Africa

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What has the divergent plate boundary extending from Afar triple junction southward through eastern Africa created?

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The Great Rift Valley

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What is the name of the physical geographic form that was created or formed by headwater erosion of rivers of the coastal plain in southern Africa and is similar to a cliff?

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The Great Escarpment

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What is the name of the physical geographic feature that acts as a natural barrier between North Africa and the rest of Africa? ( Hint: This is where the Great Green Wall is located)

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The Great Rift Valley

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In 1948, the ruling party of South Africa (The National Party) voted to implement a series of restrictive segregationist laws that is known as_____________.

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Apartheid

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Who served 27 years in prison for conspiring to overthrow the state, then upon release worked with the State President to end apartheid in South Africa then later became the President himself?

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Nelson Mandela

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The intent to systematically eliminate a cultural, ethnic, racial, or religious group that occurred in Rwanda is called

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Genocide

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A loss of all vegetation. The process where the desert expands through loss of plant life.

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Desertification

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What was the goal and purpose of the Berlin Conference?

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European countries setting up ground rules for colonization of Africa

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Why were European countries so interested in claiming a piece of the continent of Africa in the late 1800s?

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Raw Materials/ natural resources

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What physical features such as Biomes and landforms does Africa consist of? Some of these biomes and climates are influenced by being near the equator.

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Tropical Savannas, Tropical rainforests, deserts, and mountains.