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Vocabulary
North Africa
West-Central Africa
East Africa
Southern Africa
100
The intentional destruction of a people
genocide
100
What is the majority religion in North Africa?
Islam
100
How many Africans were sent to the Americas during the slave-trade era?
about 10 million
100
What is the tallest mountain in Africa (located in East Africa)?
Mount Kilimanjaro
100
Who was the first black president of South Africa?
Nelson Mandela
200
The main food of a region
staple
200
Name the mountain range in North Africa.
Atlas Mountains
200
Most languages spoken in West and Central Africa belong to which language family?
Niger-Congo language family
200
Who were the first Europeans to establish trading ports in East Africa?
Portuguese
200
Who won the Boer War in Southern Africa?
British
300
Steep face at the edge of a plateau or other raised area
escarpment
300
What landform acts as a natural barrier between North Africa and the rest of Africa?
Sahara Desert
300
What are the two major rivers of West and Central Africa?
Niger River and Congo River
300
Which early culture built pyramids in East Africa?
Kush
300
Most white people in southern Africa speak English or what other language?
Afrikaans
400
Official policies that forced black South Africans to live in separate areas and use separate facilities from white South Africans
apartheid
400
What body of water separates Europe from Morocco?
Strait of Gibraltar
400
Name the great West African city that has served as the region's center of trade and education for many years.
Tombouctou (Timbuktu)
400
Swahili contains many vocabulary words from which non-African languages?
Arabic & European languages
400
Which South African city has a Mediterranean climate?
Cape Town
500
Penalties intended to force a country to change its policies
sanctions
500
What is the largest city in Morocco?
Casablanca
500
Name two of the three great kingdoms of West-Central Africa.
Ghana, Mali, and Songhai
500
Why are East Africa's earliest cultures largely unknown?
because they kept oral histories
500
Name two of the three major rivers in Southern Africa.
Orange, Limpopo (Crocodile), and Zambezi