World Regional Geography: Chapter 6
Africa's undisputed film capital is a)Lagos, Nigeria b)Nairobi, Kenya c)Kinshasa, Congo d)Dakar, Senegal e)Bamako, Mali
a
Boko Haram is most associated with which nation in sub-Saharan Africa? a)Nigeria b)Sudan c)Somalia d)South Africa e)Congo
a
In what category are indigenous African religions generally placed? a)Animist b)Buddhist c)Christian d)Islamic e)Protestant
a
In what region of Sub-Saharan Africa is desertification most severe? a)the Sahel b)the Kalahari c)South Africa d)the Horn of East Africa e)the Congo
a
In which Sub-Saharan African island nation has commercial logging and agricultural clearing caused the tropical rainforest to disappear almost entirely from the eastern half of the island? a)Madagascar b)the Democratic Republic of Congo c)Republic of the Congo d)Gabon e)Ghana
a
Swidden agriculture involves a)burning the natural vegetation to release nutrients b)exporting high value agricultural goods c)the production of yams for export d)animal husbandry e)clear-cutting the forest for timber
a
The fertile soils of the Rift Valley are explained by a)volcanic activity associated with the area b)extensive glaciation during the last ice age c)voluminous river systems in the area d)voluminous river systems and extensive glaciation e)large-scale agricultural projects
a
The largest city and financial and transportation hub of southern Africa is a)Johannesburg b)Kinshasa c)Nairobi d)Addis Ababa e)Bamako
a
The total population of sub-Saharan Africa is a)just below one billion b)500 million c)1.5 billion d)250 million e)just over two billion
a
What country is the largest investor in Sub Saharan Africa? a)China b)The United States c)Australia d)France e)Great Britain
a
What is being proposed by NGOs as an alternative biofuel to reduce deforestation in Africa? a)Bamboo b)Eucalyptus c)Savanna Woodlands d)Tropical Hardwoods e)dung
a
What is the most important of the indigenous language groups of Sub Saharan Africa? a)Niger-Congo b)Khoisan c)Austronesian d)Nilo-Saharan e)Indo-European
a
What resource is fueling conflict in the West African countries of Liberia and Sierra Leone? a)Diamonds b)Petroleum c)Copper d)Aluminum e)Gold
a
Which country in Sub-Saharan Africa has the largest population in the region? a)Nigeria b)South Africa c)Angola d)Kenya e)Ethiopia
a
Which nation was born out of a Muslim-Christian civil war in 2011? a)South Sudan b)Rwanda c)Somalia d)Burundi e)South Africa
a
Approximately what fraction of Nigerian citizens live in cities? a)one-third b)one-half c)one-quarter d)two-thirds e)three-quarters
b
As a region, what is the unifying characteristic of Sub-Saharan Africa? a)common religious experience b)similar lifestyles and idea systems c)shared language d)unified political system e)similar cultural values
b
Family size is large in much of Sub-Saharan Africa for all of the following reasons, EXCEPT a)young marrying age of women b)infant and child mortality rates are low c)most women do not have high levels of education. d)birth control methods are neither readily available nor universally accepted e)rural lifestyle
b
Precipitation in Sub Saharan Africa a)primarily occurs in the summer months b)varies significantly c)is consistent year round d)is heaviest in winter months e)is greatest in the southern portion of the region
b
Sub-Saharan Africa a)contains about two billion people b)has a young population in comparison with western countries c)has a relatively high GNI per capita d)has seen declining population numbers in recent years due to AIDS e)is a region of middle-income countries
b
The AIDS crisis in Sub-Saharan Africa has its highest prevalence in a)West Africa (ex. Ghana, Ivory Coast) b)Southern Africa (South Africa, Malawi, Zambia) c)Central Africa (Congo, Rwanda, Burundi) d)East Africa (Kenya, Tanzania) e)urban areas across the continent
b
The average GNI adjusted for PPP in Sub Saharan Africa was a)$2200 b)$3400 c)5.4% d)4.3% e)$1.90/day
b
The grouping of people based on branches of a tribe or ethnic group is a a)Secessionist movement b)Clan c)Warlord d)Military coup e)Family
b
The overall regional life expectancy in sub-Saharan Africa is a)47 years b)57 years c)67 years d)77 years e)83 years
b
