Deck 5: Sub-Saharan Africa

Question 1

What are two "hidden" contributions to economic development in Africa?

A)female entrepreneurs,civil service
B)remittances,street vendors
C)telecommunications,urban agriculture
D)remittances,telecommunications
E)civil service,untaxed housekeepers

Answer 1

B

Question 2

Which of the following undermines African food security?

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

Answer 2

D

Question 3

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

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

Answer 3

D

Question 4

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

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

Question 5

What is the largest and highly biodiverse island near Africa?

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

Question 6

________ 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 the above

Question 7

Which of the following disease causes the most deaths in Africa?

A)Schistosomiasis
B)Malaria
C)River Blindness
D)Ebola
E)none of the above

Question 8

What type of climate do the Savanna Grasslands of Africa experience?

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 the above

Question 9

Victoria Falls is located on the:

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

Question 10

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 the above

Question 11

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 the above

Question 12

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

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 13

What is the planting of several crops together?

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

Question 14

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

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

Question 15

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 the above

Question 16

In what region of Africa is the Great Rift Valley located?

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

Question 17

What volcanic peak is the highest mountain on the African continent?

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

Question 18

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

Question 19

About ________ percent of Africa is still forested.

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

Question 20

What is the overall life expectancy in Sub-Saharan Africa,as of 2013?

A)69
B)78
C)49
D)35
E)56

Question 21

What factor(s)fueled the civil conflicts in the late 1990s in Liberia and Sierra Leone?

A)Ebola outbreak
B)diamond sales for arms
C)first elected woman head of state
D)Ebola outbreak and diamond sales for arms
E)all of the above

Question 22

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

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

Question 23

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

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

Question 24

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 the above

Question 25

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 26

Africa formed from ________ 200 million years ago,after breaking from the last super continent.

A)Rodinia
B)Pangea
C)Gondwanaland
D)Eurasia
E)none of the above

Question 27

By the 1950s,African geography reflected:

A)terms of trade
B)export orientation
C)communal land
D)inter-regional infrastructure
E)none of the above

Question 28

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

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

Question 29

Which country gained independence after the Mau-Mau rebellion?

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

Question 30

What African nation has one of the world's most comprehensive bills of rights and anti-discrimination constitutions?

A)Namibia
B)South Africa
C)Ghana
D)Ethiopia
E)Botswana

Question 31

What creates cool,dry conditions on the coast of Angola and intensifies desert conditions in the Kalahari?

A)Harmattan
B)Intertropical Convergence Zone
C)Subtropical High
D)Benguela Current
E)Sahel

Question 32

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 33

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

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

Question 34

What percent of Sub-Saharan Africans live on less than U.S.$2 a day?

A)50%
B)46%.
C)84%
D)70%
E)64%

Question 35

In 2002,debt in 12 African counties was ________ of the GNI.

A)73%
B)66%
C)53%
D)38%
E)25%

Question 36

This is the major river system in West Africa.

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

Question 37

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 38

What incited the 1990s hanging of Ogoni leader Ken Saro-Wiwa?

A)white settlers owning the majority of the country's farmland
B)oil pollution in the Niger Delta
C)rivalries between Muslims and Christians
D)separatist movements in the eastern regions
E)famine from the Biafra war

Question 39

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 40

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 41

What country in Africa is most vulnerable to climate change?

A)Nigeria
B)Somalia
C)Zambia
D)Bostwana
E)Kenya

Question 42

What percentage of the sub-Saharan African population is urban?

A)18%
B)20%
C)27%
D)37%
E)41%

Question 43

All of the following are dominant indigenous languages in Africa,except:

A)Zulu
B)Swahili
C)Hausa
D)Afrikaans
E)Ibo

Question 44

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

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

Question 45

Kenyans are moving from kerosene energy to what source?

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

Question 46

Which colonial power's policy was based on authoritarian rule and armed control of land?

A)British
B)French
C)Portuguese
D)Spain
E)none of the above

Question 47

What region borders the Sahara Desert,has highly variable rainfall and a human population dependent on pastoralism?

A)West Africa
B)East Africa
C)Horn of Africa
D)Central Africa
E)Sahel

Question 48

What African city was built as a colonial rail terminus and is home to the West African film industry?

A)Lagos
B)Nairobi
C)Johannesburg
D)Kinhasa
E)Soweto

Question 49

Refugees and internally displaced persons (IDP)originate from what countries?

A)Somalia,Mali,Sudan
B)Somalia,Sudan,Niger
C)Sudan,Mali,Ghana
D)all of the above
E)none of the above

Question 50

Who are the "Born Frees"?

A)African National Congress Youth League
B)black youth born after the end of apartheid in South Africa
C)child soldiers in Liberia and Sierra Leone
D)the Lord's Resistance Army in Uganda
E)children's soccer team in Cote d'Ivoire

Question 51

What is the Green Belt Movement?

A)a tree planting movement in Nairobi
B)a response to women's economic issues
C)led by Wangari Maathai
D)model for other sustainability movements
E)all of the above

Question 52

What is the strongest influence on fertility rates?

A)value of children in Africa
B)urban bias
C)GNI levels
D)conditions for women
E)HIV/AIDS

Question 53

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)more than 1,000

Question 54

African historian Ali Mazrui suggests that application of this tradition in political spheres can create cultural confusion:

A)ujamaa
B)reciprocity
C)clan allegiances
D)land held in trust by spirits
E)all of the above

Question 55

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

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 56

The highest rates of AIDS infection are in:

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

Question 57

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 58

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

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

Question 59

What percent of the Sub-Saharan Africa population is under the age of 15 years?

A)43%
B)55%
C)70%
D)25%
E)63%

Question 60

Which of the following Millennium Development Goals (MDG)have shown progress in Sub-Saharan Africa to their 2015 Goals?

A)CO₂ emissions
B)HIV/AIDS incidence
C)education enrollment
D)maternal morality
E)all of the above

Question 61

What is driving Chinese trade efforts in Africa?

A)raw materials like wood and minerals
B)access to oil reserves
C)textile and clothing markets
D)land
E)all of the above

Question 62

All of the following is true about HIV/AIDS in sub-Saharan Africa,except:

A)kills more people than war and malaria
B)more men than women have HIV/AIDS
C)at least 15.7 million AIDS orphans
D)cultural stigmas prevent care
E)infection rates are falling

Question 63

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

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