Chapter 14 Central & Western Africa
Which country is the only landlocked Central African country?
Central African Republic
Several African villages whose inhabitants have a common ancestor form is called a ?
Clan
Burkina Faso means
"land of upright men
Burkina Faso means?
"land of upright men"
All of the French colonies in Africa had become independent by what year?
1960
The Congo River Basin drains all or part of how many different countries?
5
Regular winds from the Atlantic that dump rain along the equator in Africa are similar to those that dump rain on?
The Amazon River Basin
Which creature is responsible for the spread of African sleeping sickness?
Tsetse fly
From the end of WWII to 1960, who controlled Togo under a trusteeship
United Nations
The ceremonies that many Africans must go through to mark their official transitions from childhood to adulthood are called?
initiation rites
Sierra Leone mean?
lion mountains
Nigeria provides what fraction of U.S. oil imports
one-fifth
What are the three largest ethnic groups of Nigeria?
Hausa, Ibo, and Yoruba
After whom was the city of Monrovia named?
James Monroe
The largest city in sub-Saharan Africa is
Kinshasa
The largest city in sub-Saharan Africa?
Kinshasa
The Hausa tribe of Nigeria is predominantly
Muslim
Which West African country has the greatest population?
Nigeria
Largest city in all the countries formerly known as French West Africa is
Brazzaville
The largest city in all the countries known as French West Africa is ?
Brazzaville
Which river has a discharge volume second only to the Amazon River
Congo River
The country in Western and Central Africa with the lowest per capita calorie intake is ?
DRC (Democratic Republic of the Congo)
Which country consists of several islands and a small region on the African mainland?
Equatorial Guinea
What fact made Nigeria different from other colonies in Western Africa?
It was an English colony
Which country was the first black republic in Africa?
Liberia
Some of the poorest, least developed countries of the world are in what region of Africa?
sub-Saharan
What name is given to the area encompassing all the lands below the Sahara?
sub-Saharan Africa
The official language of African nations is usually?
the language of the most recent European ruler
What word means strong identification with a tribe that speaks the same language and dialect?
tribalism
What element of African society and culture is perhaps the most important concept in understanding life in Africa?
village