Chapter 14 Central & Western Africa

Which country is the only landlocked Central African country?

Central African Republic

Several African villages whose inhabitants have a common ancestor form is called a ?

Clan

Burkina Faso means

"land of upright men

Burkina Faso means?

"land of upright men"

All of the French colonies in Africa had become independent by what year?

1960

The Congo River Basin drains all or part of how many different countries?

5

Regular winds from the Atlantic that dump rain along the equator in Africa are similar to those that dump rain on?

The Amazon River Basin

Which creature is responsible for the spread of African sleeping sickness?

Tsetse fly

From the end of WWII to 1960, who controlled Togo under a trusteeship

United Nations

The ceremonies that many Africans must go through to mark their official transitions from childhood to adulthood are called?

initiation rites

Sierra Leone mean?

lion mountains

Nigeria provides what fraction of U.S. oil imports

one-fifth

What are the three largest ethnic groups of Nigeria?

Hausa, Ibo, and Yoruba

After whom was the city of Monrovia named?

James Monroe

The largest city in sub-Saharan Africa is

Kinshasa

The largest city in sub-Saharan Africa?

Kinshasa

The Hausa tribe of Nigeria is predominantly

Muslim

Which West African country has the greatest population?

Nigeria

Largest city in all the countries formerly known as French West Africa is

Brazzaville

The largest city in all the countries known as French West Africa is ?

Brazzaville

Which river has a discharge volume second only to the Amazon River

Congo River

The country in Western and Central Africa with the lowest per capita calorie intake is ?

DRC (Democratic Republic of the Congo)

Which country consists of several islands and a small region on the African mainland?

Equatorial Guinea

What fact made Nigeria different from other colonies in Western Africa?

It was an English colony

Which country was the first black republic in Africa?

Liberia

Some of the poorest, least developed countries of the world are in what region of Africa?

sub-Saharan

What name is given to the area encompassing all the lands below the Sahara?

sub-Saharan Africa

The official language of African nations is usually?

the language of the most recent European ruler

What word means strong identification with a tribe that speaks the same language and dialect?

tribalism

What element of African society and culture is perhaps the most important concept in understanding life in Africa?

village