Deck 5: Sub-Saharan Africa

Question 1

About two-thirds of the global diamond trade is controlled by this South African conglomerate.

A)Tiffany's
B)De Pauls
C)De Beers
D)Kay's
E)Blue Nile

Answer 1

C

Question 2

The Savanna Grasslands of Africa have:

A)a short dry season
B)a long dry season
C)a long wet season
D)precipitation for half of the year; the rest of the year is a drought
E)none of these

Answer 2

B

Question 3

Oil is the major export from this country.

A)Nigeria
B)South Africa
C)Zimbabwe
D)Democratic Republic of the Congo
E)Kenya

Answer 3

A

Question 4

The highlands in this modern country were one of the centers of domestication of plants and animals in Sub-Saharan Africa.

A)Sudan
B)Egypt
C)Ethiopia
D)South Africa
E)none of these

Question 5

The Harmattan is a hot,dry wind that blows out of the:

A)interior of Africa
B)Indian Ocean
C)Atlantic Ocean
D)Mediterranean
E)none of these

Question 6

The planting of several crops together is called:

A)bush fallow
B)transhumance
C)shifting cultivation
D)slash-and-burn
E)intercropping

Question 7

Victoria Falls is located on the:

A)Nile River
B)Congo River
C)Zambezi River
D)Niger River
E)none of these

Question 8

About ________ percent of Africa is still forested.

A)40%
B)50%
C)70%
D)20%
E)virtually none

Question 9

The parasite bilharzia causes:

A)Schistosomiasis
B)Tripansosmiasis
C)Onchocerciasis
D)sleeping sickness
E)none of these

Question 10

The Great Rift Valley is located in:

A)Central Africa
B)Southern Africa
C)Northern Africa
D)Western Africa
E)Eastern Africa

Question 11

This is the major river system in Central Africa.

A)Niger
B)Zambezi
C)Congo
D)Nile
E)Okavango

Question 12

________ is famous for diamonds in Sub-Saharan Africa.

A)Nigeria
B)South Africa
C)Zimbabwe
D)Kenya
E)none of these

Question 13

This is the highest mountain on the African continent.

A)Kilimanjaro
B)Kenya
C)Cameroon
D)Drakensberg
E)Okavangu

Question 14

________ is a modification of shifting cultivation where crops are rotated around a village,fallow periods are shorter and soil may be enriched through household waste.

A)Bush fallow
B)Slash and burn
C)Pastoralism
D)Sedentary farming
E)none of these

Question 15

This is the largest island near Africa.

A)Madagascar
B)Mauritius
C)Sao Tome
D)Cape Verde
E)Mozambique

Question 16

Zambia is most noted for exports of:

A)copper
B)diamonds
C)petroleum
D)uranium
E)cacao

Question 17

Which one of the following diseases is caused by the tsetse fly?

A)malaria
B)sleeping sickness
C)ebola fever
D)bilharzia
E)none of these

Question 18

Approximately 80% of the population on Madagascar consists of subsistence farmers who use a slash and burn technique called ________ to clear forests.

A)swidden
B)intertillage
C)bush fallow
D)tavy
E)Sudd

Question 19

The overall life expectancy in Sub-Saharan Africa today is:

A)69
B)78
C)49
D)35
E)55

Question 20

The total population of Sub-Saharan Africa is estimated to reach approximately ________ by 2011.

A)1 billion
B)200 million
C)400 million
D)40 million
E)900 million

Question 21

The ethnic conflict between the Hutus and the Tutsis in the early 1990s was mostly in the countries of:

A)Rwanda and Burundi
B)Kenya and Tanzania
C)Namibia and Botswana
D)Ethiopia and Somalia
E)Liberia and Sierra Leone

Question 22

Large-scale segregation was established in the Republic of South Africa through the creation of:

A)reservations
B)ghettos
C)homelands
D)ethnoburbs
E)none of these

Question 23

This early Ethiopian society adopted Christianity around 500 A.D.

A)Aksum
B)Mali
C)Ghana
D)Songhai
E)Kinte

Question 24

Between 1600 and 1870,it is estimated that more than ________ million slaves were shipped to the Americans from Africa.

A)9 million
B)19 million
C)2 million
D)100 million
E)20 million

Question 25

These two countries ended the colonial period with civil wars between Soviet-supported Marxist forces and U.S.-supported pro-Western forces.

A)Angola and Mozambique
B)Namibia and Botswana
C)Rwanda and Burundi
D)Nigeria and Biafra
E)Ghana and Cote D'Ivoire

Question 26

The civil war in the late 1990s in Liberia spread to the neighboring country of:

A)Ghana
B)Gabon
C)Nigeria
D)Sierra Leone
E)Guinea

Question 27

How much of Sub-Sahara's land surface is covered by deserts?

A)one-half
B)three-fourths
C)one-third
D)two-fifths
E)four-fifths

Question 28

In Zimbabwe,half the GNI is associated with the:

A)informal economy
B)tertiary economy
C)manufacturing economy
D)quinary economy
E)none of these

Question 29

The Boers were southern African colonists from which European nation?

