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Question | Answer |
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Name the ancient Egyptian scholar and physician who has been called the"real father of medicine." He is credited with describing the circulation of blood 4000 years before Europe discovered this important body function. | Imhotep |
What is the name of the archaeological site in East Africa, where, to date, the oldest human-like fossils have been found? | Olduvai Gorge |
Who was the Kenyan president and leader, nicknamed "The Old Man," who led his East african nation to freedom from British colonialism? | Jomo Kenyatta |
Who was the fifth century African bishop of the African city of Hippo whose writings and teachings from the philosophical basis of modern-day Christianity and whose synthesis of Greek, Roman, Jewish and Eastern cultures form the basis of western culture? | Augustine |
Name the North African city-state whose great military leader, Hannibal, in the third century B.C., fought against Roman conquest in the First and Second Punic Wars? | Carthage |
Who was the Tanzanian scholar/president, nicknamed "Mwalimu" (Teacher), who insituted a program of Cooperative Economics to help his country grow and develop? | Julius Nyerere |
Capital of Mali | Bamako |
Capital of Libya | Tripoli |
Capital of Egypt | Cairo |
Capital of Nigeria | Abuja |
Capital of Chad | N'Djamena |
Capital of Ethiopia | Addis Ababa |
Capital of Angola | Luanda |
official capital of Tanzania | Dodoma |
adminstrative capital of Tanzania | Dar es Salaam |
official capital of South Africa | Pretoria |
legislative capital of South Africa | Cape Town |
judicial capital of South Africa | Bloemfontein |
Capital of Kenya | Nairobi |