Africa info
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| 2x size of California; 1/7 Africa's population | Nigeria
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| won independence from France in 1962 | Algeria
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| Qaddafi led this nation until a 2011 revolution | Libya
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| white minority had control and most of wealth until 1990s equality movement | South Africa
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| Masai and Kikuyu battle here | Kenya
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| key desert in Africa | Sahara
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| valuable cash crop in parts of Africa | peanuts
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| open air street market in parts of Africa | Bazaar
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| world's longest river | Nile River
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| "pulling together" in Swahili | harambee
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| leader of equality movement in South Africa | Nelson Mandela
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| leader of Egypt who used Soviet Union to modernize | Abdel Nasser
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| flat grassland of a tropical weathered region | savanna
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| 2 key cities of Egypt | Cairo and Alexandria
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| overharvested and over-grazed land resulting in the loss of land and trees | deforestation
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| sudden political and military takeover | coup
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| UN and others battled for control; Mobutu gained power | DR Congo
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| set of guidelines that are supposed to make your economy work better | structural adjustment program
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| Massive droughts and floods hurt this nation in 2000-2001 | Mozambique
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| Islamic groups are battling Ethiopian groups for power | Somalia
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| world leader in fight against AIDS | Uganda
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| South African battle between Afrikaners and British | Boer War
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| large group of merchants who travel together for safety | caravan
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| departure of trainted and educated white officials | white flight
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| giving land from rich to poor | land redistribution
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