History of Sub-Saharan Africa - Statistics

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Triangular structures. There are twice as many of them in modern-day Sudan, built by Nubians, than there are in Egypt.	Pyramids	99%
Empire based on the Niger river and founded by the Keita dynasty. A modern country carries its name.	Mali	90%
First black president of South Africa	Nelson Mandela	89%
The colony of Gold Coast named itself ____ after achieving independece, in honor of a medieval empire that was located further north	Ghana	84%
Madagascar was most likely first settled by Austronesian people, coming from this modern-day country	Indonesia	79%
King Shaka is the best-known king of this Southern African kingdom	Zulu	78%
Many believers of this originally Jamaican religion revere mentioned emperor as a messiah	Rastafari	74%
At least 100 000 people were killed during the reign of this Ugandan dictator	Idi Amin	69%
Musa I. is sometimes believed to have been one of the wealthiest people in history. Most Western people know him as ____ Musa due to his monarchical title.	Mansa	67%
Emperor of Ethiopia who abolished slavery, founded a precursor of the African Union, and was overthrown in 1974	Haile Selassie	63%
A modern country is named for this capital of the Mutapa empire that was abandoned in the 15th century: Great ______	Zimbabwe	51%
Powerful 15th century empire with Gao, and later Timbuktu as its capital	Songhai	34%
What material is the Great Mosque of Djenné made of?	Adobe	25%
The same leader may have founded the _____ of Sankoré in Timbuktu	University	25%

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