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1
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How many countries are found in South Africa

A

50

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2
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List the five mountain ranges

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Atlas
Kenya
Kilimanjaro 
Drakensburg
Renwenzori
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3
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What mountain range borders Uganda and democratic republic of Congo

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Renwenzori

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4
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How high is Kilimanjaro

A

19340

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5
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What two rivers does the Great Rift Valley stretch from

A

Jordan

Zambezi

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6
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What is the second largest freshwater lake in the world

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Victoria

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7
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What 3 countries surround the second largest freshwater lake

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Kenya
Tanzania
Uganda

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8
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What is the worlds longest freshwater lake

A

Tanganyika

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9
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What lake is surrounded by Tanzania, Mozambique, and Malawi

A

Lake Malawi

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10
Q

List the four great rivers

A

Nile
Congo
Niger
Zambezi

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11
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What is the largest river south of the Sahara

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Congo

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12
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What ocean does the Niger river drain into

A

Atlantic Ocean

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13
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What ocean does the Zambezi river drain into

A

Indian Ocean

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14
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What waterfall is found in Africa

A

Victoria Falls

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15
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What resource do the miners mine for in Congo

A

Diamonds

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16
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What resource is found in the Great Rift Valley

A

Gold

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17
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What resource is found in Zambia and the Congo

A

Copper

18
Q

4 Resources

A

Uranium
Manganese
Cobalt
Zinc

19
Q

What desert runs from the Atlantic Ocean to the Red Sea

A

Sahara

20
Q

What desert is found in Namibia

A

Namib

21
Q

What desert covers Botswana

A

Kalahari

22
Q

What two wild game preserves were set up to protect wildlife

A

Tanzanias Serengeti Plains

Kenyas Nairobi National Park

23
Q

What percent of Africa is made up of rainforest

A

8%

24
Q

What are the three types of plantations that take up most of the land

A

Cocoa
Rubber
Palm-Oil

25
Q

What is the temperature in the rainforest

A

80 degrees

26
Q

What is the average age of people in Africa

A

No more than 15 years old

27
Q

What percent of Africans have clean water

A

40%

28
Q

What is the insect that carries viruses

A

Tsetse fly

29
Q

What two things claim infant lives

A

Famine

Poor nutrition

30
Q

What is the main disease that claims the most lives

A

AIDS

31
Q

What was the trip across the Atlantic Ocean called during the slave trade

A

Middle Passage

32
Q

What was the first African country to gain its independence

A

Ghana

33
Q

What year did South Africa hold its first election with equal voting rights

A

1994

34
Q

Who was the first black president of South Africa

A

Nelson Mandela

35
Q

How many different languages are spoken in South Africa

A

800

36
Q

List the three main religions

A

Christian
Muslim
Traditional religions

37
Q

What language is most spoken

A

Swahili

38
Q

List the three different language groups

A

African
Afro-Asiastic
Malaya-Polonesian

39
Q

How is most African history passed down

A

Through Story Telling

40
Q

What three things are made by the different tribes

A

Painting
Sculpture
Weaving

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