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31 Cards in this Set
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Capital of Democratic Republic of Congo |
Kinshasa |
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Capital of Egypt |
Cairo |
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Capital of Ethiopia |
Addis Ababa |
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Capital of Kenya |
Nairobi |
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Capital of South Africa |
Cape Town |
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Capital of Sudan |
Khartoum |
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Capital of Tanzania |
Dar es Salaam |
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What were the 2 Africa countries that remained independent during the colonial era? |
Ethiopia and Liberia |
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What is the mountain range along Africa's northwestern coast? |
Atlas |
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What area of northern Africa along the Mediterranean Sea was known for its fierce pirates? |
Barbary Coast |
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What is Africa's largest city? |
Cairo |
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What dame was built to control the flooding of the Nile River? |
Aswan High Dam |
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Who was the Egyptian president that made peace with Israel? |
Anwar Sadat |
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What war was fought between the British and the Dutch in South Africa? |
Boer War |
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What is the world's second largest freshwater lake and major source of the Nile River? |
Lake Victoria |
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What is the longest and second deepest freshwater lake in the world? |
Lake Tanganyika |
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What is the wealthiest and most developed country in Africa? |
South Africa |
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What communist leader was South Africa's first black president? |
Nelson Mandela |
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What nation was founded by an American group as a home for freed slaves? |
Liberia |
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What are the shortest descendants of the original inhabitants of the Democratic Republic of Congo called? |
Pygmies |
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What large wildlife refuge covers 5,000 square miles in Tanzania? |
Serengeti National Park |
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Who changed the name of the DRC to Zaire and forced all the people to use African names instead of Christian names? |
Joseph Mobutu |
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What system of government is a threat to Africa's unstable governments? |
communism |
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What is a land too cold or too dry to grow many plants called? |
desert |
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What is a desert area made fertile by the presence of water called? |
oasis |
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What is the world's largest swamp, located in Sudan? |
Sudd |
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What 2 bodies of water does the Suez Canal connect? |
Mediterranean Sea and Red Sea |
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What is the largest country in Africa? |
Sudan |
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Who was Kenya's first president? |
Kenyatta |
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What was the first Arab nation to make peace with Israel? |
Egypt |
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What are 3 of modern Africa's needs? |
gospel food shelter education stable government |
