BIG EXAM BIG GRADES

The Congo Free State was a private kingdom created by ______________'s King Leopold II.

Belgium

A(n) ______________ is a South African colonist of mixed Dutch, German, and French descent.

Boer

The 400-mile-long Pangalanes Canal was created out of lagoons and man-made waterways.

Madagascar

______________ is the world's fourth-largest island.

Madagascar

Madagascar's population is made up almost completely of the ______________ people.

Malagasy

The __________ movement was started by four tribes seeking independence for Kenya.

Mau Mau

The __________ people built small pyramidal tombs in Sudan.

Meroë

Almost 6,000 feet above sea level, __________ is the capital of Kenya.

Nairobi

Journalist Nnamdi Azikiwe was the first president of ______________.

Nigeria

Muslims in this country are led by the Sultan of Sokoto.

Nigeria

West Africa's largest river, the Niger, empties into the Gulf of Guinea.

Nigeria

The ______________ were Nigeria's most advanced prehistoric culture.

Noks

Sudd

a huge, grassy swamp on the White Nile River

Sahara

a large desert covering 85% of Algeria

______________ has only been the capital of Nigeria since 1991.

Abuja

Ghana's largest city, ______________, is also its capital.

Accra

Cape ______________ is Africa's southernmost point.

Agulhas

The largest country in Africa is __________.

Algeria

The capital of Algeria, __________, is nicknamed the white city.

Algiers

Madagascar's most powerful kingdom was established under this Merina ruler.

Andrianmpointimeria

______________ was a South African government policy that segregated white and black societies.

Apartheid

Ottoman admiral-in-chief __________, who drove the Spaniards out of Algeria, was nicknamed Redbeard.

Barbarossa

Nelson Mandela

Before he became South Africa's first black president, he spent 27 years in prison.

He encouraged colonization as part of his vision to build a railroad from Cairo to South Africa.

Cecil Rhodes

What is the dominating feature of the Congo?

Congo River basin

The Sudanese government supported Arab horsemen who attacked rebels and villagers in the __________ region.

Darfur

______________ is a set of beliefs guiding the Malagasy people's everyday behavior.

Fady

______________ is a "bone turning" ceremony in which the Malagasy dig up relatives' bones.

Famadihana

Afrikaner leader ______________ worked with Nelson Mandela to ensure South Africa's government represented all its people.

Frederik de Klerk

Construction of Akosombo Dam created Lake Volta, the world's largest man-made lake.

Ghana

Ghana was once Great Britain's colony named the ______________ Coast.

Gold

Ghana's Ashantis believe that the ______________ holds the spirit of their people.

Golden Stool

The __________ is a 3,700-mile-long geological feature created by the partial separation of two tectonic plates.

Great Rift Valley

The Gulf of ______________ is part of the Atlantic Ocean.

Guinea

The capital of Zimbabwe, ______________, was originally founded as Salisbury by the British.

Harare

What is Kwame Nkrumah of Ghana remembered for?

He was the first leader of a free black African country.

______________ National Park in Zimbabwe is larger than the state of Connecticut.

Hwange

The ______________ Desert, a portion of which is in northern South Africa, is Africa's second-largest desert.

Kalahari

Jomo Kenyatta is considered the Father of __________.

Kenya

The capital of Sudan, __________, sits on the confluence of the White and Blue Nile Rivers.

Khartoum

In ______________, the capital of the Congo, poverty is everywhere.

Kinshasa

Migrating from Ethiopia, the __________ were early settlers in central Kenya.

Kushites

The seafaring __________ established trading posts in Algeria.

Phoenicians

This queen tried to protect Malagasy culture by evicting missionaries.

Ranavalona I

This black nationalist leader has ruled Zimbabwe for over 30 years.

Robert Mugabe

The __________ Dynasty was Algeria's first Muslim state.

Rustamid

a plain that is home to lions and migrating wildebeests

Serengeti

Blustery weather and remains of shipwrecks characterize the Skeleton Coast.

South Africa

______________ has a capital city for each of its three branches of government: Cape Town, Bloemfontein, and Pretoria (Tshwane).

South Africa

The Drakensberg—an Afrikaans word for"Dragon's Mountain"—Mountains are the largest mountain chain in southern Africa.

South africa

U.S. Commodore __________ led a fleet to Algeria that killed Ottoman leader Rais Hamidou.

Stephen Decatur

Which of these is NOT true of Sudan and South Sudan?

Sudan fears South Sudan will divert the Nile River.

The __________ people are descendants of the Bantus and traders who visited Kenya's coast.

Swahili

Mobutu Sese Seko led this country, which he named Zaire, for more than thirty years.

The congo SILAS

This country has some of the world's largest deposits of copper, uranium, gold, and diamonds.

The congo SILAS

the largest desert lake in the world

Turkana

__________ is a dough-like cornmeal that has been cooked in water.

Ugali

A(n) ______________ is open land in southern Africa.

Veld

Africa's largest lake, a portion of which is in Kenya

Victora

The ______________ people use clicking sounds in their language.

Xhosa

Larger than Niagara Falls, Victoria Falls are a major African tourist destination.

Zimbabwe

Molten lava overflowing the granite surface created schists.

Zimbabwe

The Shona people built a city with large stone structures called Great ______________.

Zimbabwe

Ottoman __________ were raiders who terrorized shipping in the Mediterranean Sea.

corsairs

Qualities such as leadership, bravery, and wealth are reflected in the colorful patterns of ______________ cloth.

kente

Which resource has been both a blessing and curse for Nigeria?

oil

The selling of human beings led to Nigeria being known as the ______________ Coast.

slave