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| What is the area of Sub-saharan Africa like? |
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| poor, rural and with a young population |
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| True or False: Sub-saharan Africa is the world's fastest growing region |
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| What age is most of the population for Sub-Saharan Africa? |
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| Where is Sub-Saharan Africa? |
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| portion of the African continent that is south of the Sahara desert |
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| How many states does africa have? |
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| What bonds the area of sub-saharan africa? |
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| shared Colonial experiences and livlihood systems |
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| What helped determine the regions identity? |
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| the impact of outsiders (slave traders ect) |
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| What happened in the late 1800's with Europe? |
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| the entire African country was divided by European colonial powers that set political boundaries |
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| When did the postcolonial period begin? |
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| Africa is non-industrial. So what methods are used for agriculture? |
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| subsistence and cash crop agriculture |
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| Where are African based religions practiced today? |
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| caribbean, Latin America, and Brazil |
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| What is the largest landmass on the equator? |
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| What is the African Continent known as? |
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| the expansion of desertlike conditions due to poor agricultural practices and overgrazing |
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| What are three common problems in Africa? |
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| desertification, drought and deforestation |
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| Where are droughts in Africa most notable? |
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| The Horn of Africa, southern Africa, and the Sahel |
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| Whats been created to put a balance between humans and animals? |
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| What did the Sahel become a symbol for in the 1970s? |
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| the dangers of unmonitored population and environmental degredation |
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| What is the symbol of the Sahel derived from? |
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| the six year Sahelian drought. (1968-1974) |
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| the zone between the Sahara to the north and savannas/forests in the south |
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| the movement of animals between wet-season and dry-season pasture |
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| Why do people continue to live in the Sahel with it's unpredictable weather patterns? |
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| the soil is fertile and the area is free of tropical diseases |
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| What is potentially the cause of Sahelian desertification? |
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| What did french authorities force farmers to grow? |
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| peanuts as an export crop (peanuts eat away the nutrients in the soil) |
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| What is a traditional product of the Sahelian region? |
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| livestock (started during World War II) |
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| How does deforestation aggravate the environment in Africa? |
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| causes problems with soil erosion and shortage of biofuels |
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| wood and charcoal used for household energy needs |
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| What do women organize NGO's for? |
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| to plant trees and create greenbelts to meet fuel needs |
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| In Kenya, what is the name of the most successful NGO? Who was the leader? |
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| Wangari Maathai's Green Belt Movement |
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| When did Maathai's GreenBelt Movement begin? |
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| Who was awarded a Nobel Peace Prize for her contribution to sustainable development, democracy, and Peace? |
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| What is the main reason for destruction of forests in Central Africa's Ituri Forest? |
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| plants and animals native to a particular area |
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| What is Sub-Saharan Africa famous for? |
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| Where are the most noted Wildlife reserves? |
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| East Africa, Kenya and Tanzania |
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| how is the sleeping sickness passed along? |
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| What makes the maintence of wildlife reserves diffucult? |
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| poaching, political instablity, population pressure, and poverty |
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| From animals, what is sought after in East Asia and Japan? |
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| What happened with ivory trade in 1989? Who? |
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| a worldwide ban was placed on ivory trade imposed by CITES |
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| Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species |
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| When was the ban on ivory trade lifted? |
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| What dominates the African inferior? |
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| plateaus and elevated basins |
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| Where do elevations increase? |
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| toward the south and the east |
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| What countries are part of Low Africa? |
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| West Africa and a lot of Central Africa |
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| What is the Great Escarpment? |
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| a high cliff that seperates two level areas |
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| what is southern africa rimmed by? |
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| where does The Great Escarpment begin and end? |
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| begins in southwestern Angola and ends in northeastern South Africa |
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| Where is one extensive are of mountainous topography? |
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| Where do volcanic mountains run through? |
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| the southern half of the Rift Valley in Kenya |
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| What are the four major river systems of AFrica? |
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| the Congo, the Nile, the Niger, and Zambezi |
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| What is the largest watershed of the region? |
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| For Mali and Niger, what river is a critical source of water? |
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| Where does the Zambezi River begin? |
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| Angola and flows east into the Indian ocean |
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| Which river is a major supplier for commercial energy? |
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| Where are some of Africa's most fertile soils? made from what? |
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| the Rift Valley, volcanic activity |
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| What two countries explain fertile soil due to population increase? |
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| What country of Africa supports the second highest population?? |
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| Where is the world's second largest expanse of humid rainforest? |
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| the Ituri in the Congo Basin |
