Sahara Desert

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Nile river

Answer 1

Longest river in the world

Question 2

Sahel

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Area between the Sahara dearer and Congo river basin that is Undergoing Desertification

Question 3

King Leopold ll

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Leader of Belgium who convinced European leaders that common trade was in the best interest

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East Africa

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Region with

• Persistent problems with piracy Warfare and famine in Horn of Africa
• Cash crops such as coffee, tea, sugar
• Crossroads for trade routes
• Mainly rural and agricultural
• Relies heavily on tourism

Question 5

Sub- Saharan Africa

Answer 5

Where do 80% of the world’s cases of Malaria Occur ?

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Olduvai Gorge

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Area discovered by the Leakey Family, home to old hominid fossils

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Bantu Migrations

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Led to the spread of West Africa Culture throughout the rest of Africa

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Nelson Mandela

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Led the fight against Apartheid in South Africa despite imprisonment from 1963-90

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South Africa

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Region that:
Faces huge problem with AIDS/HIV, 25% infection rate of higher
- Vast amounts of natural resources: gold, diamonds, metals, uranium, etc.
-Has a country once under Apartheid– whites ruled, blacks as 2nd class citizens.Ended in 1994 due in part to Nelson Mandela

Question 10

Killer Lakes

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Three lakes that sit atop masses of CO2, capable of exploding

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1884 Berlin Conference

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European Conference where leaders gathered to divide up Africa

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African Scramble

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This term refers to the time of the dicing and colonization of Africa in the 1800s

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West Africa

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• region
• Cultural Hearth
• High amount of Cases of Ebola
• Three major empires, Ghana, Mali and Songhai
• Extremely diverse population with thousands of languages on ethnic groups

Question 14

Why was the Aswan High Dam built?

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To provide electricity
Provide water to Africa
Control floods

Question 15

Serengeti Plains

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Flat grasslands located in Kenya and Tanzania, home to many wild animals

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Basin

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Area that holds water and feeds rivers

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Sahara desert

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land feature located in North Africa. 20% sand dunes, rest of it is regular desert.

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Stateless society

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Area with people with no formal government

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Portuguese

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This nation in Europe explored and mapped Africa in the 1400s

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Central Africa

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Region which is:

• Originally home to the Bantu people, who migrated and spread their culture
• Centered on the Congo River Basin

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Great Rift Valley

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Area in East Africa, pulling the Horn of Africa from the mainland. Lots of earthquakes and volcanoes

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Mt. Kilimanjaro

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Inactive volcano located in the Serengeti plains

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Rainforest

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15% of the Land surface of Africa is covered in this particular biome. can be found throughout Central Africa

Question 24

Lake Tanganyika

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This lake is the deepest lake in Africa

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Malaria

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This disease is spread through mosquitos in Africa

Question 26

What happened when the Aswan High Dam was built

Answer 26

It sank ancient ruins in the area and created lake Nasser