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Which of the following countries borders Lake Victoria?

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Uganda

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Tourism, once a particularly important business in _____, struggles to remain viable in the face of numerous challenges:

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Kenya

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The name Tanzania derives from the merger of Tanganyika and Zanzibar. T/F

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True

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South Africa's cities almost stopped growing during the period of apartheid. T/F

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False

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The Kalahari Desert is found in the central part of The Congo. T/F

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False

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This West African country borders Liberia, is a former French colony, and built a Roman Catholic basilica in Yamoussoukro to rival St. Peter's in Rome:

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Ivory Coast

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Africa's distributions of climate and vegetation are almost symmetrical about the equator. T/F

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True

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The term "veld" refers to the forested area of northern South Africa. T/F

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False

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Congo, Central African Republic, Gabon, and Equatorial Guinea are all located in Equatorial Africa. T/F

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True

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Africa is one of only two continents containing a cluster of:

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Great Lakes

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Although much of Subsaharan Africa still practices tribal religions, Islam penetrated from the north to confront these faiths as well as Christianity as it advanced southward. T/F

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True

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South Africa contains significant untapped petroleum reserves. T/F

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False

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Most African families still depend on subsistence agriculture. T/F

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True

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Zambia, Sierra Leone, and Malawi were all British colonies. T/F

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True

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The natural environment of Botswana is dominated by:

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the Kalahari Desert

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The bulk of West Africa's population is concentrated in the region's north. T/F

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False

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Which of the following is a lingua franca?

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Swahili

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The ethnic group exerting the most control in Kenya is the:

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Kikuyu

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The supercontinent Pangaea at one time joined together what is now Africa, South America, Antarctica, Australia, Madagascar, and India. T/F

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True

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The Islamic Front is located on the northern fringes of the Sahara. T/F

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False

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Nigeria's old capital of Lagos was situated within the culture area of the people known as the:

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Yoruba

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The Yoruba nation lives in Nigeria and the Zulu in South Africa.

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True

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Which of the following countries is located in the Horn of Africa?

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Ethiopia

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A market that is set up only on certain days of the week is known as a _____ market.

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periodic

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The upper basin of the Niger River has been an area of far greater cultural development over time than its coastal delta region.

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True

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Before independence, the modern state of The Congo was a colony of:

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Belgium

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The Berlin Conference took place immediately after World War I and was attended by 8 colonial powers interested in acquiring African spheres of influence. T/F

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False

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Natal Province contains South Africa's largest cluster of Asians. T/F

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True

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Namibia was once called Southwest Africa and was under South African control before independence. T/F

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True

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Which of the following countries was established by former American slaves?

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Liberia

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The country that moved its capital from Lagos to the new centrally-located city of Abuja is:

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Nigeria

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People of Dutch ancestry in South Africa are called:

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Afrikaaners

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Which of the following does not lie within the presently delimited country of Somalia:

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the Ogaden area

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Whereas West Africa's environmental zones are aligned in east-west belts, most of its states are oriented in a north-south direction. T/F

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True

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Ghana was formerly known as the Gold Coast. T/F

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True

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Which of the following countries is the home of the Shona and Ndebele tribes where whites have been expelled by government-backed squatters seeking their land?

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Zimbabwe

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A disease that spreads worldwide is known as a(n):

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pandemic

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The largest city in terms of population in Sub-Saharan Africa is?

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Lagos

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Which of the following states was not a colony of France prior to its independence?

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Ghana

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Senegal is a country in the Horn of Africa. T/F

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False

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The two groups who fought one another in the Rwandan civil war are the:

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Hutus, Tutsis

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Sierra Leone was settled by former American slaves. T/F

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False

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Cabinda is a(n):

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exclave of Angola

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The Yoruba are the dominant ethnic group in The Congo. T/F

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False

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The Islamic Front is most correctly located within the African Transition Zone. T/F

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True

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Periodic markets are found in the central city squares of West Africa's largest urban concentrations. T/F

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False

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Which of the following countries is not located in Southern Africa?

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Cameroon

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Rwanda and Burundi:

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Rwanda and Burundi:

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Which of the following is located in the African Transition Zone?

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the Islamic Front

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Nigeria is a major oil producer. T/F

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True

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The capital of The Congo is:

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Kinshasa

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Which two colonial powers dominated West Africa?

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Britain and France

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Which of the following countries is not located in East Africa?

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Nigeria

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The Boer War took place in:

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South Africa

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Tanzania is East Africa's largest country in territorial as well as demographic terms, but it never had minorities as large as those in Kenya or Uganda. T/F

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True

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Which of the following countries is not located in The African Transition Zone?

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Tanzania

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Southern Africa's mineral wealth is matched by its agricultural diversity. T/F

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True

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Which of the following countries is located in the Bulge of Africa?

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Senegal

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The last country to give up its African colonies was:

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South Africa

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The core area of Zimbabwe is the mineral-rich Great Dyke. T/F

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True

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Land tenure refers to:

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the way people own, occupy, and use land

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The now-independent political entity that once was a German colony named South West Africa is today known as:

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Nambia

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Senegal was the anchor of France's West African empire. T/F

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True

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Equatorial Africa is the most developed region of the realm. T/F

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False

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A unique aspect of Madagascar is that:

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the population is of Malay-Polynesian origin

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The upper basin of the Niger River has been an area of far greater cultural development over time than its coastal delta region. T/F

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True

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Johannesburg has a slightly larger population than Cape Town. T/F

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True

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The great river of Southern Africa is the:

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Zambezi

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The West African savanna states benefited from complementarity between the peoples of the forests and the peoples of the dry lands to the north. T/F

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True

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Which of the following countries was not a British colony prior to its independence?

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Ethiopia

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The major difference between an endemic and a pandemic disease is that:

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a pandemic disease moves through the population of a large area of the world, whereas an endemic disease is simply present, affecting the lives of millions of people in a negative way

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This small country gains much of its importance because of its location on the Bab el Mandeb Strait at the mouth of the Red Sea

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Djibouti

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The Ibo-dominated breakaway republic within Nigeria during the 1960s called itself Biafra. T/F

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True

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A local or regional outbreak of a disease is known as an epidemic. T/F

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True

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Ivory Coast and Ghana were both French colonies. T/F

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False

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The Boers are now called the Afrikaners. T/F

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True

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South Africa has large coal reserves. T/F

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True

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South Africa's white population is larger than the white populations of all other Subsaharan African countries combined. T/F

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True

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Climatically, South Africa is Africa's only true temperate-zone country. T/F

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True

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The country in Equatorial Africa that had a border dispute with Nigeria over an oil-rich area is:

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Cameroon

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The first West African state to gain its independence, formerly called the Gold Coast, is:

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Ghana

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The Yoruba nation lives in Nigeria and the Zulu in South Africa. T/F

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True

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