QUIZ LUOA Sub-Saharan Africa (UPDATED)
What culture and language group is common throughout Central Africa?
Bantu
Which of these regions of Africa had the most contact with the wider world before European imperialism?
Horn of Africa
What European power was the first to make direct contact with the peoples of West Africa?
Portugal
Which of the following is true about cities in Sub-Saharan Africa?
A sizable portion of the population lives in modern cities.
The Horn of Africa is a crossroads for people of _____
African, Indian, Arab, and European descent
The city of Johannesburg was founded due to the discovery of _____
gold
Who are the story telling poets of Sub-Saharan African culture?
griots
The Sahara is the largest _____ _____ in the world
hot desert
The principal African producer of _____ is Nigeria
oil
_________ was a political and societal system in South Africa that denied rights to certain ethnic and racial groups.
Apartheid
What are major religions in Sub-Saharan Africa?
Christianity, Islam, and Traditional Beliefs
African production accounts for 18% of the world's yield of _____
uranium
What city was one of the largest trade ports during the Atlantic Slave Trade and is now the capital of Senegal?
Dakar
A _______ is a place of worship for Muslims.
mosque
In what African country can you find churches that date back to the seventh century and were cut directly out of solid rock?
Ethiopia
What country in Sub-Saharan Africa adopted Christianity in the fourth century AD?
Ethiopia
A recent civil war in ___________ has led to instability in the Horn of Africa.
Somalia
What waterfall located on the Zambezi River is twice the size of Niagara Falls?
Victoria Falls.
In what areas of Africa are tropical wet climates prevalent?
West Africa and along the Equator
When did European powers start carving up the entire continent of Africa among themselves?
19th century
What sea is bordered by the Suez Canal and feeds into the Indian Ocean via the Gulf of Aden?
Red Sea
What practices in Sub-Saharan Africa have played a large role in reducing the size of tropical forests in the region?
logging slash-and-burn agriculture
Namibia, Botswana, and Mozambique belong to the region of _____ Africa
Southern
What European power established a permanent settlement in Southern Africa before European colonization began in earnest?
The Netherlands
What two tributaries form the Nile River? (choose two)
White Nile Blue Nile
The continent of Africa consists of a series of plateaus that have steep cliffs called ____________.
escarpments
What is one of the largest barriers to economic growth in Sub-Saharan Africa?
lack of infrastructure
The Nile River is the...
longest river in the world
During religious ceremonies or ceremonial dances, Sub-Saharan Africans often wear _______ that depict either spirits or ancestors.
masks
What is the second largest economic activity in Sub-Saharan Africa?
mining
Which of the following businesses would be considered primary economic activities? (choose all that apply)
oil well tobacco plantation
What type of agriculture involves growing a particular crop specifically to sell for a profit?
plantation agriculture
What is the illegal practice of hunting endangered animals?
poaching
What depression in the earth's surface extends from Southwest Asia into southeastern Africa and contains some of the highest mountains and deepest lakes of the African continent?
Great Rift Valley
In Southern Africa, the spread of what disease has created a health crisis that continues to the present day, especially in the nation of South Africa?
HIV
Which of the following genres of music were influenced by traditional dance and music of Sub-Saharan Africa? (choose all that apply)
Jazz Blues
What is the largest city in South Africa and one of the main financial cities in the world?
Johannesburg
Which of Mount Kilimanjaro's peaks is actually a dormant volcano?
Kibo
What is the largest city in Sub-Saharan Africa?
Lagos
What is the largest lake in Africa?
Lake Victoria
What is the highest peak in the continent of Africa?
Mount Kilimanjaro
The ancient city of Timbuktu is located at what African river?
Niger River
Senegal, Mali, and Ghana belong to the region of _____ Africa
West
The Serengeti is an example of what type of climate?
savanna
The Niger River is located in...
West Africa and has a boomerang shape
Tanzania, Rwanda, and Gabon belong to the region of _____ Africa
Central
What oceans border the African continent? (choose all that apply)
Indian Ocean Atlantic Ocean
What is the largest industry in Sub-Saharan Africa?
agriculture
Africa is the world's number one producer of _____
diamonds
What European country owned much of Central Africa and lost its colony due to its violent practices?
Belgium
The largest diamond mines in the world are located in __________.
Botswana
What tropical rainforest in Western Africa is considered the Earth's "second lung"?
Congo
What was the only nation in Sub-Saharan Africa that did not fall to European imperialism?
Ethiopia
In addition to their own culture, African culture has been heavily impacted by what two people groups?
Europeans and Arabs
What are languages spoken in Sub-Saharan Africa?
French Arabic Afrikaans English Bantu Dialects
What modern-day country used to be the center of the slave trade in Central Africa?
Gabon
What two West African countries are named after early empires that made fortunes selling salt and gold across the Sahara?
Ghana and Mali
West Africa contains what were known as the ______
Gold Coast, Ivory Coast, Pepper Coast, and Slave Coast
What climatic region of Sub-Saharan Africa is a transitional boundary between the Congo Basin and the Sahara?
Sahel
What is true about the climate of Africa's midlatitude regions?
The highlands in eastern Africa have temperate climates with lush vegetation.
The Zambezi River originates in...
Zambia and flows eastward to the Indian Ocean
The Namib desert is a ______ ______ in Southern Africa
coastal desert
The Congo River is the...
deepest river on Earth
The Sahel and many of the deserts in Sub-Saharan Africa have begun experiencing __________ in recent years.
desertification
What is the most common type of structure seen in many villages in Sub-Saharan Africa?
round hut
The Kalahari is a _____
semi-desert
What type of agriculture involves cutting down vegetation and forested areas, leaving them to dry out, and then burning them to create a rich layer of topsoil to grow food?
slash-and-burn agriculture
Most people living in Sub-Saharan Africa are ______________.
subsistence farmers
Kenya, Ethiopia, and Somalia belong to the region of _____ Africa
the Horn of
Central Africa is home to most of Africa's _____ _____
tropical rainforests
