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18 Cards in this Set
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How many people gathered at Independence Square in Accra, Ghana to see and hear President Clinton?
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800,000
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What did President Clinton declare to the Ghanians during his historical first address?
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"We all came out of Africa."
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What were the four goals of his trip to Africa?
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1.To work with Africa to nurture democracy.
2. To increase trade and investment in Africa. 3. Resolve the wars and genocide that still tear at the heart of Africa. 4.Reserve the magnificent natural environment that is left. |
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President Clinton expressed regret with Rwandan President Pasteur Bizimungu that...?
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The international community didn't act to prevent or stop the 1994 Rwandan Genocide.
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When was the Rwandan genocide?
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1994
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About how long did the genocide last?
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Less than 4 months.
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Approximately how many people perished in the genocide?
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1,000,000 people.
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The three biggest issues addressed in the Entebbe, Uganda Summit for Peace and Prosperity Declaration that President Clinton signed were what?
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1. Deepen the efforts to promote democracy.
2. To work together to build a new economic future. 3. Work together to banish genocide from Africa. |
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What endangered animal is being helped at the Mokolodi Nature Reserve in Botswana?
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The cheetah.
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President Clinton was in the veld at the Mokolodi Nature Reserve in Botswana meaning temperate...?
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Grasslands regions of South Africa.
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What did President Clinton visit at Robben Island, South Africa?
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Cell no. 5, Nelson Mandela's old cell.
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What did President Clinton say about South African President Nelson Mandela?
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"Thank God that the person who occupied the cell was able to live all those years in that way without having his heart turned to stone without giving up on his dream for South Africa.
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Where (in what country) did the Clintons go on a safari?
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Kasane, Botswana.
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US army special forces helped train soldiers from which African country?
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Senegal
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What type of radio broadcasting service did President Clinton establish in Africa?
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Radio Democracy for Africa.
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What is the mission of this broadcasting service?
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Focused on the promotion of democracy and human rights throughout the continent.
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President Clinton gave Rev. Jesse Jackson what special job regarding Africa?
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Special envoy (ambassador) to Africa.
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What did President Clinton visit on Goree Island, Senegal, the last stop of his historical Sub-Saharan Africa tour in 1998?
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The resting place of one of the last slave houses in 1776.
Held Africans before they set sail into the Middle Passage to America. |
