| Hint | Answer | % Correct |
|---|---|---|
| Systematic oppression of ethnic Africans in South Africa | Apartheid | 95%
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| South African language evolved from the Dutch vernacular | Afrikaans | 89%
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| Idi Amin led a brutal dictatorship in this country | Uganda | 89%
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| This epidemic spread across Western Africa in the 21st century | Ebola | 88%
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| This religion spreads rapidly across Africa during the Middle Ages | Islam | 85%
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| One of two major ethnic groups in Rwanda that led a genocide in the 1990's | Hutu | 82%
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| This slab of Egyptian hieroglyphics is discovered in 1799 | Rosetta Stone | 77%
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| Civil War begins in this region of Sudan | Darfur | 66%
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| Ruler of the Malian empire in the 14th century, potentially the richest man In history | Mansa Musa | 44%
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| Empire that ruled over much of West Africa in the 15th and 16th centuries | Songhai | 22%
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| This coastal region of East Africa was a major player in the Indian Ocean trade network | Swahili | 22%
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| Empire in modern day Sudan that invaded Egypt in the 8th century B.C. | Kush | 20%
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| Hominid species of "Lucy" | Australopithicus | 6%
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