9.27.F - Exam: 27-Week Exam
What culture and language group is common throughout Central Africa?
Bantu
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
Tanzania, Rwanda, Gabon
Central Africa
What tropical rainforest in Western Africa is considered the Earth's "second lung"?
Congo
What city was one of the largest trade ports during the Atlantic Slave Trade and is now the capital of Senegal?
Dakar
What country in Sub-Saharan Africa adopted Christianity in the fourth century AD?
Ethiopia
What was the only nation in Sub-Saharan Africa that did not fall to European imperialism?
Ethiopia
Kenya, Ethiopia, Somalia
Horn of Africa
Which of the following is true about attire in Sub-Saharan Africa?
People often wear vibrant clothing with complex patterns and designs.
What sea is bordered by the Suez Canal and feeds into the Indian Ocean via the Gulf of Aden?
Red Sea
What climatic region of Sub-Saharan Africa is a transitional boundary between the Congo Basin and the Sahara?
Sahel
Namibia, Botswana, Mozambique
Southern Africa
Namib
a coastal desert in southern Africa
Horn of Africa
a crossroads for peoples of African, Indian, Arab, and European descent
During religious ceremonies or ceremonial dances, Sub-Saharan Africans often wear _______ that depict either spirits or ancestors.
masks
A person that has left his or her homeland due to natural disasters, political oppression, or violence is called a/n ___________________?
refugee
A(n) _________ is a depression in the Earth's surface formed by gradually shifting tectonic plates.
rift valley
What is the most common type of structure seen in many villages in Sub-Saharan Africa?
round hut
Which of the following are major religions in Sub-Saharan Africa? (choose all that apply)
Christianity traditional religions Islam
What two tributaries form the Nile River?
- Blue Nile - White Nile
Which of the following is true about cities in Sub-Saharan Africa?
A sizeable portion of the population lives in modern cities.
In South Africa, the Dutch settlers' native language adapted and became known as ________.
Afrikaans
_________ was a political and societal system in South Africa that denied rights to certain ethnic and racial groups.
Apartheid
In addition to their own culture, African culture has been heavily impacted by what two people groups? (choose two)
Europeans Arabs
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
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
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
The ancient city of Timbuktu is located at what African river?
Niger River
In one sentence, explain the region of Sub-Saharan Africa in terms of boundaries.
The Sub-Saharan region is defined by distinctive landforms, great waterways, and abundant natural resources, each of which plays a direct influence into the area's climates, economies and cultures.
Which of the following is true about the climate of Africa's midlatitude regions?
The highlands in eastern Africa have temperate climates with lush vegetation.
What waterfall located on the Zambezi River is twice the size of Niagara Falls?
Victoria Falls
In two or three sentences, describe Victoria Falls.
Victoria Falls is a beautiful landmark where animals of all sizes come to meet and where we love to go and just listen to the waterfall. It is the Zambezi river that flows far and falls off a great cliff into a ditch. Where the water never rests.
Senegal, Mali, Ghana
West Africa
West Africa
contains what were known as the Gold Coast, Ivory Coast, Pepper Coast, and Slave Coast
Congo
deepest river on Earth
The continent of Africa consists of a series of plateaus that have steep cliffs called ____________.
escarpments
Central Africa
home to most of Africa's tropical rainforests
Sahara
largest hot desert in the world
Niger
located in West Africa and has a boomerang shape
Nile
longest river on Earth
When did European powers start carving up the entire continent of Africa among themselves?
nineteenth century
Zambezi
originates in Zambia and flows eastward to the Indian Ocean
What climatic region near the Equator has dry and rainy seasons?
savanna
In one or two sentences, explain how European colonization influenced Sub-Saharan Africa.
European colonization and Arab trade brought other languages to the region as well.
Which of these regions of Africa had the most contact with the wider world before European imperialism?
Horn of Africa
Kalahari
a semi-desert that has large areas of savanna land after it rains
