Africa Review (Geography) | Baamboozle - Baamboozle

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Africa ranks where in Continent size?

4th

3rd

1st

2nd

20

Which country is shown on this map?

South Africa

15

Which countries experienced a genocide in the past 60 years?

South Africa and Rwanda

Rwanda and Egypt

Rwanda and Burundi

Egypt and Sudan

20

What does Apartheid mean in english?

Apartness or Seperated

10

Give 3 examples of Apartheid laws (5 points each)

Had to register with your race, had to be in seperate areas, had to attend seperate schools, etc

15

What countries attacked Egypt in the 1956 Suez Crisis?

Israel, France, and United Kingdom

15

Which of these countries formally controlled Egypt and South AFrica in the 1900s?

Belgium

United Kingdom

Germany

France

10

In this colonial map, Which country is shown in gold/tan?

United Kingdom

Belgium

Germany

France

20

By which decade were most Africa countries finally independent of European colonization?

1920s

1940s

1990s

1960s

25

In Rwanda which people were responsible for killing over 800,000 people in 100 days?

Twas

Hutus

English

Tutsis

20

In 1972, the exact same type of Genocide that happened in Rwanda in 1994, occurred in Burundi

False

True

10

What and WHY did Egypt create after securing the Suez Canal in 1956?

Aswan Dam for hydroelectric power as well as flood control

25

In which of these years did Egypt become independent of the UKs rule?

1952

1994

1922

1962

20

What are 2 reasons why most African countries lag behind the rest of the world in income and life expectancy?

Violence (Genocides), Colonial rule, Race laws, etc

20

What religion is the MAIN religion of Egypt today?

Hinduism

Islam

Christianity

Polytheistic Egyptian

15

What climate makes up almost all of North Africa and 40% of the continent?

Desert

15