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Africa Unit Exam RMS
Exam Questions
Question | Answer |
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The mouth of the Niger River is in the country of | Nigeria |
Name the country south of Egypt. | Sudan |
Name the country with the largest area of rainforest. | Democratic Republic of the Congo |
Name the desert in southern Africa. | Kalahari |
Name the area south of the Sahara. | Sahel |
Name the river that flows north through Sudan and Egypt. | Nile River |
Name the mountain range in northwestern Africa. | Atlas |
Name Africa's largest lake. | Victoria |
Name the body of water located between Africa and the Arabian Peninsula. | Red Sea |
Name the body of water north of Africa. | Mediterranean Sea |
Name the largest desert in the world. | Sahara |
True or False: The Sahel receives enough rain for growing crops. | False - the Sahel receives very little rainfall. |
What word means the desert is expanding? | Desertification |
What is the occupation of most people living in the Sahara? | Nomadic herders |
Most Arabs practice the religion of _________ | Islam |
True or False: the judicial branch of the government makes laws. | False - the legislative branch makes laws |
True or False: in a theocracy, the religious leaders and the government leaders are the same people. | True |
True or False: Most girls in Africa are encouraged to go to school | False - most families believe the girls should stay home and marry. |
Who makes the economic decisions in a command economy? | The government |
Who specializes in oil? | Nigeria |
Name the following country that places great importance on human capital - Nigeria, Kenya or South Africa. | South Africa - they stress education and training for workers. |
Define Apartheid | Separation of whites and non-whites. |
Who freed Nelson Mandela from prison? | F.W. de Klerk |
Why did Nelson Mandela go to prison? | He was fighting against the government to end Apartheid. |
Why was the 1884 Berlin Conference held? | To divide up Africa among the European countries. |
Is the Nile River in eastern or western Africa? | Eastern |
Factories, machines and tools are examples of _________ ____________ | Capital goods |
Define nationalism. | Loyalty and love for one's country. |
The Europeans drew random boundaries to divide Africa. How did this effect the continent? | Put ethnic and religious groups together that did not get along. |
What is the main religion in northern Africa? | Islam |
In what country can most of the Ashanti tribe be found? | Ghana |
True or False: The major religion of the Bantu people is Christianity. | False - they practice many different religions. |
Who holds all of the power in a federal form of government? | Power is shared between national and local governments. |
Which of the following countries has an autocratic government (the people have very few rights) - Kenya, South Africa or Sudan | Sudan |
What is the main disease in sub-Saharan Africa? | AIDS |
Name the highest mountain in Africa. | Mt. Kilimanjaro |
Is the Swahili ethnic group mainly in eastern or western Africa? | Eastern |
True or False: Water is readily available in all African countries. | False - water is unevenly distributed throughout Africa. |
True or False: One cause of desertification is deforestation. | True. |
In what areas of Africa can the best farmland and the most animals be found? | The grasslands of the savanna. |
Why did the Europeans colonize Africa? | For the natural resources. |
In what two countries can guinea worm still be found? | Ghana and Sudan |
What African country recently voted to divide itself into two countries? | Sudan |
True or False: One result of AIDS is a large number of orphaned children. | True. |
Developed or developing: Countries with a large number of people who farm | Developing |
What did countries around the world do to try to get South Africa to end Apartheid? | Put an embargo on South Africa. |
Embargoes, tariffs and quotas are all examples of _____________ ___________________ | Trade barriers - anything that prevents or slows down one country from exchanging goods with another. |
When local governments have more power than the central government this is a _____________ | Confederation |
In what type of economy would you be most likely to find bartering? Command, market or traditional? | Traditional |
Taking over a country for economic and military advantages is called _______________ | Imperialism |
When did most African countries gain their independence from the Europeans? | 1950's to 1970's |
Who was the first black president of South Africa? | Nelson Mandela |
When did ALL South Africans get to vote? | 1994 |