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africa Flashcards

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which country first had control of D.R of Congo?

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Belgium

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which country first had control of South Africa?

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Britian

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which country first had control of Angola?

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Portugal

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which country first had control of Sudan?

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Britian

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which country first had control of Tanzania?

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Germany

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which country first had control of Algeria?

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France

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which country first had control of Libya?

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Italy

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which country first had control of Egypt?

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Britian

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which country first had control of Rwanda?

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Belgium

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which country first had control of Somalia?

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Brussels

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2 countries that were not colonized by the Europeans in Africa

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Ethiopia and Liberia

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why were african countries so susceptible to being colonized?

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they were weak, undeveloped, ‘tribe-like countries’

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who fought in the Boer war?

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Dutch and British

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which african tribe fought against the British in South Africa?

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the ZULU tribe

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what’s an Apartheid?

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Large scale RACISM stage in South Africa

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Nelson Mandela?

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african man who fought to remove the policy of Apartheid

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who is F. W. De Clark?

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was president of South Africa before Mandela

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which region of Africa has had the most problems with preventing the spread of HIV?

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Zimbabwe, and Botswana

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describe the programs in places that helped the stopping of the AIDS epiemic

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they were educational programs that educated the people on the disease which in turn lowered the % of infected

19
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what is a one-commodity country? and why is it bad for the country?

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a country that only makes one specific product and if that product doesn’t grow anymore, neither does the country

20
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where is the Aswan High Dam?

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Egypt

21
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desertification?

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the process in which good land turn into deserts

22
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what country is the serenghetti plain in?

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Tanzania

23
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what is UNAIDS?

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United National program to prevent the spread of disease

24
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2 countries that have been very affected by the AIDS epidemic?

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South Africa and Botswana

25
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LRA?

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Lord’s resistance army

26
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newest African country?

A

Eritrea

27
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which country’s capitol is dar Es salaam?

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Tanzania

28
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which country’s capitol is Nairobi?

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Kenya

29
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which country’s capitol is Accra?

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Ghana

30
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which country’s capitol is Kinshasa?

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D.R of Congo

31
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which country’s capitol is Mogadishu?

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Somalia

32
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which country’s capitol is Cairo?

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Egypt

33
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which country’s capitol is Tripoli?

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Libya

34
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which country’s capitol is Algiers?

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Algeria

35
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which country’s capitol is Cape Town?

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South Africa

36
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which country’s capitol is free town?

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Sierra Leone

37
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which country’s capitol is Khartoum?

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sudan

38
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why is the second Congo war referred to as the Great War?

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because so many nations were involved

39
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which organization ordered an arrest warrant for JOSEPH KONY??

A

ICC

40
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President of Sudan during civil war?

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Omar al-bashir

41
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how did South Sudan become a country?

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it was givin a lot more freedom…

42
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RUF?

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Revolutionary united front

43
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which countries remained peaceful throughout the many issues in africa?

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Ghana, Mozambique, and Botswana

44
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which country had tons of diamonds?

A

Sudan

45
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berlin conference?

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that’s when all the european countries met and wanted to take over certain African countries

46
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escarpment?

A

big wall of rock (cliff)

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