History and Culture
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- A type of dance music, ______, originated in Cameroon.
- makossa
- CA colonies gained their independence after _________.
- WWII
- The kongo kingdom was founded in the _____.
- 1300's
- Ivory is used for _______.
- Jewlery, piano keys, and sculptures
- 6% of CA is _________.
- Muslim
- The region is most famouse for the ___________.
- Sculptures, masks, and brightly colored gowns
- 86% of CA is ________.
- Christan
- The ________, or thumb piano, was invented in the congo region.
- likembe
- Ivory is a cream colored material that comes from _________.
- elephant tusks
- Angola won its freedom from _____ in 1975.
- Portugal
- CA speaks in the _______ languages.
- Bantu
- The colonial borders divided many ______ groups.
- ethnic
- 8% of CA is __________.
- Traditional Religon
- In the late ________ Europeans divided Africa into colonies.
- 1800's
- Independace did not bring ______ to CA.
- Peace
- The ________ were France, Germany, Spain, UK, and Portugal.
- colonial powers
- Kongo Kingdom grew rich from skins, shells, slaves, and _________.
- Ivory
- Today, about ______ people live in CA.
- 100 million
- Europeans came to the Kongo Region in the late ________.
- 1400's
- Kongo Kingdom was located near the ________.
- Congo River
- US and ______ used CA for a battleground in the cold war.
- Soviet Union
- The last colony to become independant was ________.
- Angola
- Over a span of 300 years, the Europeans took _______ of enslaved africans.
- 1,000,000's
- CA also has a popular style of _______.
- Music
- The most important kingdom was the _________ kingdom.
- Kongo