Ecological Terms Countries Political Terms Hodge Podge East Africa Thingies
100
What is savanna?
This is the general term for Africa's grasslands.
100
What is Cote d'Ivoire?
This country has lost 85% of its rain forest to deforestation.
100
What is a refugee?
This is a person who flees his/her home to escape danger or unfair treatment.
100
What is the Sahel?
This is the region of transition in Africa from the Sahara to the savannas.
100
What are sanctions?
This is a form of economic pressure which was applied to South Africa by the global community in hopes of ending the South African policy of apartheid.
200
What is deforestation?
This is the result of the over harvesting of trees.
200
What is South Africa?
This African country has three capitals, one of which is Pretoria.
200
What is a civil war?
This is a conflict between opposing groups of citizens in the same country.
200
What is a megadrought?
This is a drought that lasts longer than 10 years.
200
What is Lake Victoria?
This is the largest tropical lake in the world.
300
What is desertification?
This is the turning of the savannah into desert through drought or over-farming.
300
What is Swaziland?
This is the enclave in South Africa besides Lesotho.
300
What is a coup?
This is a sudden political takeover.
300
What is apartheid?
This is the systematic segregation of blacks in South Africa.
300
What is Rwanda and Burundi?
The Hutu and Tutsi are primarily from these two countries and have been embroiled in terrible civil wars which have killed hundreds of thousands.
400
What is land redistribution?
This is the name of the act of taking land from those with plenty and giving to those with little.
400
What is the Central African Republic?
This country was a former colony of France and lies immediately north of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
400
What is harambee?
This is a Swahili word meaning "pull together."
400
What is leeching?
This is the effect of too much rain and moisture on soil, particularly prevalent in rain forests.
400
Who is Nelson Mandela?
This is the most famous South African who was instrumental in ending apartheid in the early 1990s.
500
What is flora?
This is the Latin term meaning plants native to a certain area.
500
What is Zaire?
This is the former name of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
500
What is white flight?
After the seizure and redistribution of land by Robert Mugabe in Zimbabwe, many white Zimbabweans left the country in a process known as this.
500
What is pyrethrum?
In Kenya, pesticides are made from this flower which is raised as a cash crop.
500
What is Zimbabwe?
In 1980, Robert Mugabe, the leader of this country, promised that his government would buy land from white farmers only if the farmers would sell it willingly.






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