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What crime did Somalia become famous for in the 21st century?
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Piracy
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What was the state ideology of the Somali government between 1969–1991?
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Communism
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What island's name was adopted as a corrupted transliteration of the name Mogadishu, by the Venetian explorer Marco Polo?
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Madagascar
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Which European country colonized the southern 3/4 of Somalia?
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Italy
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What other European country colonized the northern 1/4 of Somalia?
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United Kingdom
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What popular movement called for independence from those countries?
namesake of Sufi practitioners who whirl
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Dervish movement
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What part of Somalia declared independence in May 1991?
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Republic of Somaliland
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What city in that region is home to the Laas Geel cave formations, which were only discovered in 2002 and is estimated to date circa 20,000 BC years ago?
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Hargeisa
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What terrorist jihadist group has been operating in Somalia since 2006?
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Al-Shabaab
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What U.S. military helicopter model went "down" over Mogadishu in 1993?
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Black Hawk
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What desert animal is thought to have been domesticated in the region of Somalia sometime around 3000 B.C.?
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Camel
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What ancient kingdom around northern Somalia was an essential trading partner of ancient Egypt?
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Land of Punt
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What war was also called the "Ethio-Somali War"?
named for the region it was mainly fought in
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Ogaden War
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What mainly killed 260,000 people in Somalia between 2010–2012?
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Famine
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What Somali-born supermodel married David Bowie in 1992?
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Iman
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What type of precious metal did the Sultanate of Mogadishu control the trade of between the 9th and 13th centuries in the Indian Ocean?
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Gold
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What Somali dictator killed around 100,000 people of the Isaaq clan between 1987–89?
his last name is the same word for basic warm-ups in the ballet
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Siad Barre
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