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Which of the following statements about the geographical of Africa is TRUE?

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Africa is the world's second-largest continent.

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A nomadic lifestyle would most likely be followed by people who live on the

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Sahel

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Desertification is a major problem in the

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Sahel

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Which is TRUE of the population of Africa?

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Africa has a higher population growth rate than any other continent.

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Which of the following statements about population distribution in Africa is most correct?

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Most people live along the coasts, river and lakes, and in the highlands.

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What portion of the population of Africa lives in rural areas?

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around two-thirds

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The Bushmen of Southern Africa are examples of people who

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continue as a hunting and food gathering society in modern Africa

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People in Africa flock to the cities for many reasons. Which one of the reasons below is NOT correct?

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They are encouraged to move to cities by their national governments.

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The independence movements in the African colonies of European nations at the end of World War II were stirred by

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nationalism

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A major problem facing emerging African governments after independence has been

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the loyalty of people to their tribe rather than to their own nation

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The attempt by the Ibo to form an independence nation plunged which of the following nations into the civil war?

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Nigeria

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English is the most widely spoken language in Nigeria because

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the people were educated in English when it was a British colony

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The African proverb "A child is born not only with a mouth to feed, but also with two hands with which to work," explains why

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traditional African families have many children

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Which of the following statements about AIDS in Africa is TRUE?

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Africa has more people with AIDS than any other continent.

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Africa has over 66% of the worlds AIDS victims. Which region of Africa has he most people infected which HIV virus?

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Southern Africa

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Coups d'etat in Africa are generally initiated by

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the military

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Many nations in Africa adopted socialist or Marcist regimes becuase

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they believed that communal ownership was consistent with African traditions

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Nelson Mandela, Desmond Tutu, and Mangosuthu Buthelezi are all black

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South African leaders who led the campaign to end white rule

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All of the following are reasons that farms in Africa have low productivity, EXCEPT

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few Africans are employed in agriculture

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Slash and bum refers to

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a traditional agricultural technique

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Mineral production in the mines of Zaire (now Congo-Kinshasa) declined after they were nationalized by President Mobutu because

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government managers were unqualified and inexperienced

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Famine has been caused by all of the following factors, EXCEPT

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indstrialization

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The fuel most commonly used by African villagers for cooking is

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firewood

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At times, the United States has directly intervened in Africa instead of working through the United Nations. In 1990 and 2003, the United States sent troops to Liberia to

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protect and evacuate United States citizens during civil strife

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Economic sanctions and diplomatic pressures by the United Nations and other nations succeeded in having

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South Africa repeal its apartheid laws

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The Organization of African Unity (OAU) was formed primarily to

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coordinate political, economic, and cultural policies

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The negative impact on African economies brought about by a drop in world coffee and cocoa prices illustrates

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global economic interdependence

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The United Nations provides assistance to African nations through all of the following agencies, EXCEPT

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the Peace Corps

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The United Nations peacekeeping mission is Somalia was MOST successful in

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easing the threat of starvation

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Since the late 1990s, what has been called "African First World War" was fought in the

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Democratic Republic of the Congo

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A significant step toward democracy in Africa took place when multiparty elections and a peaceful transition of leadership took place in 2002 in

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Kenya

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In 2004 a tsunami that originated off the coast of Indonesia and struck Africa cause the most death and property damage in

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Somalia

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Arab militias and government forces in suppressing rebels committed acts of cruelty and human rights violations in the Darfur region of

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Sudan

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Which Southern African nation remains a dictatorship that suppresses dissent to avoid democratic elections?

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Zimbabwe

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In which nation did agricultural production decline in the 21st century because of a land redistribution policy?

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Zimbabwe

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All nations in Africa are members of the African Union, EXCPT

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Morocco

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Which country's government, established in 2004, has been exile in a neighboring nation?

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Somalia

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The rifts of Africa are major geographic features important to Africa's history and economic development. They are

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valleys

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Herding of sheep, goats, or cattle in the Sahel is an example of the concept of

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geographic determinism

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What has been the effect of Africa's smooth coastline on the continent?

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It has been a barrier to trade.

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Many Africans are of the Caucasian and Mongoloid races, in addition to the majority who are Negroes. The largest number of Caucasians in Africa are located in

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North Africa

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Many people misunderstand the meaning of the word Bantu. Bantu refers to

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a family of African languages

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The practice of polygamy illustrates which aspect of African society?

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the dominance of male members in traditional African life

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In traditional African weddings, a bride-price is paid to the family of the bride

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to compensate the bride's family for the loss in her service

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Some traditional African religions can be called animist because the people

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believe that spirits dwell in natural objects and forces of nature

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A seven-year-old child working alongside her mother, while both grind millet with stones is an example of

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enculturation

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"Every time an old man dies, a while library burns" refers to the

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importance of oral traditions in traditional African life

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Which would have been the MOST likely headline in an African newspaper in 1960?

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"Large Number of Nations in Africa Become Independent."

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Some African leaders believed that single-party government was consistent with traditional African

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decision-making by consensus

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The political violence that caused the deaths of over half a million people in Rwanda in 1994 illustrates the

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pervasive influence of ethnic hostilities in African politics

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The conflict in Rwanda in early 1990s had significant impact upon neighboring African nations because

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over a million refugees fled to neighboring nations for safety

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Which of the following characterizes the political situation in most African nations in the early 2000s

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most are embroiled in ethnic or religious violence, or regional wars

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According to some sources to economic data, Africa has been of the nations in the world with the highest percentage of people in extreme poverty. The extreme poverty of many African nations is a consequence of the

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extent of drought and political violence in Africa

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Many African nations have suffered economically because they developed one-crop economies. A major problem of a one-crop economy is that the economy

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become vulnerable to fluctuations in world markets

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Most nations in Africa have been slow to industrialize because of

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little investment capital

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Africa has many of the nations in the world that spend over 20% of their annual budgets to maintain a civil service. What does this suggest about African nations?