The physical geography of sub-Saharan Africa is best described by a)tropical lowlands that stretch across the continent b)a series of plateaus and elevated basins c)the presence of a high mountain range that runs the length of the continent, like the Andes in South America d)a series of rift valleys that traverse the continent from east to west, creating a high mountain range through the Sahel e)numerous mountain ranges which soar to the highest elevations on the planet
b
The policy of Apartheid is associated with which nation in sub-Saharan Africa? a)Nigeria b)South Africa c)Kenya d)Mozambique e)Zambia
b
What are the primary biofuels in Sub-Saharan Africa? a)non-renewable resources such as coal and oil that are used to power industrial operations in African factories b)wood and charcoal used for household energy needs c)a new form of synfuel that has been created to solve Sub-Saharan Africa's energy problems d)wood chips that are compacted together into log form and then sold at African markets for heating fuel e)fuels manufactured from food and lawn wastes
b
What is Sub-Saharan Africa's largest city? a)Nairobi, Kenya b)Lagos, Nigeria c)Cape Town, South Africa d)Kinshasa, Congo e)Accra, Ghana
b
What is a kleptocracy? a)an African democracy that is led by representatives from all its native tribes b)a state where corruption is so institutionalized that large percentages of the country's wealth is siphoned off by politicians and government bureaucrats c)an African nation that has recently achieved independence from its colonial masters d)an African nation that is communist ruled e)a state that allies itself with OPEC
b
What nation in sub-Saharan Africa split into a largely Arabic speaking Muslim north and a non-Arabic Christian south in 2011 after decades of civil war? a)Ethiopia b)Sudan c)Senegal d)Kenya e)Somalia
b
What physical processes are responsible for the creation of the Rift Valleys of eastern Africa? a)volcanism b)tectonic plates that are separating c)erosion by rivers d)desertification e)converging tectonic plates
b
Which country of Sub-Saharan Africa is the region's unchallenged economic powerhouse, yet also has one of the worst distributions of income in the world? a)Nigeria b)South Africa c)Botswana d)Gabon e)Sudan
b
Which of the following statements is TRUE regarding the ethno religious composition of Nigeria? a)Igbo are Muslim, Hausa are Christian and Yoruba are evenly mixed between the two faiths b)Igbo are Christian, Hausa are Muslim and Yoruba are evenly mixed between the two faiths c)Yoruba are Muslim, Hausa are Christian and Igbo are evenly mixed between the two faiths d)Hausa are Muslim, Yoruba are Christian and Igbo are evenly mixed between the two faiths e)Igbo are Muslim, Yoruba are Christian and Hausa are evenly mixed between the two faiths
b
Which of the following statements is TRUE regarding the population pyramids of Ethiopia and South Africa? a)South Africa has a younger population than Ethiopia b)Ethiopia is growing faster than South Africa c)Women have more children in South Africa than do women in Ethiopia d)There are roughly an equal number of males and females in their 30s in South Africa e)South Africa is growing faster than Ethiopia
b
Which of the following was a result of the Berlin Conference? a)the abolishment of slavery throughout Africa b)the creation of boundary divisions that often placed hostile ethnic groups in the same colonial territory c)the surrender of all German-held colonies in Africa d)the merging of all African colonies into one colonial entity controlled by England e)the expulsion of all European colonial powers from Africa
b
You are travelling to Senegal, Ivory Coast and Mali. Which language would be practical to learn before you depart? a)Spanish b)French c)Arabic d)English e)Portuguese
b
A ban on elephant poaching was removed in the late 1990s to a)provide needed monetary resources for developing economies in the region b)allow local ranchers to protect their cattle herds c)to allow some African states to sell down their inventories of ivory d)to supply ivory to the large Chinese market e)to cull elephant herds which had grown too large
c
Ali Farka Touré, known as the Bluesman of Africa, hailed from which nation in Africa? a)Nigeria b)Burkina Faso c)Mali d)Senegal e)Ghana
c
Desertification is a)desert belts that extend across the north of the continent b)removal of vegetative cover from tropical environments c)expansion of the desert due to human degradation of the environment d)expansion of the desert due to the seasonal changes in precipitation e)expansion of the desert due to loss of biodiversity
