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Question

Answer the following about West African locations dubbed the “Venice of Africa” due to their intermingling of water and community structures, for 10 points each.

[10m] One common Venice comparison is Ganvié, a stilt house village in this country near Cotonou. This country’s port of Ouidah was once controlled by the Kingdom of Dahomey, which was led from Abomey in this small country.

ANSWER: Benin [or Republic of Benin; or République du Bénin]

[10e] Another Venice comparison is Makoko, a floating slum of this city where Eko Atlantic is being built on reclaimed land on the coast. This city was replaced as its nation’s capital by Abuja.

ANSWER: Lagos, Nigeria

[10h] A final “Venice of Africa” is Saint-Louis (“san-loo-EE”), a low-lying city located where this river meets the Atlantic. The Djoudj (“jooj”) Bird Sanctuary is on this river, which is crossed by a bridge named for colonial leader Louis Faidherbe (“fay-DAIRB”).

ANSWER: Senegal River [or Fleuve Sénégal or Dexug Senegaal]

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Northern California	Main	Y	4	12.50	75%	25%	25%
Eastern Canada (1)	Main	Y	4	17.50	100%	75%	0%
Eastern Canada (2)	Main	Y	9	17.78	100%	67%	11%
Florida	Main	Y	4	15.00	75%	75%	0%
Great Lakes	Main	Y	10	17.00	90%	80%	0%
Lower Mid-Atlantic	Main	Y	9	13.33	89%	44%	0%
Upper Mid-Atlantic	Main	Y	9	13.33	78%	56%	0%
Midwest	Main	Y	9	12.22	78%	44%	0%
North	Main	Y	4	17.50	100%	50%	25%
Northeast	Main	Y	11	18.18	82%	82%	18%
South Central	Main	Y	6	10.00	83%	17%	0%
Southeast	Main	Y	12	15.83	83%	75%	0%
UK (North)	UK	Y	5	10.00	60%	40%	0%
UK (South)	UK	Y	8	16.25	100%	50%	13%
Upstate NY	Main	Y	5	12.00	100%	0%	20%

