| A | B |
|---|
| once called Zaire; name changed when dictator was ousted; once controlled by the Belgians (called Belgian___). | Democratic Rep. of Congo |
| newest country in Africa; broke from Ethopia. | Eritrea |
| In the Darfur region of this country; 200,000 people have been killed in ethnic fighting. | Sudan |
| fighting between the Hutu and the Tutsi killed almost 1 million in 1994. | Rwanda |
| this "mad" leader of Uganda from 1971 to 1979 killed about 300,000 people, and then lived in Saudi Arabia after being ousted from power. | Idi Amin |
| first black president of South Africa; jailed for 27 years for speaking out against government. | Nelson Mandela |
| leader of "Zaire" for 30 years; changed his name to an African name and claimed to have heroic powers. | Mobutu Sese Seko |
| family or government led by a man. | patriarchal |
| giving everyone the right to vote. | universal suffrage |
| a cliff. | escarpment |
| a government policy of seperation in South Africa. | Apartheid |
| independent land where non-whites were forced to live under the system of Apartheid. | Homelands |
| Fault line that runs through eastern Africa | Great Rift Valley |
| Common economic activity in the Sahal | Nomadic Herding |
| The most common economic activity in African countries | Subsistence Farming |
| Large ethnic group in Africa. | Bantu |
| This is shrinking due to increased rainfall in the southern region in recent decades. | Sahara |
| The highest point in Africa | Mt. Kilimanjaro |
| The second largest lake in the world | Lake Victoria. |
| By 1914, most of Africa was... | under the rule of European countries. |
| Becoming drier due to drought | desertification |
