Unit 9 test Flashcards
The __________ is a 3,700-mile-long geological feature created by the partial separation of two tectonic plates.
Great Rift Valley
Almost 6,000 feet above sea level, __________ is the capital of Kenya.
Nairobi
Jomo Kenyatta is considered the Father of __________.
Kenya
Ottoman admiral-in-chief __________, who drove the Spaniards out of Algeria, was nicknamed Redbeard.
Barbarossa
Sahara
a large desert covering 85% of Algeria
Sudd
a huge, grassy swamp on the White Nile River
The Sudanese government-supported Arab horsemen who attacked rebels and villagers in the __________ region.
Darfur
The capital of Algeria, __________, is nicknamed the white city.
Algiers
The __________ movement was started by four tribes seeking independence for Kenya.
Mau Mau
__________ is dough-like cornmeal that has been cooked in water.
Ugali
Ottoman __________ were raiders who terrorized shipping in the Mediterranean Sea.
corsairs
The capital of Sudan, __________, sits on the confluence of the White and Blue Nile Rivers.
Khartoum
Migrating from Ethiopia, the __________ were early settlers in central Kenya.
Kushites
The largest country in Africa is __________.
Algeria
The seafaring __________ established trading posts in Algeria.
Phoenicians
The __________ people built small pyramidal tombs in Sudan.
Meroë
Qualities such as leadership, bravery, and wealth are reflected in the colorful patterns of ______________ cloth.
kente
Journalist Nnamdi Azikiwe was the first president of ______________.
Nigeria
______________ has only been the capital of Nigeria since 1991.
Abuja
The Congo Free State was a private kingdom created by ______________’s King Leopold II.
Belgium
The Gulf of ______________ is part of the Atlantic Ocean.
Guinea
Ghana’s Ashantis believe that the ______________ holds the spirit of their people.
Golden Stool
The ______________ were Nigeria’s most advanced prehistoric culture.
Noks
In ______________, the capital of the Congo, poverty is everywhere.
Kinshasa
Construction of Akosombo Dam created Lake Volta, the world’s largest man-made lake.
Ghana
Which resource has been both a blessing and curse for Nigeria?
Oil
What is the dominating feature of the Congo?
Congo River basin
Ghana’s largest city, ______________, is also its capital.
Accra
Ghana was once Great Britain’s colony named the ______________ Coast.
Gold
Cape ______________ is Africa’s southernmost point.
Agulhas
The Shona people built a city with large stone structures called Great ______________.
Zimbabwe
______________ has a capital city for each of its three branches of government: Cape Town, Bloemfontein, and Pretoria (Tshwane).
South Africa
______________ is a “bone turning” ceremony in which the Malagasy dig up relatives’ bones.
Famadihana
______________ was a South African government policy that segregated white and black societies.
Apartheid
The 400-mile-long Pangalanes Canal was created out of lagoons and man-made waterways.
Madagascar
The ______________ people use clicking sounds in their language.
Xhosa
Nelson Mandela
Before he became South Africa’s first black president, he spent 27 years in prison.
______________ is the world’s fourth-largest island.
Madagascar
A(n) ______________ is a South African colonist of mixed Dutch, German, and French descent.
Boer
The capital of Zimbabwe, ______________, was originally founded as Salisbury by the British.
Harare
A(n) ______________ is open land in southern Africa.
veld
