GEOG Exam 2

In most cases, the colonial period in Africa formally came to an end during what decade?

1960s

According to the video, Crisis in the Congo, approximately how many people have died in the Congo since 1996?

6 Mil.

The Strait of Gibraltar is to the Mediterranean Sea as the Strait of Hormuz is to the:

Arabian Sea

What is the name of the semi-nomadic ethnic group that lives throughout North Africa?

Bedouins

Which of the groups discussed in this lecture consider themselves to be Arab?

Bedouins

The 'Old City' of Jerusalem is divided into four quarters based on ethno-religious groups.

Christian, Muslim, Armenian, Jewish

In which African nation did most of the violence of the Great African War (1998-2002?) occur?

DRC

Which two natural resources were discovered in South Africa in the 1860s?

Diamonds and Gold

In 2011, a widespread famine was caused by a severe drought in which region of Africa?

East Africa

Which European nation-state once controlled the majority of the territory in Western Africa?

France

In 1979, which nation-state detained over 50 US Citizens and held them hostage for 444 days?

Iran

Which ethnic group was attacked several times with chemical weapons (mustard gas) by Saddam Hussein during the 1980s and 1990s?

Kurds

Who are the semi-nomadic people that live on the border between Tanzania and Kenya?

Maasai

Three main holy cities in Islam?

Mecca, Medina, and Jerusalem

What type of climate is found along the southern tip of Africa?

Mediterranean-type climate

Who is the current president of Nigeria?

Muhammadu Buhari

Which country is currently the most populous in Africa?

Nigeria

Currently, there are two Sub-Saharan African nation-states that are members of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (O.P.E.C) - name them.

Nigeria and Angola

What general direction does the Nile River flow?

North

In which African country did Genocide occur in 1994 by the Hutu's against the Tutsi's?

Rwanda

The militant Islamist group known as al-Shabaab controls a large amount of territory in which of the following failed nation-states?

Somalia

What nation-state elected Nelson Mandela as their first black President in 1994?

South Africa

HIV/AIDS is most prevalent in which region of Africa?

Southern Africa

What is the name of the waterway that connects the Mediterranean Sea and the Red Sea?

Suez Canal

Which of the following nation-states is currently engaged in a bloody Civil War stemming from a pro-democracy uprising that began in March 2011 against President/Dictator Bashar al-Assad?

Syria

Describe the people known as the Boers?

The Dutch farmers who were among the first European settlers of South Africa

What creature causes sleeping sickness in both humans and domesticated animals in Africa?

Tsetse fly

Which two nation-states helped orchestrate the 1953 Iranian coup d'état, in which their democratically elected Prime Minister was removed from power?

United States and United Kingdom

What is the name of the waterfall located on the Zambezi River between the countries of Zambia and Zimbabwe?

Victoria Falls

Three African Great Lakes?

Victoria, Tanganyika, and Malawi

What is the name of the religious group that spins around in order to connect with Allah?

Whirling Dervishes

According to the video, Crisis in the Congo, why did Rwandan and Ugandan troops invade the Congo?

access to natural resources

The Biomes found in Western Africa can be visualized as horizontal bands that generally go from...

arid climate to wet climate

The warlord Charles Taylor used what natural resource acquired in neighboring Sierra Leone to fund his military actions in Liberia?

blood diamonds

With relatively little oil, Egypt relies on the profits it makes from exporting which cash crop?

cotton

The African Union is attempting to build the 'Great Green Wall' to stop __?__ which is a set of ecological changes that converts non-desert lands into desert.

desertification

What were the two natural resources that King Leopold II of Belgium was most interested in extracting during his rule of the Belgian Congo?

rubber and ivory

According to the video, Crisis in the Congo, the United States is associated with the violence in the Congo for all of the following reasons EXCEPT?

1. US provided weapons and financial aid to the Rwandan military 2. US supported several dictators in the region- Sese Seko, Kabila, Kagame 3. US has ignored the atrocities committed by the Rwandan troops and Rebel groups

The belief system that sees spirits existing everywhere and in everything is called:

Animism

What is the name of the waterway that separates the two halves of Istanbul - connecting the Black Sea with the Sea of Marmara?

Bosporus Strait

What is the name of the western region of Sudan where acts of Genocide occurred from 2003-2010?

Darfur

The Ayasofya (Hagia Sophia or Sancta Sophia) and the Blue Mosque are located in which city?

Istanbul, Turkey

Which two countries produce more than half of the world's supply of cocoa beans?

Ivory Coast and Ghana

Which River forms much of the northern border between Israel and Jordan?

Jordan

What is the name of the holy shrine located in the center of the al-Haram Mosque which Muslim pilgrims circle seven times while reciting prayers?

Kabba

Which capital city is situated on the confluence of the White Nile River & the Blue Nile River?

Khartoum

What is the tallest mountain in Africa - located in Tanzania?

Kiliminjaro

What is the name of the practice in certain societies of screening women from men or strangers by means of concealing them either through physical segregation of the sexes and/or the requirement for women to cover their bodies and conceal their form?

Purdah

Camels are the most important animals in the Sahara: the 'ships of the desert.' However, they were not an endemic species to the region. What group 'imported' them from Central Asia?

Romans

The "Scramble for Africa" led to the formation of which conference in 1884-85 that regulated in the subjugation of African Nations?

The Berlin Conference

What is the name of the largest Mosque in the world located in Mecca, Saudi Arabia?

The Great Mosque

The water from the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers eventually empties into the:

The Persian Gulf

What is the name of the semi-arid transitional region between the Sahara Desert to the north and the wetter regions of equatorial Africa to the south?

The Sahel

What was the first national park to be established in Africa in 1925? Today it is home to 25% of the remaining Mountain Gorillas left in the world and is where a good deal of violence occurred during the Great African War (1998-2002?).

Virunga