QUIZ LUOA Sub-Saharan Africa (UPDATED)

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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


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