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| Where does the majority of Africa's savannas lie? |
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| around the Central african rainforest belt |
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| What animals are found in the grasslands? |
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| elephants, lions, zebras and rhinos |
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| What is the worlds largest desert? |
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| What is the Horn of Africa? |
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| the northeastern corner of africa |
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| what four countries does the Horn of Africa include? |
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| Somalia, Ethopia, Djibouti, and Eritrea |
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| What is the basis for the region's demographic growth? |
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| preference for large families |
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| Why are children an important source of labor? |
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| they tend crops and livestock, and gather fuelwood and care for their elders when they fall sick |
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| What happens as the African states become more urban? |
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| the family size decreases |
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| What is Southern Africa the origin of? |
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| What kind of impact does AIDS have on the popultion of the Southern region of Africa? |
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| population is decreasing drastically |
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| Where are population concentrations highest? |
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| in West Africa, highland East Africa and eastern half of south Africa |
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| What are the staple crops over Sub-Saharn Africa? |
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| millet, sorghum, and corn |
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| the process of burning the vegetation to release fertilizing ash |
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| What is plantation agriculture? |
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| designed to produce crops for export |
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| What is animal husbandry? |
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| sendentry people who rely on livestock |
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| What is a consequence from the surge of city living? |
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| what is Sub Saharan's largest city? |
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| Lagos wth 14 million people |
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| What influenced urban form and development in the Sub-Saharan African region? |
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| Where are population densities greater? |
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| in areas that support annual cropping |
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| What is the origin of the major cities in southern Africa? |
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| a policy of racial segregation |
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| What is one post-apartheid settlement? |
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| squatter settlements where blacks lived because of apartheid |
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| Name four languages spoken in Sub-Saharan Africa. |
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1. Swahili
2. Hausa
3. Indo-European
4. Afro-Asiatic |
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| What is the official language in Nigeria? |
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| What is the most important language of the region? Where did it originate from? |
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| Niger-Congo and in West Africa |
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| 3000 years ago, what group began to expand across Western Africa across the equatorial zone? |
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| a group of families or clans with a common kinship, language, and territory |
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| a group of families or clans with a common kinship, language, and territory |
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| What is the official language of Ethopia? |
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| What are Native African religions classified as? |
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| What is animist religion? what does it center on? |
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| another way of saying all local faiths don't blend; focus on ancesteral spirits and nature |
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| Where did Christianity first come to? |
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| What was the first Sub-Saharn Muslim state? |
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| where is religious conflict most serious? |
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| what shifted the balance of power in Africa in the 1850s? |
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| doctors discovered prevention against malaria and other diseases |
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| what is the Berlin Conference? |
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| where 13 countries met in berlin in 1884 and rules were established about control on territories; sub-saharan countries were traded |
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| independant territories for blacks from the new grand scheme apartheid |
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| What is the African Union? |
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| an organization to mediate disputes between neighbors |
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| when one state assumes authority over a dependent political unit |
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| when one state assumes authority over a dependent political unit |
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| What did South Africa do in 1990 that sparked a major change? |
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| Who became president in 1994? |
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| What was the most difficult African political problem? |
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| loyalty to an ethnic group, not the state |
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| people who flee their state from fear of persecution of race, ethnicity, ect |
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| What are internally displaced persons? |
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| people who flee an area due to conflict or famine, ect |
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| What is another term for Arab militiamen? |
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| janjaweed, meaning horse and gun |
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| Where has the deadliest ethnic and political conflict in the region been? |
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| Democratic republic of the Congo |
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| Who was president in 1997? |
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| Who took over after Kabila's death in 2001? |
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| his son Joseph, who signed a peace treaty with the rebels |
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| Who was elected president in 2006? |
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| social ethnic groups larger than a unit of family |
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| What territory of the region has successfully seceded? |
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| Eritrea from Ethopia in 1993 |
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| what are structural adjustment programs? |
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| reduce governmental spending, food subsidies,and promote private-sector initiatives |
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| a state with such common corruption from the government that the officials siphon off a large percent of the country's wealth |
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| Who was president of the Democratic Rep. of the Congo from 1965 to 1997? |
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| Mobutu (a legendary kleptocrat) |
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| what is South Africa unchallenged for in production? |
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| Which state of Africa has the largest oil reserves in the region? |
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| Who was elected Africa's first female leader of Liberia in 2006? |
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