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what is the vast marshy area between the White Nile and the Blue Nile and is the world’s largest swamp

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sudd

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2
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nomadic tribe of the French Sahel

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Tuaregs

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3
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a program of racial segregation

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apartheid

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4
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original inhabitants of the Maghreb in North Africa

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Berbers

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Africa’s largest lake and the world’s second largest body of freshwater

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lake Victoria

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A Kikuyu leader and also became the country’s first president

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Jomo Kenyatta

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7
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a large peninsula that resembles a shape

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horn of a rhino

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the country’s that make up the Maghreb

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Morocco, Tunisia, Algeria, Libya

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9
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what is the lands west of Europe known to the Arabs called

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Maghreb

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10
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Ghana’s first president

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Kwame Nkrumah

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Known as the Gold Coast

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Ghana

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12
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what is Southern Africa’s largest desert region

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Kalahari

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13
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narrow streets and alleys are lined with shops and workrooms

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medinas

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14
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small peninsula at the southwestern tip of the continent

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cape of good hope

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15
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began a program of modernization in Ethiopia to increase the prosperity and security of his people.

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Haile Selassie I

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16
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Communist leader of the African National Congress (ANC), from prison and began working to end apartheid.

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Nelson Mandela

17
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The six main rivers

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Nile, Niger, Orange, Congo, Zambezi, Limpopo

18
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traced the Congo to its source in 1877

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Henry M. Stanley

19
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the world’s longest freshwater lake.

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Lake Tanganyika

20
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open-air markets

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bazaars

21
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One of the worst diseases to plague Africa

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Malaria

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