Jeopardy! East Africa Edition

Location, Location, Location

Eastern Africa’s

Wars

Vocabulary East African Culture

Capitals

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Final Jeopardy!

Since 2006, people in the Sudan have been fighting

over fresh drinking water in this western region

Darfur

Somalia

Kenya

Sudan

Ethiopia

Uganda

This nation colonized Rwanda and could be held partially

responsible for the genocide that occurred there in 1994.

Netherlands

(The Dutch)

What 2 groups of people fought in Rwanda’s Civil War in 1994?

What makes these groups different?

Tutsis and Hutus

Skin color, width of nose, size of lips, career

What two groups are currently fighting in Sudan?

Native African Tribesman and Arabs

900,000 Rwandans died in the Rwandan Civil War in 1994. How long did this war last?

100 Days

Having two or more political parties

Multiparty System

Secondary language used when people cannot communicate

Lingua Franca

Swahili for “Let’s pull together”

Harambee

Selling government-owned industry to private companies

Privatization

A place where people live a religious lifestyle

Monastery

The Massai people of Kenya could be classified as this

because they sometimes wander and at other times, they live in a

fixed location

seminomadic

Give one advantage and one disadvantage of Tanzanian President Julias Nyrere’s

decision to change the government to a single-party

system.

Kwanzaa is a holiday that is based on Eastern African values.

Explain how people celebrate Kwanzaa .

They get together with family and light a candle each day (for 7 days). Each candle represents a value that

the family talks about.

45% of Ethiopia’s population is 14 years old or younger. What might this teach us about their

country?

Tanzania makes 3 million (8 zeroes) Schillings a year from selling sugar cane. If

1,000 Tanzanian Schillings equal 1 US Dollar, how much money do they make

annually in Dollars? (Show your work)

300,000 US Dollars

Seychelles

Victoria

Tanzania

Dar es Salaam

Rwanda

Kigali

Kenya

Nairobi

Eritrea

Asmara

Category: Tanzanian Reform

What benefits are there to living an ujamma village?