Central Africa
What is a common term used to describe the ethnic group that the largest tribe is the Mbuti?
pygmies
Kenya is on the coast of what ocean?
Indian
What Englishman began building a fortune by renting equipment to prospective diamond miners?
Cecil Rhodes
In the last 50 years, Cote d'Ivoire has lost 80% of what geographic feature?
rainforests
In what two countries do the Basque people live?
Spain and France
What does CAR stand for?
Central African Republic
How did William Kankwamba learn about windmills?
By reading an American science textbook
What company controlled 90% of the diamond market and coined the marketing slogan "A Diamond is Forever?"
The DeBeers Company
Near what geographic feature does the Dogon people in Mali live?
Bandiagara Escarpment
What mountains form a border between Spain and France?
Pyrenees
What industry is part of a movement of national renewal and economic revival in Rwanda?
clothing
What large geographic feature runs through Malawi north to south?
Great Rift Valley
Who was the first black president of South Africa?
Nelson Mandela
In recent years what has been the largest factor in the Nigerian economy?
petroleum reserves
What is the smallest country in the world?
Vatican City
During the 1990s, Rwanda became known around the world for a terrible incidence of what?
What geographic feature lies on Kenya's southwest corner?
Lake Victoria
What is the largest ethnic group in Southeast Africa?
Zulu
Cote d'Ivoire is known for growing cocoa. Where do some people illegally live and grow cocoa?
national parks
What is the world's oldest republic still functioning today?
San Marino
What phrase is used to describe the competition among European countries to establish colonies in sub-Saharan Africa?
The Scramble for Africa
What country did runner Abebe Bikala come from?
Ethiopia
From what geographic feature did Erasmus Jacob pull a baseball-sized diamond in 1870?
Orange River
How did African music reach America?
Slaves' brough music with them
What is the name agreed upon for the country just north of Greece?
Republic of North Macedonia
The Democratic Republic of the Congo has the second largest __________________ in the world after that of the Amazon?
What is the "mindset of poverty?"
I am poor. My family has always been poor and there is nothing I can do about it.
About how many people come to Christ each year through the Gospel Chariot ministry?
2000
What country has the largest population of any country in Africa?
Nigeria
In what part of the world were Basque cod fishers and whalers working around the time Columbus sailed to the New World?
Along the eastern coast of Canada