Sub-Saharan Africa review
The practice of animism in Africa is characterized by-
A belief in spirits revealed in all of nature.
How are the perception of both groups in conflict in South Sudan impacting the region?
Both groups are unwilling to compromise resulting in human rights violations
How was the Namib desert formed?
Climatic forces
Which natural disasters have the greatest impact on economic development in Sub-Saharan Africa?
Colonial territorial claims
Where in Sub-Saharan Africa in the development of the forestry industry taking place?
Congo River Basin
What is one way that overgrazing in the Sahel is changing the physical geography of this region?
Desertification
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
What best 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
What best describes the perception European leaders had of African culture in the nineteenth century?
Ethnic traditions were viewed as unciviled and therefore colonization of the region was justified.
While both Latin America and Sub-SaharanAfrica have been culturally influenced by European colonization, in Sub-Saharan Africa that colonization differed because-
European colonists did not out number native populations
What are 4 economic indicators for the standard of living in a given country?
GDP, literacy rate, infant mortality, life expectancy
Declining agriculture productivity throughout much of Sub-Saharan Africa is contributing to-
Large-scale rural to urban migration
How is the practice of micro-lending changing economic patterns in Sub-Saharan Africa?
Many women creating cottage industries.
How has globalization historically affected Sub-Saharan Africa?
Most often the region has been exploited for its natural resources.
How is Sub-Saharan Africa culturally distinct from North Africa?
Sub-Saharan Africa- linguistic diversity.
Which physical process is responsible for the creation of rift valleys in Sub-Saharan Africa?
Techtonic forces
How has the desert landscape of the Sahara influenced historical migration patterns in Africa?
The Sahara desert has served as a barrier to travel and migration.
Which biome is characteristic of central Sub-Saharan Africa nearest the equator?
Tropical rainforests
What environmental change has resulted from increasing population pressures and overgrazing in the Sahel?
desertification
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.
What factor is creating a challenge for some groups in Sub-Saharan Africa to maintain their traditional cultural practices?
enviornmental changes.
one result of the cultural diffusion of religion in Sub-Saharan Africa is-
growth of religious conflict.
Cities in Arica will likely __________ in size in the near future.
increase
Which cultural element is distinguished bu a pattern of enormous diversity in Sub-Saharan Africa?
languages
The primary influences on the climates of Africa are-
latitude and wind systems
Many living in Sub-Saharan Africa primarily earn a living engaged in farming or pastoral herding, resulting in a region that is characterized by economies that are considered
less developed
Women in rural areas of Africa are genetallu involved in the economic activity of-
substitance farming
What political pattern resulting from European colonization characterized South Africa for much of the second half of the twentieth century?
universal suffarage
After a north-south civil war in Sudan, South Sudan formed as a separate nation in 2011 after a majority of people living there-
voted in a referendum for independence.
