Question 1
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Which of the following is a leading cause of death in Africa?
fibrodysplasia ossificans progressiva
porphyria
obesity
malaria
Question 2
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Who negotiated the end of apartheid in South Africa and was the country’s first black head of state and the first elected in a fully representative democratic election?
Nelson Mandela
Robert Mugabe
Kwame Nkrumah
Leopold Senghor
Question 3
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During the time period from 1984 to 1988, ________ people were killed due to political violence in South Africa.
1,200
220
56
over 4,000
Question 4
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What was the Sharpeville Massacre?
the first battle in history where napalm and Agent Orange were used
the genocide that occurred during the Rwandan Civil War
an incident where the PRC army fired on thousands of liberal protesters
an incident in South Africa where police fired on a group of people protesting oppressive pass laws
Question 5
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Who was educated in Paris and taught in France before returning to Senegal to lead the Senegalese independence movement?
Kwame Nkrumah
Robert Mugabe
Leopold Senghor
Nelson Mandela
Question 6
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Who led the Soviet Union beginning in 1953?
Nikita Khrushchev
Benito Mussolini
Joseph Stalin
Lev Tolstoy
Question 7
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Which of the following best describes imperialism?
the process of transforming privately owned assets into public assets
a policy of remaining apart from the affairs of other groups, especially the political affairs of other countries
a policy of extending the rule over other countries to create overseas empires
the aim of gaining and maintaining the nation’s sovereignty over its homeland
Question 8
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Why did European nations begin seizing African lands?
All of these answers are correct
They wanted to open up markets for the goods they made
They wanted to obtain the raw materials necessary to develop their own industrial economies
They believed that obtaining these colonies was a measure of a nation’s greatness and that they were better than the African people
Question 9
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Which of the following is causing Africa’s natural resources to diminish?
all of these answers are correct
the timber industry
slash-and-burn agriculture
increasing population growth
Question 10
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Which of the following types of government is led by the head of a Muslim state?
Monarchy
Constitutional Democracy
Sultanate
Republic
Question 11
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When did President George H. W. Bush and Soviet General Secretary Mikhail Gorbachev declare that the Cold War was over?
at the Tehran Conference
at Camp David
at the Malta Summit
at the Yalta Conference
Question 12
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Which African nation gained its independence in the 1990s?
Egypt
Liberia
Eritrea
Western Sahara
Question 13
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What of the following best describes President Eisenhower’s Cold War foreign policy?
an increased emphasis on the superiority of American nuclear weapons
a reliance on the idea that capitalism would outcompete communism
an increased military spending budget
a reliance on the good will of communist countries
Question 14
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Which African nation remains unresolved in terms of sovereignty?
Eritrea
Western Sahara
South Africa
Namibia
Question 15
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Who dominated the U.S. political climate in the early 1950s by accusing many Americans of participating in a communist takeover?
George Marshall
Joseph McCarthy
Douglas MacArthur
Harry Truman
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