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What is rugby?
This united an entire country and ended decades of legalized segregation and racism.
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What is desert?
Land is inhabitable in most of Africa due to ______.
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What is Mancala?
This board game originated in African tribes and is now manufactured by gaming companies in America.
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What is the Suez Canal?
This artificial waterway in Egypt connects the Mediterranean Sea to the Red Sea and supports supply and trade.
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What is the Sahara Desert?
This desert, located in North Africa, is the largest desert in the world.
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What is African, or tribal, dance?
Performance which must be viewed in close connection with Sub-Saharan African music traditions and Bantu cultivation of rhythm.
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What is hunger?
Due to a lack of road infrastructure and transportation, many Africans are suffering from ______.
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What is Blackhawk Down?
Somalians were suffering from hunger and tribal warfare, so the US responded. This event occurred during a mission-gone-wrong, affecting U.S. foreign policy.
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What is FGM?
Great efforts have been made to end ____, through research, work within African communities, and changes in public policy. The Maasai tribe is one of the first to abandon this practice.
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What is the Nile River?
This is the longest river in the world. It's mouth is located in Egypt.
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What is African, or tribal, masks?
As part of a ceremonial costume, ______ are used in religious and social events to represent the spirits of ancestors or to control the good and evil forces in the community.
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What is females, or women?
It is less common for which gender to be in charge of modern African governments due to religious beliefs and tradition.
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Who is Nelson Mandela?
This man ended apartheid in South Africa with his personal skills in leadership and a strong desire for unity.
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What is religious?
This type of conflict is the result of many civil wars and genocides in Africa today based on a difference in beliefs.
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What is Mount Kilimanjaro?
The tallest mountain in Africa.
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What is matriarchal?
This form of social organization is used by the Ashanti tribe in Ghana in which a woman is the head of the tribe.
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What is peace?
Many factors, such as "us vs. them" mentality, or religious differences, makes _____ rare among African peoples.
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Who is Romeo Dallaire?
This man entered a foreign Africa country in order to "keep the peace;" instead, he found himself at the start of a genocide and could not prevent what was to come.
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What is desertification?
The Sahel belt is currently shrinking, while the Sahara desert is growing due to a process known as_____.
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What is the Sahel?
This is a geographic zone of transition in Africa, located between the Sahara (North) and the savannas (South).
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What is proverbs?
African tribes commonly speak in _____ to illustrate ideas and deliver messages of inspiration and advice.
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What is doctors, or medicine?
A shortage in whom, or what, contributes to the spread of diseases such as HIV/AIDs, or malaria.
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Who is Ellen J Sirleaf?
First female head of state in an African country, this woman brought peace to her country, as well women's rights, and won the Nobel Peace Prize.
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What is apartheid?
Nelson Mandela ended ______ (legalized segregation) through the power of sport and determination to unite South Africans.
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What is the Serengeti migration?
This migration crosses Tanzania and Kenya and is the longest and largest overland migration in the world.
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