Unit 09: Sub Saharan Africa

Which statement best describes how globalization has historically affected Sub-Saharan Africa?

Most often the region has been exploited for its natural resources

Which political patter resulting from European colonization characterized South Africa for much of the second half of the 20th century?

A system of legal racist segregation was introduced with power limited to a minority of whites

The Namib Desert was formed due to -

Climatic forces

Where in Sub-Saharan Africa is the development of the forestry industry taking place?

Congo River Basin

Which environmental change has resulted from increasing population pressures and overgrazing in the Sahel?

Desertification

Which natural disasters have the greatest impact on economic development in Sub-Saharan Africa?

Droughts

How does a history of colonization in Sub-Saharan Africa impact sustainable economic development in the region today?

Economies based on the exploration of raw materials were established in Sub-Saharan Africa

Which of the following describes how political patterns in South Africa changed by the end of the twentieth century?

Elections were held for the first time with universal suffrage

Geographers consider Sub-Saharan Africa a culture region because the area is characterized by cultures that are influenced by -

Ethnic group traditions

Which statement best describes the perception European leaders had of African culture in the 19th century?

Ethnic traditions were viewed as uncivilized and therefore colonization of the region was justified

While both Latin America and Sub-Saharan Africa have been culturally influenced by European colonization, in Sub-Saharan Africa that colonization differed because -

European colonists did not outnumber native populations

Which cultural element is distinguished by a patter of enormous diversity in Sub-Saharan Africa?

Languages

Many living in Sub-Saharan primarily earn a living engaged in farming or pastoral herding, resulting in a region that is characterized by economies that are considered -

Less developed

How is the practice of micro-lending changing patterns in Sub-Saharan Africa?

Many women are creating cottage industries

What is one way that overgrazing in the Sahel is changing the physical geography of this region?

Previous areas of savannna are turning into desert

How is Sub-Saharan Africa culturally distinct from North Africa?

Sub-Saharan Africa is characterized by more linguistic diversity

Women living in rural areas of Africa are generally involved in the economic activity of -

Subsistence farming

Which physical process is responsible for the creation of rift valleys in Sub-Saharan Africa?

Tectonic forces

How has the desert landscape of the Sahara influenced historical migration patterns in Africa?

The Sahara Desert has attracted migrants to the area to herd cattle

Which biome is characteristic of central Sub-Saharan Africa nearest the equator?

Tropical Rain forests

The practice of animism in Africa is characterized by -

a belief in spirits revealed in all of nature

Sub-Saharan Africa is home to a diversity of biomes which has resulted in a place that is characterized by -

economies that are dependent on the land

Declining agricultural productivity throughout much of Sub-Saharan Africa is contributing to -

large-scale rural to urban migration

The primary influences on the climates of Africa are -

latitude and wind systems

After years of a north-south civil war in Sudan, South Sudan formed as a separate nation in 2011 after a majority of the people living there -

voted in a referendum for independence