Deck 6: Sub-Saharan Africa

Question 1

What region has seen the deadliest political and ethnic conflict,with an estimated 5 million war-related deaths?

A) Ivory Coast
B) Kenya
C) Democratic Republic of the Congo
D) Uganda
E) Mali

Answer 1

C

Question 2

The soil type alfisols is found in what areas of Sub-Saharan Africa?

A) tropical rainforest
B) Sahara desert
C) grasslands and semidesert areas
D) the Sahel
E) grasslands, semidesert areas and the Sahel

Answer 2

E

Question 3

On average,about how many children does a woman in Sub-Saharan Africa have during her lifetime?

A) 1 or 2
B) 3
C) 4
D) 5
E) 8 or more

Answer 3

D

Question 4

The physical geography of southern Africa is defined by this landform,a steep cliff separating the coastal lowlands from the plateau uplands.

A) The Rift Valley
B) Lake Nyasa
C) The Great Escarpment
D) Gondwana
E) Kalahari Desert

Question 5

In what country are powdered rhino horns from Sub-Saharan Africa valued as a traditional medicine?

A) Yemen
B) China
C) Ghana
D) Niger
E) France

Question 6

A ban on elephant poaching was removed in the late 1990s to

A) provide needed monetary resources for developing economies in the region.
B) allow local ranchers to protect their cattle herds.
C) to allow some African states to sell down their inventories of ivory.
D) to supply ivory to the large Chinese market.
E) Elephants herds had recovered to a stable populations size.

Question 7

What has limited areas where cattle can be raised in Sub-Saharan Africa?

A) the encroachment of desert-like conditions in tropical rainforest areas
B) infestations of the tsetse fly
C) pastoralists claim to land for the purpose of blood and milk consumption
D) the introduction of coffee in Rwanda
E) the prevalence of lions and other large predators

Question 8

Precipitation in Sub-Saharan Africa

A) primarily occurs in the summer months.
B) varies significantly.
C) is consistent year round.
D) is heaviest in winter months.
E) is greatest in the southern portion of the region.

Question 9

What language began as a trade language in Sub-Saharan Africa and is now the most widely spoken language in the region?

A) French
B) Arabic
C) Swahili
D) Spanish
E) Portuguese

Question 10

As a region,what is the unifying characteristic of Sub-Saharan Africa?

A) common religious beliefs
B) similar livelihood systems and shared colonial experience
C) shared language
D) unified political system
E) similar philosophy

Question 11

An explanation for Sub-Saharan Africa's relatively poor soils is

A) that most of the region's soils are old.
B) the lack of alluvial lowlands.
C) the extensive glaciation of the continent during the last ice age.
D) that the soils that are old and the lack of alluvial lowlands.
E) the lack of extensive glaciation and older soils.

Question 12

Which indigenous language group is most widespread in Sub-Saharan Africa?

A) Niger-Congo
B) Khoisan
C) Austronesian
D) Nilo-Saharan
E) Indo-European

Question 13

What is being proposed as an alternative biofuel to reduce deforestation in Africa?

A) Bamboo
B) Eucalyptus
C) Savanna Woodlands
D) Tropical Hardwoods
E) Switchgrass

Question 14

What river has been a major supplier of commercial energy for decades in the region of southern Africa?

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

Question 15

What African leader envisioned the political unity of Africa?

A) Nelson Mandela of South Africa
B) Jomo Kenyatta of Kenya
C) Felix Houphouet-Boigny of Ivory Coast
D) Kwame Nkrumah of Ghana
E) Robert Mugabe of Zimbabwe

Question 16

Swidden agriculture involves

A) burning the natural vegetation to release nutrients.
B) exporting high value agricultural goods.
C) the production of yams for export.
D) animal husbandry.
E) irrigating desert farm land.

Question 17

What country in the region is a cautionary tale about the limits of the ability of a valuable natural resource,such as oil,to promote development?

A) Angola
B) Sudan
C) Nigeria
D) South Africa
E) Namibia

Question 18

Judith Carney has documented the introduction of this plant by African slaves to the Americas,leading to its eventual global popularity.

A) Sorghum
B) Millet
C) Corn
D) Rice
E) Yams

Question 19

The Sub-Saharan African vegetation zone characterized by a mixture of trees and tall grasses with rainfall occurring in late Spring through early Fall is

A) Tropical Forest.
B) Desert.
C) Savanna.
D) Coniferous Forest.
E) Tropical and Coniferous Forest.

Question 20

Which of the following is an example of Apartheid's lasting legacy on the urban landscape of South Africa?

A) the mixture of European and Islamic architecture
B) the presence of a "Global Central Business District" or CBD
C) squatter settlements called townships
D) the development of the Silicon Savannah
E) the walled and gated palace in Ibadan

Question 21

Discuss the benefits and problems of foreign aid versus foreign investment in Sub-Saharan Africa.

Question 22

Discuss how African culture is connected to the globalization processes.Be sure to discuss the diffusion of African culture outside of Africa as well as the ways Africa is being influenced by a global culture.

Question 23

Once independence was achieved,Sub-Saharan Africa countries were able to resolve ethnic and political conflicts within countries and regions.

Question 24

All African countries are members of the Organization of African Unity (OAU).

Question 25

Why was the Berlin conference both an important event and an important symbol of European colonialism in Sub-Saharan Africa?

Question 26

Write an essay discussing wildlife conservation efforts in Sub-Saharan Africa.Where has the decline of wildlife in this region been especially problematic? What are some of the initiatives that have been undertaken to conserve this resource?

Question 27

European colonization was effective in countries throughout Sub-Saharan Africa,with the one exception of Ethiopia.

Question 28

Write an essay discussing tropical deforestation in Sub-Saharan Africa.Which countries in this region is deforestation especially problematic,and in which countries is it not so? What are the reasons for the differing rates of deforestation in these locations?

Question 29

What is the typical status of women in Sub-Saharan Africa? Are there any signs of improvement?

Question 30

Women in Sub-Saharan Africa generally do not suffer the kinds of traditional social restrictions encountered in other parts of the developing world.

Question 31

The first ten years after independence many Sub-Saharan Africa countries faced food insecurity and depressed economies.

Question 32

Efforts to reduce fertility rates in Sub-Saharan Africa did not begin in earnest until the 1980s.

Question 33

Family size is large in much of Sub-Saharan Africa because of the high rate of urbanization.

Question 34

What factors explain the large family size of Sub-Saharan Africa? What conditions would be necessary to encourage parents to have smaller families?

Question 35

In the colonial period,which European country had primary control of northwest Africa?

A) Spain
B) Britain
C) Portugal
D) France
E) Germany

Question 36

What country outside of the region is involved in a 21ˢᵗ-century "land grab" in Sub-Saharan Africa?

A) China
B) the United States
C) Australia
D) France
E) Great Britain

Question 37

Write an essay in which you discuss the role of conflict diamonds in ethnic and political conflict in Sub Saharan Africa.What is the Kimberly Process and how is it being used to address the connection between diamonds and conflict in Sub-Saharan Africa?

Question 38

Which of the following reflects one of the current favored explanations of African poverty?

A) tropical environments
B) lack of navigable rivers
C) infertile soils
D) depopulation due to the slave trade
E) dependence on foreign food-aid

Question 39

The average GNI adjusted for PPP in Sub-Saharan Africa was

A) $2200.
B) $3300.
C) the lowest in the world.
D) $2200 and the lowest in the world.
E) $3300 and the second lowest in the world.