c
Ellen Johnson Sirleaf became the first elected female head-of-state in Africa in 2006. In which nation was she elected President? a)Tanzania b)South Africa c)Liberia d)Zimbabwe e)Democratic Republic of the Congo
c
Ethiopia and Kenya have dominated in which sport? a)soccer b)short-distance sprinting c)long-distance running d)rowing e)basketball
c
The Khoisan linguistic family is largely concentrated in which part of sub-Saharan Africa? a)the Horn of East Africa (ex. Somalia, Ethiopia) b)West Africa (ex. Senegal, Ghana) c)the Namibian Desert region of southwestern Africa d)the central Congo Basin e)the coastal regions of East Africa (ex. Kenya, Tanzania, Mozambique)
c
The Sub Saharan African vegetation zone characterized by a mixture of trees and tall grasses with rainfall occurring primarily during the summer season is a)Tropical Forest b)Desert c)Savanna d)Coniferous Forest e)Tropical and Coniferous Forest
c
The physical geography of southern Africa is defined by this landform, a steep cliff separating the coastal lowlands from the plateau uplands. a)The Rift Valley b)Lake Nyasa c)The Great Escarpment d)Gondwana e)Drakensberg Mountains
c
The transportation, financial and communication hub for all of East Africa is a)Addis Ababa b)Mombasa c)Nairobi d)Johannesburg e)Lagos
c
What country in the region is a cautionary tale about the limits of the ability of a valuable natural resource, such as oil, to promote development? a)Angola b)Sudan c)Nigeria d)South Africa e)Kenya
c
Where has the deadliest political and ethnic conflict, with an estimated war-related 5 million deaths, in the region been? a)Ivory Coast b)Kenya c)Democratic Republic of the Congo d)Uganda e)South Africa
c
Which European country lost all of its African colonies by 1920 as a result of World War I? a)Portugal b)Belgium c)Germany d)France e)England
c
Which nation hosted the World Cup in 2010, becoming the first African nation do to so? a)Somalia b)Ghana c)South Africa d)Kenya e)Nigeria
c
Which of the following is an example of Apartheid's lasting legacy on the urban landscape of South Africa? a)the mixture of European and Islamic architecture b)the presence of a "Global Central Business District" or CBD c)squatter settlements called townships d)the development of the Silicon Savannah e)the full integration of blacks and whites within the South African urban landscape
c
Which of the following regions in Sub-Saharan Africa seceded from its parent country, Ethiopia? a)Biafra b)Shaba province c)Eritrea d)Zululand e)South Africa
c
Which two contiguous African nations have the highest population density? a)Mali and Niger b)Benin and Togo c)Rwanda and Burundi d)Kenya and Tanzania e)Zambia and Zimbabwe
c
Which two languages began as trade languages in Sub-Saharan Africa and are now the most widely used languages in their respective regions? a)French and English b)Arabic and French c)Swahili and Hausa d)Swahili and Yoruba e)Spanish and Portuguese
c
An explanation for Sub Saharan Africa's relatively poor soils is a)most of the region's soils are old b)the lack of alluvial lowlands c)the extensive glaciation of the continent during the last ice age d)soils that are old and the lack of alluvial lowlands e)lack of extensive glaciation and older soils
d
Ethiopia and Eritrea adopted which form of Christianity? a)Roman Catholicism b)Orthodox Christianity c)Evangelical Christianity d)Coptic Christianity e)Protestantism
d
In the colonial period, what European country had primary control of western Africa? a)Spain b)Britain c)Portugal d)France e)Germany
d
On average, about how many children does a woman in Africa have during her lifetime? a)1 or 2 b)3 c)4 d)5 e)8 or more
d
Structural adjustment programs, promoted by the IMF involve a)implementation of "economic nationalism" programs b)maintenance of local currencies at artificially high levels c)debt forgiveness d)reduction in government spending e)increasing food subsidies
d
The current number of internally displaced persons within sub-Saharan Africa is approximately a)1 million b)2 million c)5 million d)11 million e)75 million
d
What African leader envisioned the political unity of Africa? a)Nelson Mandela of South Africa b)Jomo Kenyatta of Kenya c)Felix Houphouet-Boigny of Ivory Coast d)Kwame Nkrumah of Ghana e)Marcus Garvey
d
