| A | B |
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| stone ruin of an ancient city built by the Shona? | Great Zimbabwe |
| Around A.D. 350, why did the Kingdom of Aksum lose most of its trade with other nations? | because of the spread of Islam and Christianity |
| Traditionally, how have the Masai people have survived? | through pastoralism |
| In which country did the fall of dictator Siad Barre result in twelve clans fighting for government control? | Somalia |
| What has killed most of the native fish of | Nile Perch |
| What is the poorest region of Africa? | Eastern Africa |
| Why did Africans support the British in their 1899-1902 war with the Boers? | The Africans hoped the British would grant them some rights. |
| Who was a leader of the struggle against apartheid? | Nelson Mandela |
| In which country is education so highly valued that the people set up schools called harambee schools in areas where the government has not started them yet? | Kenya |
| What brings the most money into Kenya's economy? | tourism |
| Who established many of the borders of modern African nations? | European rulers |
| Under Kwame Nkrumah, what was Ghana was the first country in Africa to have? | compulsory primary education |
| What was one of Mobutu's main goals in governing Zaire? | wipe out all traces of colonialism |
| Today, most African countries are moving toward what kind of economy? | market |
| Which is a standard crop grown by subsistence farmers in Western and Central Africa? | millet |
| How do most people in Western and Central Africa make their living? | farming |
| What would be marked by a rite of passage in Africa? | the transition from childhood to adulthood |
| Who was the first African to win the Nobel Prize for literature? | Wole Soyinka |
| What is Nigeria's main export? | oil |
| Before colonial rule in Nigeria, Yoruba society was organized around? (which of these examples: powerful city-states, villages, artists' guild, women rulers) | powerful city-states |
