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T or F: The Bulge of Africa is in the west, the Horn is in the east.

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True

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The physical geography of the African land mass is unusual because:

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the landmass is cut by a system of rift valleys that extends from the northern end of the Red Sea to Swaziland in Southern Africa

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The fault system in East Africa is the?

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Rift Valley

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The Sudd area of southern Sudan is traversed by which of the following rivers?

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Nile

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Which of the following associations is incorrect?

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Orange River, Kenya

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The landform term that best describes the African continent as a whole is?

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plateau

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Which of the following is associated with the concept of continental drift?

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Gondwana

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T or F: Due to Africa's difficult agricultural environment, numerous environmental hazards, diseases, and periodic food shortages, the continent's population growth rate is below the worldwide average.

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True

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The major reason that Africa contains no continental-scale mountain range is that?

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Africa was once the center of the landmass from which all other continents broke off, with Laurasia in the north and Gondwana in the south

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Africa's climate and vegetation regions are symmetric around the?

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Equator

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One of the problems with Africa's rainfall is?

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it's variability from year to year in some of the marginal zones

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The Congo River basin supports what type of vegetation?

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tropical rainforest

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In general, soils in Africa?

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are leached and thus not very fertile

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The carrier of a disease is known as a(n)?

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vector

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

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pandemic

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Life expectancy in Africa is?

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higher than in most less developed countries

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Which disease does not severely affect Africa's peoples?

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orontosis

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The worst of the endemic African diseases is?

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malaria

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The vector for African sleeping sickness is the?

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tsetse fly

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The most important sector of the African economy is?

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agriculture

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Land tenure refers to?

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the way people own, occupy, and use land

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When the Europeans came to Africa they changed the system of land tenure in Africa with a system the Africans called?

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land alienation

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the vast majority of African families still depend upon?

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commercial agriculture

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Planting several types of crops in one field is known as?

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intercropping

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West Africa showed a high degree of regional complementarity between?

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the peoples of the tropical forest and the people of the dry interior

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The West African state that played an important role for at least 1,000 years was

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ghana

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Much of the slave trade out of East Africa (Kenya) was carried on by the?

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Arabs

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Berlin Conference

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in 1884 divided up most of Africa among the colonial powers

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The colonial ruler of Ghana was?

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British

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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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Which of the following countries played no role in the colonization of Africa?

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United States

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france was associated with

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assimilation

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great britain was associated with

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indirect rule

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portugal was associated with

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exploitation

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belgium was associated with

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paternalistic

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the largest river river in south africa

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the orange river

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The current capital of the congo?

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Brazzaville

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The capital of the congo when controlled by belgium was?

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Kinshasa

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Africa is one of only two continents containing a cluster of

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africa is one of the only two continents containing a cluster of great lakes, and the only one whose lakes result from tectonic forces.

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

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Ethiopia

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People of Dutch ancestry in South Africa are called?

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Afrikaners

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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 great river of Southern Africa is the?

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Zambezi

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The Boer War took place in?

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south africa

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Which of the following countries is not a major oil producer?

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turkey

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The Aswan High Dam is located on the_______ .

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nile river

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Shi'ite Muslims constitute the great majority of the population of _____ .

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Iran

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Syrians lost what territory to Israel?

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Golan

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

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ivory coast

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T or F: South Africa contains significant untapped petroleum reserves.

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false

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The natural environment of Botswana is dominated by?

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the Kalahari Desert

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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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Cabinda is a(n):

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enclave of angola

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

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Nigeria

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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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Which of the following countries borders Lake Victoria?

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kenya, tanzania, uganda

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Dar es Salaam is the capital of:

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Tanzaneia

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Which of the following is a lingua franca?

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Swahili

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Two countries which were originally part of German East Africa, but were given to the Belgians after World War I are:

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rwanda and bruundi

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Which country has no dominant ethnic groups?

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the congo

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The country in Equatorial Africa with significant oil supplies and the only coastal capital is:

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Gabon

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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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What coincides with the border between british nigeria and french cameroon

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Adamawa Highlands

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

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Liberia, Senegal,

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Which two colonial powers dominated West Africa?

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Britain and France

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

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Liberia

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

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Ethiopia, Eritrea, Djibouti, and somali

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What boundaries define the african transition zone?

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atlantic ocean to the african horn

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Countries in the African Transition zone

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Senegal, Mauritania, Mali, Burkina Faso, Niger, Nigeria, Chad, Sudan,Ethiopia, Eritrea, Djibouti, and Somalia

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

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the congo

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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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River blindness, caused by a parasitic worm transmitted by a small fly, is endemic in the savanna belt south of the Sahara from Senegal to Kenya.

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true

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An endemic is a disease which saps energy and shortens lifetimes.

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true

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A pandemic disease occurs at a metropolitan level.

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false

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The country in which Idi Amin ruled is:

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Uganda

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West Africa is Subsaharan Africa's most populous region.

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True

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The bulk of West Africa's population is concentrated in the Sahel.

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false

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During the 1980s, Kenya had the highest rate of population growth in the world.

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true

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Over 90 percent of Nigeria's export revenues were derived from the sale of petroleum and petroleum products in the 1980s.

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false

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The Congo, with a population of almost 50 million, has no dominant ethnic group.

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true

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The Yoruba are a major ethnic group in The Congo.

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false

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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 Yoruba of Nigeria, the Zulus of South Africa, and the Kikuyu of Kenya are major African ethnic groups.

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true

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

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the Sahel

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

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egypt

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The newest independent country in northern Africa is

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Eritrea

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Most countries in the African Transition Zone have a _____ population in the north and a _____ population in the south.

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Muslim/non muslims

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The Sahel is a semiarid transition zone located immediately south of the Sahara Desert.

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true

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T or F: Eritrea is a region located in Sudan that has been fighting a war of independence since 1956.

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false

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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. This is a choke point.

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Djibouti

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

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False

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T or F: Most African families still depend on subsistence agriculture.

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true

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T or F: the Berlin Conference took place immediately after WWI and was attended by 8 colonial powers intersted in African spheres.

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false

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

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True

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Which religion has taken hold most strongly in Africa in recent years?

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islam

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almost all african countries are

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plural societies

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The system of racial separation in the Republic of South Africa was known as:

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Apartheid

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The country in which Idi Amin ruled is

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Uganda

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The poorest country in southern Africa, and one of the world's poorest states is

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zimbabwe

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The Copperbelt region is a vital producing area of:

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zambia

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The natural environment of Botswana is dominated by

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chronic water shortages

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The now-independent political entity that was called South West Africa is today renamed

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Namibia

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T or F: The Bulge of Africa is in the west.

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true

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