(Arab) Spring ahead
This North African country was where the Arab Spring began when a street vendor set himself on fire in protest of the government.
What is Tunisia?
Kwame Nkrumah led this African nation to independence, the first in sub-Saharan Africa to do so, from the UK in 1957, where it became an inspiration for further African independence movements.
What is Ghana?
Apartheid means this in English.
What is "apartness?"
(Accept "separation")
This was the first civilization we looked at this year (and is also one that Mr. Parlow has been fascinated with since a young age).
What is Ancient Egypt?
(Accept Egypt)
This was the country that Egypt got its independence from.
What is the UK?
(Accept Britain, British)
Most Arab Spring movements started as this non-violent way to show disapproval of the government.
What is peaceful protesting?
No, it's not Morgan Freeman, although he did play him in a movie. This man led the resistance movement against Apartheid South Africa, being imprisoned for his actions, but which also led to him being elected the first president of post-Apartheid South Africa.
Who is Nelson Mandela?
The word "Apartheid" comes from this language used by the Dutch descendants of South Africa.
What is Afrikaans?
This is one of 2 events that W.E.B. duBois says are the most important contributions Africa has made to world history. This one in particular brought 12.5 million Africans to a whole new world against their will.
What is the Transatlantic slave trade?
(Prompt on slave trade, accept Transoceanic, accept other forms that emphasize slave trade to new world)
Am I seeing double? Egypt technically has this many independence years.
What is 2?
Electric Boogaloo! I think I saw this one already? This is the name to the most recent wave of protests that started spreading through the Arab world in 2018.
What is the Arab Spring 2.0?
(Accept 2nd Arab Spring, Arab Spring 2)
Muammar Gaddafi led a military coup in this oil rich country, similar to events unfolding in a neighboring country, and becoming a military dictator until the Arab Spring.
What is Libya?
This African country got its relatively recently won independence in 1990 from South Africa after guerilla warfare against the Apartheid regime.
What is Namibia?
This African Kingdom was consistently at war with its rival Rome in the Mediterranean region.
What is Carthage?
In 1952, this man led the military to bloodlessly coup the government and gain full independence, becoming the first president.
Who Gamal Abdel Nasser?
(Accept just Nasser)
These 3 African countries had government changes because of the Arab Spring.
What are Egypt, Libya, and Tunisia?
No, it's not Lawrence Fishburne. This man holds a doctorate and led his country of Namibia to independence with support from Angola, tactics inspired by Kenya, developed an economy inspired by neighboring Botswana, and instituted a government inspired by several Western countries.
Who is Dr. Sam Nujoma?
(Accept without title)
This is the name of the areas Black South Africans were forced to move to under Apartheid. The name comes from the combination of the largest ethnic group in the country and the turko-persian suffix for indicating an area for a people.
What is Bantustan?
This is the form of government most African countries adopted after gaining independence.
What is one-party state?
Upon gaining full independence, Egypt became the source of this idea that spread to other countries with the same ethnicity as Egypt.
What is Arab Socialism?
This was the name of the leader who was toppled from power in Egypt after protests against his government began in Tahrir Square.
Who is Hosni Mubarak?
Despite what it may seem, the country he led to independence, Kenya, was not named after him. In fact, it's mysterious where he even got his last name from, but it's likely that it shares the same root.
Who is Jomo Kenyatta?
They had what now?! South Africa was the first and to-date only country in the world to get rid of these powerful items, mostly due to what amounted to racist reasons. The announcement of their disposal was the first time most countries even heard that they had them in the first place.
What are nuclear weapons?
(Accept nukes)
This is the type of economy most African countries adopted after independence, wanting to completely distance themselves from the exploitative history under imperialism.
What is socialism?
(Accept leans communist)
Although sharing a united ethnicity, Egypt is split on religion: 9/10 are Muslim, and the remaining 1/10 are this religion.
What is Coptic Christianity?
(Accept just Christianity)