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What is the cause of Uganda's slow economic growth?
a) Little to no resources
b) Decades of dictators
c) Genocide
d) Imperialism

Which country was never colonized?
a) Ethiopia
b) Eritrea
c) Somalia
d) Djibouti

Which country generates money from tourists visiting the coral reefs in the Red Sea?
a) Djibouti
b) Ehtiopia
c) Eritrea
d) Somalia

What makes Somalia unique from the other countries of the Horn or Africa?
a) It's people are mostly Christian
b) It's people are mainly part of one ethnic group
c) There have been civil wars in the past
d) Many people are Muslims

Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of Djibouti?
a) It has heavy French influence
b) Its location puts it in the path of major trade routes
c) There are two main ethnic groups, Issa and Afar
d) It is landlocked

What caused the genocide in Rwanda?
a) lack of rain
b) The Great Rift Valley
c) Imperialism
d) starvation

What is genocide?
a) The deliberate killing of a certain group of people
b) The desire to dominate an area's land, government, and culture
c) when the earth stretches and rips apart
d) an international slave trading center

What was the result of the Berlin Conference of 1884?
a) Europeans ended the slave trade
b) European powers divided up Africa into colonies
c) Mansa Musa went to Berlin, Germany
d) A canal was built connecting East Africa and Berlin

Who was involved in the genocide in Darfur?
a) Arab Muslims and the British
b) Tutsis and Zulu
c) Hutus and Tutsis
d) Arab Muslim herders and Black Sudanese farmers

Which of the following is NOT an effect of drought?
a) no rain fall
b) loss of farmland
c) Loss of livestock
d) starvation

What is the chief economic activity of Tanzania and Kenya?
a) Tourism
b) Mining
c) Oil
d) gold

Which of the following is NOT a chief economic activity of the region?
a) Agriculture
b) Tourism
c) Oil
d) Coffee

Who benefitted the most from the East African slave trade?
a) Indians
b) Europeans
c) East Africans
d) Muslims

What is the best example of imperialism?
a) The Belgians finding favor with the Tutsis
b) The Hutus trying to kill Tutsis
c) The British building railroads in Kenya
d) The ethnic conflict in Darfur

What is ethnocentrism?
a) When one ethnic group is targeted and killed
b) When one ethnic group feels superior to others
c) When two ethnic groups are fighting
d) When one person things they are the center of the world

What would NOT happen if Kenya and Tanzania didn't protect the Serengeti?
a) They would have more farmland
b) They would learn more about the wildlife
c) They would lose money from tourism
d) They would have more problems with poachers killing animals

How does the Great Rift Valley affect the climate of East Africa?
a) Higher elevation provides cooler climate
b) The higher elevation creates desert-like conditions
c) The opening created by the rift lets out too much heat
d) They have a polar climate

Where do most people live in East Africa?
a) In the lower elevations
b) In the higher elevations
c) Along the coast
d) In the desert

Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of how the Great Rift Valley affects the landscape?
a) Fertile farmland from volcanic soil
b) Tall cliffs
c) Many lakes and rivers
d) Creates the Sahara

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