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For Mr. Brooke's Africa part two test

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Lagoons

shallow bodies of water that are separated from the ocean by islands, which lie parallel to the shoreline

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West Africa is also called

Central Africa or Heart of Africa

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Basin

an area of land that is drained by a river and its tributaries

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Reservoir

an artificial or natural lake where water is stored and used to supply farms, homes, and businesses in the area with freshwater

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Gulf

a part of the ocean that is partially enclosed by land

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Congo River

nearly 3,000 miles long, which makes it the second-longest river in Africa and the fifth-longest in the world

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Zambezi River

Two of the largest hydroelectric dams in Africa are located here

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Conflict/Blood Diamonds

Name for diamonds from Africa

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Montane

Latin word for “mountain,” and it simply means “of mountainous country.”

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Democratic Republic of the Congo

the value of this country’s mineral resources is estimated to be about $25 trillion

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Liberia

African Americans freed from slavery established this country on land purchased for them by the American Colonization Society

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Gabon

later became a center of the slave trade

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Boers

Dutch word for farmers

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Afrikaans

Afrikaners and the Africans developed this language

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Shaka

powerful Zulu ruler killing hundreds of thousands of other African people

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Cecil Rhodes

started the De Beers company in the 1800s producing 90% of the world’s diamonds. Symbol of the European exploit of Africa

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Apartheid

South Africa established this policy in the 1900s, an Afrikaans word meaning “separateness.”

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Nelson Mandela

South Africa’s first black president; elected in 1994

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Nigeria

Largest population of any country in Africa

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Madagascar’s population

Ancestral mix of Malagasy (group from Southern Asia) and Africa

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Cacao

used to make cocoa powder and chocolate; main export

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Wood from Okoume tree

found mainly in Gabon, the Congo, and Equatorial Guinea; famous as a good raw material for plywood

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Southern Africa

produced one-third of the gold ever mined in the world

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Australia

Eq. Africa is covered by thick rainforest nearly matching the size of this country

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Ivory Coast

Is the world’s larges exporter of cacao

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