Data


Berkeley Boss Bandit	UCSC	0	10	0	10
Berkeley Mighty Miner	Stanford B	0	0	0	0
Berkeley Skeleton King	Stanford A	10	10	0	20
McGill B	Carleton A	10	10	0	20
McGill A	McGill E	0	10	0	10
Ottawa B	McGill C	10	10	0	20
Carleton B	Ottawa A	10	10	0	20
Berkeley Little Prince	Berkeley Archer Queen	0	10	10	20
Waterloo B	Guelph A	0	10	0	10
McMaster A	Waterloo C	10	10	0	20
Toronto D	McMaster C	10	10	0	20
Toronto E	Brock A	10	10	0	20
Toronto F	Toronto C	10	10	10	30
McMaster B	Toronto G	10	10	0	20
Toronto A	Toronto H	0	10	0	10
Toronto B	Toronto I	0	10	0	10
Waterloo A	Queen's A	10	10	0	20
Florida Tech A	UCF A	10	0	0	10
Florida A	Florida State A	10	10	0	20
Florida B	ERAU Daytona A	10	10	0	20
South Florida A	Florida Tech B	0	10	0	10
CWRU C	Louisville C	10	10	0	20
Louisville B	Kentucky	10	10	0	20
CWRU D	Louisville D	0	10	0	10
Michigan A	Ohio State B	10	10	0	20
Michigan B	Ohio State C	10	10	0	20
Pittsburgh	Michigan State C	0	10	0	10
Louisville A	Michigan State D	10	10	0	20
Michigan State A	Ohio State D	10	10	0	20
Michigan State B	WVU A	10	0	0	10
CWRU A	WVU B	10	10	0	20
UNC B	JMU B	10	10	0	20
William & Mary A	Duke A	10	10	0	20
Virginia Tech A	Liberty A	10	10	0	20
Liberty B	Virginia Tech C	0	0	0	0
Virginia A	Liberty C	0	10	0	10
Virginia Tech B	NCSU B	0	10	0	10
UNC A	Tusculum A	0	10	0	10
JMU A	UNC C	0	10	0	10
NCSU A	William & Mary B	10	10	0	20
Columbia A	George Mason A	0	0	0	0
Maryland A	George Mason C	0	10	0	10
Lehigh A	Columbia B	0	10	0	10
Rowan	Maryland C	10	0	0	10
NYU B	George Mason B	0	10	0	10
Penn	NYU C	10	10	0	20
Rutgers A	Maryland B	10	10	0	20
NYU A	Stony Brook	10	10	0	20
Vassar A	Rutgers B	10	10	0	20
Iowa A	Chicago B	0	0	0	0
Illinois Blue	Purdue D	0	10	0	10
WashU Grolars	Illinois Canada	0	10	0	10
Illinois Champaign	Purdue B	0	10	0	10
Illinois Orange	Chicago A	10	10	0	20
Purdue A	Illinois Urbana	0	10	0	10
Indiana A	Rose-Hulman A	10	0	0	10
WashU Grizzlers	Purdue C	10	10	0	20
William Woods University A	Iowa B	10	10	0	20
St. Thomas	Macalester	10	10	0	20
Wisconsin A	Michigan Tech	10	10	0	20
Minnesota	Wisconsin B	0	10	0	10
Iowa State	Wisconsin C	0	10	10	20
Dartmouth B	Brandeis Bach	10	10	0	20
Brown A	Williams C	10	10	10	30
Amherst A	Dartmouth C	10	0	0	10
Williams A	Harvard	10	10	0	20
MIT B	Boston College B	10	0	0	10
Tufts A	MIT A	0	10	0	10
Boston University A	Tufts C	10	10	0	20
UConn A	Boston University B	10	10	10	30
Vermont B	Dartmouth A	10	10	0	20
Williams B	Vermont A	10	10	0	20
Brown B	Brandeis Mozart	0	10	0	10
Murray State College B	Central Oklahoma B	0	10	0	10
Murray State College A	Nebraska C	0	10	0	10
Nebraska B	Kansas State B	0	10	0	10
Tulsa A	Oklahoma	10	10	0	20
Central Oklahoma A	Rose State	0	10	0	10
Kansas State A	Nebraska A	0	0	0	0
Auburn C	Clemson C	10	10	0	20
Tennessee A	Chipola College	0	10	0	10
Georgia A	Vanderbilt C	10	10	0	20
Georgia Tech A	Alabama A	10	0	0	10
Georgia Tech D	Georgia Tech B	10	0	0	10
Georgia Tech C	Sewanne	10	10	0	20
Georgia Tech E	Auburn A	10	10	0	20
Auburn B	Georgia Tech F	10	10	0	20
Vanderbilt B	Mississippi State A	0	10	0	10
Tennessee B	Clemson A	0	10	0	10
Vanderbilt A	Clemson B	10	10	0	20
Emory A	Montevallo	10	10	0	20
Edinburgh A	Durham B	10	0	0	10
Edinburgh D	Durham C	0	0	0	0
Durham A	Edinburgh B	0	10	0	10
Durham D	Edinburgh C	10	10	0	20
York	Sheffield B	0	10	0	10
Warwick	Cambridge D	10	10	10	30
Bristol	Cambridge B	0	10	0	10
Cambridge A	Birmingham	0	10	0	10
Southampton	Cambridge C	10	10	0	20
Imperial A	LSE	0	10	0	10
Cardiff	Imperial C	10	10	0	20
Imperial D	Oxford	10	10	0	20
Imperial B	Cambridge E	0	10	0	10
Cornell A	Binghamton B	0	10	0	10
Cornell B	Binghamton A	0	10	0	10
Cornell C	ESF	0	10	0	10
Cornell D	Rochester	0	10	0	10
RIT B	Binghamton C	0	10	10	20