| Ecological Terms | Countries | Political Terms | Hodge Podge | East Africa Thingies | 
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					  What is savanna?					 
					 This is the general term for Africa's grasslands. | 
					  What is Cote d'Ivoire?					 
					 This country has lost 85% of its rain forest to deforestation. | 
					  What is a refugee?					 
					 This is a person who flees his/her home to escape danger or unfair treatment. | 
					  What is the Sahel?					 
					 This is the region of transition in Africa from the Sahara to the savannas. | 
					  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. | 
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					  What is deforestation?					 
					 This is the result of the over harvesting of trees. | 
					  What is South Africa?					 
					 This African country has three capitals, one of which is Pretoria. | 
					  What is a civil war?					 
					 This is a conflict between opposing groups of citizens in the same country. | 
					  What is a megadrought?					 
					 This is a drought that lasts longer than 10 years. | 
					  What is Lake Victoria?					 
					 This is the largest tropical lake in the world. | 
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					  What is desertification?					 
					 This is the turning of the savannah into desert through drought or over-farming. | 
					  What is Swaziland?					 
					 This is the enclave in South Africa besides Lesotho. | 
					  What is a coup?					 
					 This is a sudden political takeover. | 
					  What is apartheid?					 
					 This is the systematic segregation of blacks in South Africa. | 
					  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. | 
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					  What is land redistribution?					 
					 This is the name of the act of taking land from those with plenty and giving to those with little. | 
					  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. | 
					  What is harambee?					 
					 This is a Swahili word meaning "pull together." | 
					  What is leeching?					 
					 This is the effect of too much rain and moisture on soil, particularly prevalent in rain forests. | 
					  Who is Nelson Mandela?					 
					 This is the most famous South African who was instrumental in ending apartheid in the early 1990s. | 
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					  What is flora?					 
					 This is the Latin term meaning plants native to a certain area. | 
					  What is Zaire?					 
					 This is the former name of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. | 
					  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. | 
					  What is pyrethrum?					 
					 In Kenya, pesticides are made from this flower which is raised as a cash crop. | 
					  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. |