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3. Question: Which type of democracy has the executive and legislative branch combined? Check Your Answer Government for 1

4. Answer: parliamentary democracy Back to the Game Board Government for 1

5. Question: If Kenya’s government has all government power centralized in the federal government, what type of government does Kenya have? Government for 2 Check Your Answer

6. Answer: unitary government Back to the Game Board Government for 2

7. Question: DOUBLE JEOPARDY!! How is the president of South Africa elected? Government for 3 Check Your Answer

8. Answer: South Africa is a parliamentary democracy so the people vote for members of Parliament and the party with the largest representation in Parliament elects the president of South Africa. Back to the Game Board Government for 3

9. Question: What type of democracy does Kenya have and who is its current leader? Government for 4 Check Your Answer

10. Answer: presidential democracy. Uhuru Kenyatta is the current president. Back to the Game Board Government for 4

11. Question: Compare and contrast a unitary government and an autocracy. Government for 5 Check Your Answer

12. Answer: in a unitary government, power is centralized in one government body with many government workers across the three branches (i.e. the central or federal government). Unitary governments are usually democracies (high citizen participation). An autocracy does not deal with how power is distributed, but rather how citizens are able to participate. Since an autocracy is a government in which one person has all the power, citizens are not able to participate. The similarity is that they both have the number one in their definition. Back to the Game Board Government for 5

13. Question: What does it mean to diversify an economy? Economics for 1 Check Your Answer

14. Answer: to not specialize in one resource or financial sector (agriculture, service, industry) too much. Back to the Game Board Economics for 1

15. Question: Tourism is an important part of South Africa’s economy but its abundance of which natural resources also help its GDP? Economics for 2 Check Your Answer

16. Answer: gold and diamonds Back to the Game Board Economics for 2

17. Economics for 3 Check Your Answer Question: South Africa, Kenya, and Nigeria all have what type of economy?

18. Answer: mixed Back to the Game Board Economics for 3

19. Question: Of the countries we have studied (Kenya, South Africa, and Nigeria), which has an economy does not rely heavily on tourism? Economics for 4 Check Your Answer

20. Back to the Game Board Economics for 4 Answer: Nigeria

21. Question: Why do so many people live under a dollar a day in Nigeria even though the country has such a wealth in oil? Economics for 5 Check Your Answer

22. Answer: Nigeria overly specialized in oil and did not diversify its economy by investing in other government sectors like agriculture. When oil prices went down, the country’s GDP took a huge hit. The country has also struggled with corruption and military rule. Back to the Game Board Economics for 5

23. Question: In what year did apartheid officially end? South African History for 1 Check Your Answer

24. Answer: 1994 Back to the Game Board South African History for 1

25. South African History for 2 Check Your Answer Question: Which two men were responsible for ending apartheid?

26. Answer: F.W. de Klerk and Nelson Mandela Back to the Game Board South African History for 2

27. South African History for 3 Check Your Answer Question: Why did the Great Trek occur?

28. Answer: the Dutch wanted to escape the rule of the British and establish their own territories. Back to the Game Board South African History for 3

29. Question: If you meet an Afrikaner today, from which country are they descended? South African History for 4 Check Your Answer

30. Answer: the Netherlands (they are Dutch descendants) Back to the Game Board South African History for 4

31. Question: Which party established apartheid and in what year? Which group of people primarily made up this party? South African History for 5 Check Your Answer

32. Answer: The National Party in 1948. Afrikaners made up the majority of the National Party. Back to the Game Board South African History for 5

33. Question: What caused a mass migration of young boys and girls from Sudan into Ethiopia and Kenya in the 1980s? Modern Day Issues for 1 Check Your Answer

34. Answer: civil war. Back to the Game Board Modern Day Issues for 1

35. Question: What are the effects of food shortages in countries like Zimbabwe and Angola? Modern Day Issues for 2 Check Your Answer

36. Answer: famine Back to the Game Board Modern Day Issues for 2

37. Question: Which African country has one of the highest HIV/AIDS infection rates? Modern Day Issues for 3 Check Your Answer

38. Answer: South Africa Back to the Game Board Modern Day Issues for 3

39. Question: What is one of the best indicators of whether a country will have a high literacy rate? Modern Day Issues for 4 Check Your Answer

40. Answer: a high GDP and a stable government. Back to the Game Board Modern Day Issues for 4

41. Question: Why did South Sudan become its own country in 2011? Modern Day Issues for 5 Check Your Answer

42. Answer: there had been a civil war in Sudan since it gained its independence in 1956 because Northern Sudanese people are mostly Muslim and Southern Sudanese people are mot Christian and animist. They also fought over natural resources since those (esp. oil) are not evenly distributed in the country. Back to the Game Board Modern Day Issues for 5

43. Question: In the 1980s several countries stopped trading with South Africa because of its apartheid policy. This is an example of which type of trade barrier? Miscellaneous for 1 Check Your Answer

44. Answer: embargo Back to the Game Board Miscellaneous for 1

45. Question: Kenya’s cities are bustling with business. What language would be used in business transactions? Miscellaneous for 2 Check Your Answer

46. Answer: Swahili Back to the Game Board Miscellaneous for 2

47. Question: Why do countries impose tariffs? Miscellaneous for 3 Check Your Answer

48. Answer: to protect domestically produced goods. Back to the Game Board Miscellaneous for 3

49. Miscellaneous for 4 Check Your Answer Question: Ladipo Balogun opened a restaurant in Lamu, a city on the southeastern coast of Kenya. When the restaurant opened, there was not much tourism, but Balogun believed the town could become popular. Balogun opened the restaurant so he could make money and to provide jobs for several people in the city. Balogun is an example of what economic term?

50. Answer: an entrepreneur Back to the Game Board Miscellaneous for 4

51. Question: What is one economic achievement that an African country has made? Miscellaneous for 5 Check Your Answer

52. Answer: Examples: -South Africa has done a good job diversifying its economy (services [tourism] and industries like mining, thus raising its GDP -Kenya has heavily invested in human capital so it has one of the highest literacy rates in Africa -Botswana has a high GDP from its diamond industry and it uses some of that money to help combat AIDS. Back to the Game Board Miscellaneous for 5