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  • What religions are common in Africa
    Christianity and Islam
  • Why is Africa mostly hot
    because the equator runs across it
  • What is the population of Africa
    about 1.3 billion people
  • What is the capital city of South Africa
    Pretoria
  • What does farming mean
    growing crops or raising animals
  • Why is Africa poor today
    colonisation slowed industries and the process of natural resourses
  • What is the capital city of Egypt
    Cairo
  • What is the economy
    how a country makes and uses money
  • What are raw materials
    natural resources that are not processed
  • What does population density mean
    the average number of people per square kilometre
  • Who were the colonisers of Africa
    European countries
  • How big is Africa compared to other continents?
    it is second largest continent in area and population
  • What is the capital city of Kenya
    Nairobi
  • Why is Africa important in human history
    humans first evolved there
  • What does export mean
    to sell goods to another country
  • What is a continent
    a very large area of land made up of many countries
  • What does adding value mean
    making something worth more money
  • What is extreme poverty
    living on very little money each day, processing natural resources
  • What was the Berlin Conference
    a meeting where Europe divided Africa between them
  • What is colonisation
    when one country takes control of another country
  • How many continents are there in the world
    there are seven continents
  • How did colonisation harm Africa
    resources were taken and borders caused conflict
  • Is Africa a country or a continent
    Africa is a continent not a country
  • Name one raw material from Africa
    gold copper oil or diamonds
  • What is migration
    when people move from one place to another
  • What is the slave trade
    the buying and selling of people for forced work
  • What is independence
    when a country governs itself
  • How did the slave trade affect Africa
    it caused population loss and suffering
  • What is an ethnic group
    people with the same culture language or history
  • How many countries are there in Africa
    54 countries
  • What is an official language
    a language used by government and schools