Question 1

Which of the following undermines African food security?

Accepted Answer

A) urban agriculture 
B) fair trade movement 
C) increasing yield 
D) land grabs 
E) all of the above 
A) urban agriculture 
B) fair trade movement 
C) increasing yield 
D) land grabs 
E) all of the above

Question 2

What factors led to starvation in the mid-1970s across Africa?

Accepted Answer

A) drought in the Sahel 
B) colonial legacy 
C) export crops 
D) all of the above 
E) none of the above 
A) drought in the Sahel 
B) colonial legacy 
C) export crops 
D) all of the above 
E) none of the above

Question 3

The total population of Sub-Saharan Africa is estimated to reach at least ________ by 2050.

Accepted Answer

A) 1 billion 
B) 950 million 
C) 1.5 billion 
D) 936 million 
E) none of the above 
A) 1 billion 
B) 950 million 
C) 1.5 billion 
D) 936 million 
E) none of the above

Question 4

What was one of the major centers of trade and culture in East Africa around 1000 C.E.?

Accepted Answer

A) Aksum 
B) Timbuktu 
C) Zanzibar 
D) Great Zimbabwe 
A) Aksum 
B) Timbuktu 
C) Zanzibar 
D) Great Zimbabwe

Question 5

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

Accepted Answer

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

Question 6

What sport is loved by children and played by their heroes Yaya Toure and Didier Drogba?

Accepted Answer

A) basketball 
B) soccer 
C) surfing 
D) track and field 
E) baseball 
A) basketball 
B) soccer 
C) surfing 
D) track and field 
E) baseball

Question 7

All of the following are true about African wildlife,except:

Accepted Answer

A) Large quantities of ivory went to England and Asia. 
B) Protected areas displace local people. 
C) Poaching leads to extinction. 
D) Conservation drones monitor rhino herds. 
E) all of the above 
A) Large quantities of ivory went to England and Asia. 
B) Protected areas displace local people. 
C) Poaching leads to extinction. 
D) Conservation drones monitor rhino herds. 
E) all of the above

Question 8

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

Accepted Answer

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

Question 9

This is the major river system in West Africa.

Accepted Answer

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

Question 10

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

Accepted Answer

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

Question 11

Kenyans are moving from kerosene energy to what source?

Accepted Answer

A) geothermal 
B) solar 
C) wind 
D) all of the above 
E) none of the above 
A) geothermal 
B) solar 
C) wind 
D) all of the above 
E) none of the above

Question 12

Which of the following is true about women in rural Africa?

Accepted Answer

A) supplement income with crafts 
B) work as subsistence and commercial farmers 
C) experience desertification effects 
D) effective poverty reduction 
E) supplement income with crafts,work as subsistence and commercial farmers,experience desertification effects 
A) supplement income with crafts 
B) work as subsistence and commercial farmers 
C) experience desertification effects 
D) effective poverty reduction 
E) supplement income with crafts,work as subsistence and commercial farmers,experience desertification effects

Question 13

Which nation-state(s)produce the most diamonds in Sub-Saharan Africa?

Accepted Answer

A) Nigeria 
B) South Africa 
C) Botswana 
D) Namibia 
E) South Africa,Botswana,and Namibia 
A) Nigeria 
B) South Africa 
C) Botswana 
D) Namibia 
E) South Africa,Botswana,and Namibia

Question 14

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

Accepted Answer

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 
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 15

What religion has been growing in Africa and attracts more than 10% of the population?

Accepted Answer

A) Roman Catholicism 
B) Islam 
C) Animism 
D) Evangelical Christianity 
E) none of the above 
A) Roman Catholicism 
B) Islam 
C) Animism 
D) Evangelical Christianity 
E) none of the above

Question 16

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

Accepted Answer

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

Question 17

Which of the following is true about the Dutch colonization of South Africa?

Accepted Answer

A) spoke Afrikaans 
B) practiced Calvinism 
C) believed in racial superiority 
D) called the Boers 
E) all of the above 
A) spoke Afrikaans 
B) practiced Calvinism 
C) believed in racial superiority 
D) called the Boers 
E) all of the above

Question 18

The following are examples of export crops and corresponding country of production,except:

Accepted Answer

A) tea,Kenya 
B) coca,Cote d'Ivoire 
C) coca,Ethiopia 
D) cotton,Benin 
E) rubber,Liberia 
A) tea,Kenya 
B) coca,Cote d'Ivoire 
C) coca,Ethiopia 
D) cotton,Benin 
E) rubber,Liberia

Question 19

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

Accepted Answer

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

Question 20

What is the largest and highly biodiverse island near Africa?

Accepted Answer

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

Which of the following undermines African food security?

What factors led to starvation in the mid-1970s across Africa?

The total population of Sub-Saharan Africa is estimated to reach at least ________ by 2050.

What was one of the major centers of trade and culture in East Africa around 1000 C.E.?

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

What sport is loved by children and played by their heroes Yaya Toure and Didier Drogba?

All of the following are true about African wildlife,except:

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

This is the major river system in West Africa.

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

Kenyans are moving from kerosene energy to what source?

Which of the following is true about women in rural Africa?

Which nation-state(s)produce the most diamonds in Sub-Saharan Africa?

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

What religion has been growing in Africa and attracts more than 10% of the population?

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

Which of the following is true about the Dutch colonization of South Africa?

The following are examples of export crops and corresponding country of production,except:

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

What is the largest and highly biodiverse island near Africa?

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Exam 5: Sub-Saharan Africa

Which of the following undermines African food security?

What factors led to starvation in the mid-1970s across Africa?

The total population of Sub-Saharan Africa is estimated to reach at least ________ by 2050.

What was one of the major centers of trade and culture in East Africa around 1000 C.E.?

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

What sport is loved by children and played by their heroes Yaya Toure and Didier Drogba?

All of the following are true about African wildlife,except:

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

This is the major river system in West Africa.

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

Kenyans are moving from kerosene energy to what source?

Which of the following is true about women in rural Africa?

Which nation-state(s)produce the most diamonds in Sub-Saharan Africa?

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

What religion has been growing in Africa and attracts more than 10% of the population?

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

Which of the following is true about the Dutch colonization of South Africa?

The following are examples of export crops and corresponding country of production,except:

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

What is the largest and highly biodiverse island near Africa?

World Regions in Global Context

Europe

The Russian Federation, central Asia, and the Transcaucasus

Middle East and North Africa

The United States and Canada

Latin America and the Caribbean

East Asia

South Asia

Southeast Asia

Oceania

Filters