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Many of them have over sized, inefficient bureaucracies

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Which leader is the most extreme of government corruption is using his government position of personally enrich himself?

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President Mobutu of Zaire (now Congo-Kinshasa)

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After economic improvement in the 1960s, the economies of most African nations declined during the 1980s because of

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political violence, government mismanagement, and corruption

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Many African nations have been abandoned socialism and, instead, adopted land and business ownership policies of

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privatization

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Desertification, a major ecological and economic problem in African nations, is caused by all of the following factors, EXCEPT

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industrailization

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Africa has not benefited from the "Green Revolution" that increased crop yields in other continents because

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governments ignored farmers in favor of large developments projects

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Agricultural production in Zimbabwe declined sharply in the first years of the 21st century because of

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a land redistribution program

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Some African nations have relatively stable economies and democratic governments. An example of such a nation in Southern Africa is

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Botswana

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the only nation in Africa considered by the world to be an economically developed nation is

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South Africa

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Which nation outside of Africa has most often used its military forces to intervene in the internal affairs of independent African nations?

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France

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In the early 1990, armed forces were sent to restore order and to stop the fighting among three factions in Liberia by

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ECOWAS (Economic Community of West African States)

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In its largest military involvement in Africa in two decades, in 2002 French troops intervened in a civil war in

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Cote d'lvoire

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Africa has been an increasingly influential voice in the United Nations because

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more than one-fourth of the nations in the United Nations are African

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Which of the following was a significant effect to the end of the Cold War on Africa?

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the Soviet Union was no longer a source of economic and military aid

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In recent years, international economic assistance organization have required many African nations receiving economic aid to

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privatize their economies

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Human rights abuses in Africa are

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common throughout the continent

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Africa has over 66% of the worlds AIDS victims, many of them children. Children are most likely to become infected with the HIV virus from

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their mothers

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Most of the victims of global terrorism in Africa have been

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Africans

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A major difference between the conflict between the government of Sudan and southern Sudan and the conflict between the government and the Darfur region in western Sudan is that the

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people of southern Sudan are Christians; those of Darfur are Musliums

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In 2005, developed nations were criticized for ignoring the plight of Africa while responding generously

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calls to help victims of the Indian Ocean tsunami in December 2004

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President Charles Taylor of Liberia was indicated to war crimes by an international tribunal because of his

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assistance given to rebels in Sierra Leone who mutilated civilians

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Why is Morocco the only nation in Africa that is not a member of the African Union?

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Morocco chose not to join because of a dispute over Western Sahara

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An effect of the kinship system on African governments and businesses is the widespread practice of

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nepotism

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In 1991, many of the apartheid laws were repealed in South Africa. For how many years did South Africa retain its policy of apartheid requiring separation of the races?

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43 years

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How many years did it take for Africa become free of colonial rule from the year the first nation gained independence after World War II (in 1951) until the last colony on the continent become independent?

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39 years

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The only European colony in Africa to gain its independence between World War I and World War II was

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Egypt

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Which was the FIRST sub-Saharan nation in Africa to become independent after World War II ended?

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Ghana

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Of the following four global terrorism attack, which was the most recent?

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suicide bombing of an Israeli-owned resort hotel in Kenya

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Which had been going on for the shortest time period?

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Sudan's ethnic cleansing in the Darfur region

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A former British colony that became independent after World War II only after a long struggle by nationalists and a period of violence called the Mau Mau Rebellion against British settlers is

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nation 8

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Which nation was accepted into membership of the Organization of African Unity (OAU) in 1994 after having been ostracized for its human rights violations since the OAU was formed in 1963?

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nation 15

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In 1993, United Nations peacekeeping forces were sent to replace United States armed forces sent to help the starving people of

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nation 9

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Until his death in 1998, the ruler of which nation, the most populous and potentially one of the richest in Africa, has been condemned by other nations for suppressing dissent, arresting and executing political opponents, and denying the people the opportunity to choose their leaders in multiparty electrons.

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nation 4

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Ethnic violence resulted in the deaths of over half a million people in the small nations of Rwanda and Burundi located

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east of nation 7

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The newest independent nation in Africa was established in 1993 after secession from which nations?

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nation 6

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Which nation has been accused of ethnic cleansing of black African in two different regions?

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nation 5

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The only nation in Africa that is NOT a member of the African Union is

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nation 1

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The site of what had been called Africa's "First World War" because of the number of nations involved, is

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nation 7

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What is the BEST conclusion to be drawn from a comparison of expenditures on education as a percent of Gross Domestic Product by Africa with those of other world religions?

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Africa devotes the largest percent of GDP to education

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The figures in the column "Expenditures Per Person on Education" show that Africa has

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the lowest expenditure per person on education of any of the worlds regions

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Considering that in 1993 Africa (the second most-popular region) had 15% of the worlds population, Asia (the most populous region) had 56%, and Oceania had less than 1% , which of the following is CORRECT?

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Africa spent least amoung of money relative to its population

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How many nations exported more than they imported?

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five

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The value of exports for which nation was the LOWEST?

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Liberia

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Congo-Kinshasa exported less than which two East African nations with trade deficits, even though Congo-Kinshasa is larger in size, more populous, and has more resources?

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Kenya and Tanzania

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