Sub-Saharan Africa

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Sub-Saharan Africa

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What phrase best defines basin?

1. Land area away from the coast
2. Tropical grasslands
3. Region drained by a river system
4. Area of higher mountainous land

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The steppes of Sub-Saharan Africa are becoming
less fertile. Which reason does not explain why
this is happening?

1. Climate changes
2. Plate tectonics
3. Human activities
4. Overusing water resources

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Which of the following is NOT an effect of
population growth in West Africa?

1. Shortened rainy season
2. Increased demand for food crops
3. Deforestation
4. Desertification

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Which statement best explains why Southern Africa
has the highest standard of living in Sub-Saharan
Africa?

1. Southern Africa has abundant wildlife.
2. Southern Africa has many deep lakes.
3. Southern Africa can export its many natural
   resources.
4. Southern Africa has many plateaus.

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What Sub-Saharan Africa country produces more oil
than any other Sub-Saharan Africa country?

1. Zambia
2. Tanzania
3. South Africa
4. Nigeria

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What has been the result of farmers growing cash
crops rather than food crops?

1. Less food is grown to feed Africans
2. More farmers are growing legumes
3. Many farmers are going out of business
4. Farmland is more susceptible to drought

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What is a pandemic?

1. An outbreak of disease that spreads only within a
   particular community
2. A disease that is spread by mosquitoes
3. A disease that is spread by poor sanitation
4. An outbreak of disease that spreads over a large
   area, even over much of the world

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What happened to the Lost Boys of Sudan who were
taken in by the US?

1. Most were homesick and returned home
2. Many attended high school and college
3. Many moved to other countries
4. Many contracted diseases

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What is a coup?

1. The legal takeover of a government
2. An illegal takeover of the government
3. A democratic takeover of a government
4. The takeover of a government by a religious group

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Which of the following has blocked economic
success in many Sub-Saharan African nations?

1. Overuse of natural resources
2. Poor soil
3. Conflict within countries
4. Lack of rainfall

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What is the greatest challenge to farmers in
Sub-Saharan Africa?

1. Too much rainfall
2. Lack of technology
3. Scarcity of freshwater
4. Land at high elevation

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How did Europeans decide where to put the borders
of their colonies?

1. They used Africas natural features such as
   rivers.
2. They divided Africa to meet their own resource
   needs.
3. They asked Africans to identify their cultural
   borders.
4. They researched the borders of ancient African
   empires.

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Who has benefited from oil wealth in Nigeria?

1. All citizens of the country
2. Only the people who live in the Delta
3. Mainly the people in power
4. Just the workers in oil refineries

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Why has Somalia had difficulty receiving unity?

1. Conflict between Muslim north and Christian south
2. Conflict between rival clans
3. Conflict between military forces and democratic
   rebels
4. Conflict among pirate groups

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Why havent African nations benefited more from
their mineral wealth?

1. They didnt discover the mineral resources until
   very recently
2. Corrupt governments took much of the profits from
   mining
3. People with traditional beliefs oppose digging
   the land
4. A lack of universities led a shortage of engineers

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How did farming in Africa change after
colonization?

1. Villages farmed as a community to feed everyone
2. People switched from growing grain to raising
   livestock
3. Colonial rulers distributed the land more fairly
4. People began to grow cash crops rather than food
   crops

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What is one reason the average life expectancy
for women in Sub-Saharan Africa is lower than in
North America?

1. Cancer
2. Heart attacks
3. Pneumonia
4. Tropical diseases

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What was the Middle Passage?

1. A voyage carrying enslaved Africans from island
   to island in the Caribbean
2. A voyage carrying enslaved Africans across the
   Atlantic
3. A caravan carrying enslaved Africans from Central
   africa to the coast
4. A caravan taking enslaved Africans across the
   Sahara

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Which countries in the region have the greatest
economic wealth?

1. In the north
2. Those with natural resources
3. Those in the interior
4. Those with deepwater lakes