red Sea and the Indian Ocean.
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Djibouti
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Trees of the coastal woodlans of this country produce frankincense and myrrh, which are marketed to Christian churches around the world.
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Somalia
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A cash crop from the sap of acacia trees
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gum arabic
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The official language of Kenya and Tanzania
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Swahili
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The largest lake in Africa
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Lake Victoria
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The four countries found in the Horn of Africa
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Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya and Somalia
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Once ruled by dictator Idi Amin
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Uganda
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Famous home of mountain gorillas
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Rwanda
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The name of the secret guerilla organization in Kenya
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Mau Mau
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Africa's largest country in land area
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Sudan
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The highest point in Africa
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Kilimanjaro
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What do most people of East Africa do for a living?
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farmers
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This is grown in East Africa and is used in some medicines and gives many candies their chewy texture.
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gum arabic
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What was the difference between the attridues of the Kikuyu and the British toward land?
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British valued alnd as personal wealth, power and property and Kikuyu valued land for the amount of food it could produce and land could not be bought or sold.
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What percentage of Kenya's land is arable?
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13%
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A strong fiber used to make rope and twine
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Sisal
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What is Kenya's greatest challenge?
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rapidly increasing population
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This is one of the most famous archaeological sites in Africa.
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Olduvai Gorge in Tanzania
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Zanzibar is the world's largest source of what spice?
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cloves
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To where is Tanzania moving it's capital city?
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Dodoma
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What two ethnic groups experienced tragic violence in 1994 taking the lives of over half a million people?
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Tutsi and Hutu in Rwanda
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With more than 50 million, this African country is among the poorest in the world.
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Ethiopia
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Partly due to drought in the 1980s, several million people starved to death in what country?
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Ethiopia
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More than a third of Ethiopinas are of what religion?
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Ethiopian Orthodox Church
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What percentage of the original forests remain in Kenya?
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10%
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What is the name of the movement in Kenya trying to teach people how to plant trees?
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Green Belt Movement
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In East Africa, what item is often a measure of one's wealth?
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cattle
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What European country colonized Rwanda?
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Germany
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What group were the blue helmented soldiers from?
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United Nations
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What instigated the massacre of the Tutsis?
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A peace treaty between Tutsis and Hutu government was broken and the Hutu presidental guard began killing Tutsis
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How many Tutsis were killed and over what period of time?
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eight hundred thousand in 1994
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Who was the U.S. President during the Tutsi massacre?
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U.S. President was Bill Clinton
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Over what word did the United Nations debate?
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genocide
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What two groups fought against each other in Rwanda?
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Hutu and Tutis
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There is only one doctor for every ___ people in Mali.
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20,000 people
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What disease that causes blindness affects one third of all children?
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under-utrition or malnutrition
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What is life expectancy in Mali?
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Male 45.5 years
Female 47.85 years |
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Mali is about the size of what U.S. State?
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Alaska ?? (It is twice the size of Texas)
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The voting age in Mali is...
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18 yrs.
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What percent of the work force is employed in agriculture in Mali?
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85% ?????
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Most widely spoken tongue (language) in Mali
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French
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What is the name of the light skinned thenic group in Mali that followed their herds through Mali, Niger, and Mauritania?
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Peulh herdsmen
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What percentage of Malians are Muslim?
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70%
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What river is home to most of Mali's economic activity?
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Niger River
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