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100

What is Lake Volta most known for?

What is being the largest man-made lake in the world?

100

How many countries does Peace Corps currently serve in (roughly)?

What is over 60?

100

When did Ghana gain its Independence?

When is March 6, 1957?

100

_____ are non-living molecules that need a host to survive and _______ are free living cells that can live inside or outside the body. 

What are Viruses?

What are Bacteria?

100

Legumes are _____ fixing crops.

What is Nitrogen?

200

What does “Accra” mean?

What are Ants?

200

Peace Corps was founded during the height of the _______?

What is the Cold War?

200

What do the colors and the black star stand for on the Ghanaian flag? 

What is red for the blood of the men who fought for independence, green for Ghana’s lush vegetation and natural forestry, yellow for Ghana’s natural minerals, and the black star for African freedom and independence from colonialism 

200

Condition caused by severe protein deficiency that leads to fluid retention and swelling. 

what is Kwashiorkor?

200

What are 4 cash crops grown in Ghana?

What are cocoa, rubber, coffee, cashew, oil palm?

300

Name the 16 regions of Ghana

What are the regions Ahafo, Ashanti, Bono, Bono East, Central, Eastern, Greater Accra, North East, Northern, Oti, Savannah, Upper East, Upper West, Volta, Western, and Western North?

300

What was the University that JFK gave his “ask not what your country can do for you…” speech in 1960?

What is the University of Michigan?

300

What was the capital of Ghana before Accra?

What is Cape Coast?

300

What is the name of the generic brand name Bismuth subsalicylate is sold as? 

What is Pepto-Bismol?

300

what respiration process do microbes perform in a compost pile?

What is aerobic?

400

What is the country’s highest point? 

What is Mount Afadja in the Akwapim-Togo mountain range?

400

What have been the 8 sectors volunteers have served in through Peace Corps existence?

What are education, health, agriculture, trade, technology, environmental protection, women’s economic empowerment, and community development?

400

What were the years Dr. Kwame Nkrumah was president of Ghana?

When is 1960 to 1966?

400

What is the top cause of death in Ghana?

What is stroke?

What is non communicable diseases?

400

What is the most water demanding crop grown in the USA? 

What is alfalfa?

500

Which African mosque is located the Northern Region of Ghana and is dubbed the 'Mecca of West Africa'?

What is Larabanga Mosque?

500

Who was the first director of Peace Corps? 

Who is Kennedy’s brother in law, R. Sargent Shriver?

500

Which country was Dr. Kwame Nkrumah the co-president of when he was exiled from Ghana? 

What is Guinea?

500

What is one of the five parasites that cause malaria in humans? 

what is P. falciparum, P. vivax, P. ovale and P. malariae, and P. knowlesi ?

500

What agreement, modeled off a program in India, did Ghana’s government just sign for farmers? 

what is a deployment of solar powered water pumps across the country?

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