The Lost Boys of Sudan/ God Gre Tired of Us | Hotel Rwanda | Geography of Africa | Country Profile Questions-In general | Country Profiles--Specifically |
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What is civil war?
The reason Lost Boys left their homes?
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What was Belgium?
The nation that colonized Rwanda
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What is dry, desert conditions?
The climate in the Northwest of the continent
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What are Belgium, England, & France
Three major colonizers of Africa
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Who is Nelson Mandela?
Famous leader of South Africa (their Martin Luther King, Jr.)
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What is Ethiopia, Kenya, and the US?
The three nations the Lost Boys traveled
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What are Tutsis and Hutus?
The tribes that were in conflict with each other
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What were gold, diamonds, and oil? Also slave labor
The three/four natural resources colonizers were/are often seeking in Africa
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What are republics which include executive, legislative, and judicial branches?
Common form of government and the common branches of government,
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What are the Arab-Berber at 99%?
Dominant ethic group in Morocco and percentage
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What is Ethiopian government attacked them?
The reason the Lost Boys left Ethiopia
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Who were the Tutsis because they were taller and more elegant (more anglo looking)
The tribe the colonizer preferred and the reason for preference
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What is the Nile, the Congo, the Niger and the Zambezi?
Name four major rivers that run throughout Africa
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What are bacterial diarrhea, typhoid fever, hepatitis A,
Three common infectious diseases found throughout Africa?
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What is 581,730 km or slightly smaller than Texas?
Size of Botswana
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What is 10 years?
The length of time the Lost Boys were in the UN refugee camp in Kenya
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What is nothing; they saved the whites only.
The result of the UN intervention
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What are 56 recognized nations?
The number of countries in Africa
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What are the northern countries are dominantly Muslim and southern countries are dominantly Christian?
Two major religions in Africa and their "soft" geographic borders
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Who are the Luba and Mongo?
Two largest ethnic groups in Democratic Republic of Congo
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What is to save those left in the refugee camp and those left behind in Sudan
The primary purpose the boys came to the US?
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What was the radio and "Cut down the tall trees"?
The means of communication and the phrase used to incite the mass slaughtering of the Tutsis.
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What is South Sudan in 2011?
The newest nation in Africa and when it received its independence
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What are late teens and early 20's
Common median age range in Africa
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What are Arabic and French?
Two major languages in Algeria
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