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40 Cards in this Set
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What west african country has the largest population in Africa?
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Nigeria
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what is the only important industry in the Central African Republic?
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diamond mining
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What is the largest country in size in Africa?
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sUDAN
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aNGOLA'S MAIN ECONOMIC ACTIVITY IS WHAT?
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Agriculture
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the only country in west africa that was never a european colony was?
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Liberia
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the center of the Democratic REpublic of the Congo is covered by one of the world's largest what?
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rain forests
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Music and dance in Madagascar show the influence of what cultures?
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southeast asian and african cultures
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most non-european south africans live in neighborhoods outside cities called what?
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townships
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In 1957 the first country in west africa to become independent was .....
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Ghana
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the great rift valley is really what type of landform?
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fault
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Botswana makes most of its export income from what resource?
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diamonds
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the country that once had a thriving trade in elephants tusks is.....
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Cote D'Ivoire
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the ancestors of most of the congolese people today were the..........
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the Bantu people
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the area europeans called "the land of gold" was.....
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Ghana
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in the eastern part of this country you will find Lakes Albert, Edward, Kivu and Tanganyika.......
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the Democratic Republic of the Congo
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farming is difficlut in Djibouti and Somalia because they have .....
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hot, dry climates
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the four largest ethnic groups of Nigeria are the.....
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Hausa, Ibo, Fulani, and Yorbu
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tourists come from all over the world to "sand-board" down the dunes of Namiba's...
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Namib Desert
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in early times these powerful and wealthy kingdoms ruled west africa's coastal regions....
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Ashanti and Abomey
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the Kariba dam makes hydroelectric power from the mighty..........river
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Zambezi
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main export of Zambia
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copper
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small country located inside a larger country
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enclave
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previous name of Democratic Republic of the Congo
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Zaire
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longest freshwater lake in the world
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Tanganyika
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ethnic group in Nigeria
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Ibo
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small part of a country separated from the main part
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exclave
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main export of Botswana
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diamonds
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main export of South Africa
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gold
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type of environment in which a particular animal species lives
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habitat
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capital city of Zambia
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Lusaka
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holds more fish species than any other inland body of water
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Lake Malawi
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largest island of Seychelles
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Mahe
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this cuts 2 gashes through Tanzania
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Great Rift Valley
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the capital city of Equatorial Guinea
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Malabo
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once called "the pearl of AFrica"
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Uganda
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Kenya's port on the Indian Ocean
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Mombasa
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capital city of Kenya
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Nairobi
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forms one of the world's largest swamps
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Okavango River
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known locally as Mois Da Tunya or "smoke that thunders"
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Victoria Falls
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southernmost point of AFrica
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Cape of Good Hope
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