What African organization was created to help mediate disputes between neighbors in Africa? a)African Development Corporation b)United States of Africa c)Association of African Nations d)African Union e)Africa United
d
What river has been a major supplier of commercial energy for decades in the region of southern Africa? a)Congo b)Niger c)Nile d)Zambezi e)Limpopo
d
What was the first European country to have extensive contact with Sub-Saharan Africa? a)Spain b)Britain c)France d)Portugal e)Germany
d
When did most countries of Sub-Saharan Africa gain independence? a)during the first decade of the twentieth century b)in the years immediately following World War I c)in 1946 and 1947 d)from the mid-1950s through the mid-1960s e)in the 1990s
d
Which nation in East Africa has disintegrated into an ungovernable territory ruled by clans, warlords and militias? a)Ethiopia b)Eritrea c)Djibouti d)Somalia e)Kenya
d
Which of the following is NOT a problem associated with deforestation in the woodlands of the savannas in Sub-Saharan Africa? a)soil erosion b)shortage of biofuels c)the reliance upon biofuels d)flooding e)extreme economic hardship
d
Which of the following reflects one of the current favored explanations of African poverty? a)tropical environments b)lack of navigable rivers c)infertile soils d)depopulation due to the slave trade e)HIV/AIDS epidemic
d
Which of the following statements is TRUE regarding major religions within Africa? a)the majority of sub-Saharan Africa is Muslim b)the majority of sub-Saharan Africa is Christian c)the majority of northern Africa is Christian while the majority of southern Africa is Muslim d)the majority of northern Africa is Muslim while the majority of southern Africa is Christian e)the majority of sub-Saharan Africa is neither Christian nor Muslim
d
Which of the following statements regarding population density is TRUE? a)crude population density will always be higher than physiological density b)if the crude population density is low, the physiological density will be even lower c)crude population density is higher than agricultural density d)physiological density must be higher than crude population density e)agricultural density is rarely higher than crude population density in sub-Saharan Africa
d
Which region of Africa is a major natural gas producer? a)Central Africa b)Southwestern Africa c)in the Sahel of Northern Africa d)Southeastern Africa e)the Horn of Africa
d
Why did Professor Wangari Maathai of Kenya win the Nobel Peace Prize in 2004? a)She brought an end to Apartheid in South Africa b)She established the "Doctors Without Frontiers" program c)She negotiated a peace agreement in Darfur, Sudan d)Her Greenbelt Movement led to the planting of millions of trees e)She was able to lower population growth in rural Kenya
d
Sub-Saharan Africa is home to what percent of the global HIV/AIDS epidemic? a)5% b)10% c)25% d)50% e)70%
e
Sub-Saharan Africa is home to what percent of the world's uneducated children? a)one-fifth (20%) b)one-fourth (25%) c)one-third (33%) d)two-fifths (40%) e)one-half (50%)
e
The Amharic language family is largely found in which contemporary sub-Saharan African nation? a)Senegal b)Ghana c)Nigeria d)Madagascar e)Ethiopia
e
What do many experts attribute as a cause of many of Africa's civil conflicts? a)outside agitators b)uneven distribution of resources c)unemployment d)Apartheid e)the ill-conceived territorial divisions crafted at the Berlin Conference
e
What parts of Sub-Saharan Africa are most vulnerable to global climate change? a)highland regions b)the cities c)the temperate zones d)the tropical rainforests e)the arid and semi-arid regions
e
What percent of children in Sub-Saharan Africa dies before the age of five? a)0.2% b)2.0% c)2.2% d)12.2% e)20%
e
Which of the following countries did NOT receive African territory in the Berlin Conference? a)France b)Germany c)Great Britain d)Portugal e)United States
e
Which of the following locations is NOT a major population cluster within sub-Saharan Africa? a)the Niger Delta of Nigeria b)the rift valleys of Ethiopia c)the lake District of Rwanda, Burundi, Uganda and western Kenya d)the coastline of West Africa (Ghana, Ivory Coast, Senegal) e)the Namibian Desert
e
You are travelling to both Angola and Mozambique. Which language would be practical to learn before you depart? a)Spanish b)French c)Arabic d)English e)Portuguese
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