Class Review

Question 1

What is Africa’s #1 export?

Answer 1

Crude oil

Question 2

Democratic Republic of Congo, fatal dieaase, the 70’s

Answer 2

Ebola

Question 3

What was great Zimbabwe built on?

Answer 3

Gold

Question 4

What 2 countries were not colonized?

Answer 4

Ethiopa and Liberia

Question 5

Rhwandan capital?

Answer 5

Kigali

Question 6

What disease doesn’t affect Africa as much?

Answer 6

diabetes

Question 7

What is the most pressing virus being spread in Africa?

Answer 7

HIV/AIDS

Question 8

How long did the Rwandan genocide last?

Answer 8

100 days

Question 9

How many people died in the Rwandan genocide?

Answer 9

1 million

Question 10

Where is the ‘Cradle of Humanity”?

Answer 10

East Africa

Question 11

What is the largets river system?

Answer 11

The Congo

Question 12

What river is Victoria Falls apart of?

Answer 12

Zambezi River

Question 13

How tall is Africa above sea level?

Answer 13

1,000 ft

Question 14

What country built the Aswan High Dam?

Answer 14

Egypt

Question 15

What does Holodomor mean?

Answer 15

Death by starvation

Question 16

What country commited billions of $ to fight AIDS?

Answer 16

USA

Question 17

What country is the largest producer of diamonds?

Answer 17

Botswana

Question 18

How much of the population cna Botswana feed?

Answer 18

1/2

Question 19

What country is against traditional marrying off girls and having multiple wives?

Answer 19

Tunisia

Question 20

What region recieves the most steady rainfall?

Answer 20

Central

Question 21

What country has the highest # of people with HIV/AIDS?

Answer 21

South Africa

Question 22

How many capitals does South Africa have?

Answer 22

3

Question 23

What is Africa’s GDP equivalent to?

Answer 23

United Kingdom’s

Question 24

What is capital of Egypt?

Answer 24

Cairo

Question 25

What is the 1st European country to transport slaves?

Answer 25

Portugal

Question 26

What country is the largest producer of chromium?

Answer 26

South Africa

Question 27

What and where is Sahel?

Answer 27

shore of desert - south Sahara

Question 28

What is another name for a market place?

Answer 28

Souk

Question 29

What is the largest rainforest in Africa?

Answer 29

the Congo

Question 30

What are underground water storages called?

Answer 30

aquifers

Question 31

What region is most affected by HIV/AIDS?

Answer 31

Southern Africa

Question 32

When was the Armenian Genocide?

Answer 32

1994W

Question 33

What is an instrument cross between a harp and lute?

Answer 33

Kora

Question 34

What type of music is protest music from the 1920's from Algeria?

Answer 34

Rai

Question 35

How much of Egyptians depend on the Nile?

Answer 35

~90%

Question 36

What are the tallest mountains?

Answer 36

Atlas

Question 37

What is the world's most trafficked animal?

Answer 37

Pangolin

Question 38

What is the Ethiopian leader who defeated Italian colonies?

Answer 38

Menelik II

Question 39

What is the most dangerous animal?

Answer 39

The Hippo - nicknamed drippo

Question 40

What is the youngest country and when was it made?

Answer 40

South Sudan - 2011

Question 41

What is the 2nd largets freshwater lake, longest in Africa?

Answer 41

Tanganyika

Question 42

What is the fastest growing economy in the world?

Answer 42

Angola

Question 43

Year 0, S-21, Khmer Rouge, Pol Pot, which genocide?

Answer 43

Cambodia

Question 44

Who was the King of Belguim who opened and exploited Africa?

Answer 44

Leopold II

Question 45

Where is the Olduvai Gorge found?

Answer 45

East Africa

Question 46

What was the first publized genocide?

Answer 46

Armenian

Question 47

How many oil spills were reported in Nigeria in 40 years?

Answer 47

4,000

Question 48

What % of Africa is in the tropics?

Answer 48

90%