1. Name the area in Africa originally known as Nubia that conquered Egypt in 750 B.C. and was then conquered in 663 B.C. by the Assyrians.
Answer: Kush


2. What was the major trading city in the African kingdom of Mali and what two commodities allowed Mali to become powerful and wealthy?

Answer: Timbuktu; gold and salt


3. Name both the British settlement and the US Settlement in West Africa that became havens for freed slaves.

Answer: Sierra Leone and Liberia

4. Who was the most famous leader of the Zulus that fought against the Boers?
Answer: Shaka


5. Define apartheid and name the leader of the African National Congress who was arrested in 1962.

Answer: The system of racial segregation in South Africa; Nelson Mandela



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