Angola Timeline Game
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Put the following events in chronological order.
Temporal Tangle
Put the events in order from earliest to latest.
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Translator's Test
Read the foreign word and choose its English meaning.
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Listen to the word and choose the correct English translation.
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Rune Ravel
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Enchanter's Quest
Take the Quiz - Challenge your recall of the key facts and figures.
Temporal Tangle
Can you place the key events in the correct order?
Fact Fragments
Reconstruct the key facts from this lesson.
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About This Challenge
This timeline game focuses on the history of Angola, allowing players to place events in their correct chronological order.
- Players will learn about key historical events in Angola’s past.
- They will develop a better understanding of the country’s history and how events have shaped its present.
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- 1482: Portuguese explorer Diogo Cão reaches the mouth of the Congo River, marking the first European contact with Angola
- 1575: Portuguese begin colonizing Angola, establishing trading posts along the coast
- 17th century: Slavery becomes a major industry in Angola, with thousands of Africans being forcibly taken to the Americas
- 1655: Angola becomes a Portuguese colony
- 1961: Angolan War of Independence begins, with various groups fighting against Portuguese rule
- 1975: Angola gains independence from Portugal, becoming a socialist country
- 1975-2002: Civil war breaks out between the ruling MPLA government and rebel groups UNITA and FNLA
- early 1990s: Famine and economic crisis devastate Angola
- 2002: Peace agreement signed between MPLA and UNITA, officially ending the civil war
- 2000s: Angola becomes one of the fastest growing economies in the world due to its oil reserves
- 2017: President Jose Eduardo dos Santos steps down after 38 years in power, Joao Lourenco becomes the new president
- 2008: Angola holds its first post-war parliamentary elections
- 2010: Angola's capital Luanda named the most expensive city in the world for expatriates
- 2010: Angola hosts the Africa Cup of Nations football tournament
- 2015: Angola celebrates 40 years of independence
- ongoing: Angola faces criticism for human rights abuses and lack of political freedoms
- 2018: Angola begins diversifying its economy away from oil towards agriculture and tourism
- 2016: Angola launches a national vaccination campaign against yellow fever
- 2006: Angola experiences a cholera outbreak in Luanda
- 2010: Angola's national football team wins the Africa Cup of Nations
- 2016: Angola experiences a yellow fever outbreak, leading to a mass vaccination campaign