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40 Cards in this Set
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Savanna (13)
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typical name of grasslands in Africa
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Boers (13)
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originally from the Netherlands
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Limpopo River (13)
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forms the northern border of South Africa
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Zambezi River (13)
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divides Zambia and Zimbabwe
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What is the lingua franca in East Africa?
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Swahili
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What island produced 80 per cent of the world's cloves? (13)
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Zanzibar
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Where is the Serengeti National Park located? (13)
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Tanzania
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Coloureds (13)
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people of mixed race in South Africa
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escarpment (13)
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a steep rise from a plain to a plateau
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apartheid (13)
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rigorous policy of racial separation practiced in South Africe from 1948 to 1997
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What country completely surrounds Lesotho? (13)
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South Africa
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What prevents navigation fromt he coast to the interior along most of Africa's major rivers? (13)
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waterfalls or rapids
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Which Europeans settled first in South Africa? (13)
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the Dutch
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Presidents of South Africa (13)
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F.W. deKlerk
Nelson Mandela Thabo Mbeki |
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Botswana is known today for mining of (13)
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diamonds
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What name was given to Nambia because of the large number of shipwrecks that have occurred off the northern shore? (13)
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the Skeleton Coast
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Madagascar's major crop (13)
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rice
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The people of Seychelles are descendants of (13)
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French settlers and African slaves
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What was Tanzania known as before the British took over after World War I? (13)
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German East Africa
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Idi Amin (13)
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brutal dictator of Uganda from 1971 to 1979
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Ethiopia's top agricultural export (13)
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coffee
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Lima (12)
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headquarters of Spanish Empire in South America
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Shining Path (12)
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Communist guerrilla force in South America
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Lake Maracaibo (12)
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largest lake in South America
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Zambos (12)
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People of mixed black and Amerindian descent
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Columbia is known for its emeralds and (12)
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illegal drugs
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Coffee arabica is popular for its (12)
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aroma
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Angel Falls (12)
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highest in the world
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Tepuis (12)
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huge, blocked-shaped mountains
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Cotopaxi (12)
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the highest active volcano in the world
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Machu Picchu (12)
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last Inca stronghold
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Quechua (12)
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spoken by Indian descendants of Incas
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Pampas (12)
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Argentina's low plains
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Where do the Andes Mountains reach their highest point? (12)
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Argentina
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Sao Vicente (12)
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first colony in South America
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selva (12)
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largest rainforest in the world, the steamy rainforest of the Amazon
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What two South American countries are landlocked? (12)
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Bolivia and Paraguay
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Atacama (12)
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World's driest desert
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Simon Bolivar (12)
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greatest hero of Latin America
liberated many areas of South America |
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Orinoco (12)
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third longest river in South America
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