A)Great Britain
B)France
C)Netherlands
D)Belgium
E)none of these

Question 30

This river system in southern Africa drains into an inland delta.

A)Nile
B)Zambezi
C)Niger
D)Congo
E)Okavango

Question 31

The main conflict in Zimbabwe is based in:

A)white settlers owning the majority of the country's farmland
B)language differences among the major ethnicities
C)rivalries between Muslims and Christians
D)separatist movements in the eastern regions
E)the presence of foreign guest workers

Question 32

The last minority leader of the Republic of South Africa was:

A)Nelson Mandela
B)William de Klerk
C)William Livingstone
D)Roger Stanley
E)none of these

Question 33

This is the major river system in West Africa.

A)Niger
B)Congo
C)Zambezi
D)Nile
E)Okavango

Question 34

Which country was the first to gain independence in the 1950s?

A)South Africa
B)Kenya
C)Central African Republic
D)Botswana
E)Mozambique

Question 35

What was the purpose of the "Berlin Conference"?

A)divide Africa between the major European colonial powers
B)lay the groundwork for future independence of the African colonies
C)reassign German territories to the victors of WW I
D)create development plans for newly independent African countries
E)none of these

Question 36

The idea of ujamaa,promoted by Julius Nyerere,meant:

A)African socialism based on traditional values of communal ownership
B)adoption of Marxist principles
C)passive resistance to British control of tribal lands
D)the end of apartheid
E)none of these

Question 37

In the 19th century,the Boers settled on the high pastures in South Africa.What were these high pastures called?

A)altiplano
B)veld
C)tavy
D)harmattan
E)Sudd

Question 38

During the colonial period of Africa,why were Europeans reluctant to move into the interior of Africa?

A)The interior lacked lucrative resources for Europeans to exploit.
B)The Europeans were only interested in controlling the coastal areas.
C)The fear of diseases for which they had no natural immunity.
D)The Europeans did not have the resources to move into the interior.
E)none of these

Question 39

Benin and this modern country were once known as the "Slave Coast."

A)Nigeria
B)Ghana
C)Senegal
D)Mali
E)none of these

Question 40

You can find a Mediterranean climate in:

A)Zimbabwe
B)Somalia
C)Republic of South Africa
D)Chad
E)Gabon

Question 41

This is the largest country in population in Africa.

A)Nigeria
B)South Africa
C)Sudan
D)Democratic Republic of the Congo
E)Ghana

Question 42

Sub-Saharan Africa has the largest rural population in the world.

Question 43

What was the purpose of the South African "Pass Law"?

A)control public movements of non-whites
B)eliminate further entry of South Asians into the country
C)prevent interracial marriage
D)register non-whites to vote in national elections
E)none of these

Question 44

The Sahel region of West Africa borders the Sahara Desert and has highly variable rainfall and a human population dependent on pastoralism.

Question 45

The highest rates of AIDS infection are in:

A)Northern Africa
B)Southern Africa
C)Western Africa
D)Eastern Africa
E)none of these

Question 46

Africa is mainly a plateau continent.

Question 47

The discovery of quinine partly controlled bilharziasis.

Question 48

Which colonial power's policy was based on assimilation of native peoples?

A)Belgian
B)French
C)Portuguese
D)Spain
E)none of these

Question 49

The best estimate of the number of living languages spoken in Sub-Saharan Africa is:

A)10
B)200 to 300
C)less than 200
D)about 100
E)about 1,000

Question 50

Sub-Saharan Africa has a current doubling time of how many years?

A)29
B)58
C)94
D)4
E)71

Question 51

Approximately 98 percent of South Sudan's government budget comes from what export?

A)manufactured weapons
B)lumber
C)groundnuts
D)oil
E)coal

Question 52

Swahili is an example of a lingua franca.

Question 53

MDGs were established in 1975 to promote trade and cooperation with West Africa.

Question 54

One sport is particularly popular among Sub-Saharan African children.This sport is baseball.

Question 55

Sub-Saharan Africa's urbanization rate is approximately:

A)50 percent
B)20 percent
C)10 percent
D)40 percent
E)90 percent

Question 56

Christians slightly outnumber Muslims in Sub-Saharan Africa.

Question 57

Most people in Sub-Saharan Africa still practice pre-Christian,pre-Muslim religions.

Question 58

This is the largest Christian denomination in Sub-Saharan Africa.

A)Roman Catholicism
B)Dutch Calvinism
C)Anglicanism
D)Amharic Church
E)none of these

Question 59

A system of seasonal herd movements is called transhumance.

Question 60

In West Africa,oral traditions are associated with singers and storytellers,some of whom receive the respected name of:

A)tavey
B)griots
C)Sudd
D)megafauna
E)seers

Question 61

Fertility rates tend to be higher in African cities than in rural areas.

Question 62

African women with more education tend to have smaller families than those women with less education.

Question 63

Of those living in poverty throughout Sub-Saharan Africa,two-thirds are women.