21ST CENTURY LITERATURE WEEK 2 Flashcards
1
Q
- from the Latin aprica (“sunny”) or the
Greek aphrike (“without cold”) - In antiquity the Greeks are said to have
called the continent Libya. - It has 5 regions, northern, western,
central, eastern and southern.
A
Africa
2
Q
The “Dark Continent”
A
Africa
3
Q
Hottest Desert
A
Sahara
4
Q
Longest River
A
Nile River
5
Q
1,500 languages example
A
Arabic, Swahili, Hausa, French,
English,
6
Q
Tallest Animal
A
Giraffe and Diversity of
Biological Life
7
Q
No. of ethnic
groups
A
2,000
8
Q
55No. of countries
A
55
9
Q
No. of kilometers of borders
A
84,00
10
Q
Enormous
wealth of
mineral
resources
A
world’s largest reserves of
fossil fuels, metallic ores, and
gems and precious metals
11
Q
Great diversity of
biological
resources
A
ush equatorial rainforests of
Central Africa wildlife of the
eastern and southern portions
of the continent
12
Q
“Education is the most powerful weapon which
you can use to change the world.”
A
NELSON MANDELA
13
Q
- Nobel Prize for Peace winner in 1993,
along with South Africa’s president at
the time, F.W. de Klerk, for having led
the transition from apartheid to a
multiracial democracy - also known for being the first black
president of South Africa, serving from
1994 to 1999.
A
NELSON MANDELA
14
Q
Born in Ghana in Africa; he
served as the 7th
Secretary-General of the UN
A
Kofi Annan
15
Q
Author of Priesy
A
Desmond Tutu
