Question 1

Approximately 98 percent of South Sudan's government budget comes from what export?

Accepted Answer

A) manufactured weapons 
B) lumber 
C) groundnuts 
D) oil 
E) coal 
A) manufactured weapons 
B) lumber 
C) groundnuts 
D) oil 
E) coal

Question 2

Zambia is most noted for exports of:

Accepted Answer

A) copper 
B) diamonds 
C) petroleum 
D) uranium 
E) cacao 
A) copper 
B) diamonds 
C) petroleum 
D) uranium 
E) cacao

Question 3

This is the highest mountain on the African continent.

Accepted Answer

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

Question 4

About ________ percent of Africa is still forested.

Accepted Answer

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

Question 5

Sub-Saharan Africa has the largest rural population in the world.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 6

Most people in Sub-Saharan Africa still practice pre-Christian,pre-Muslim religions.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 7

The Boers were southern African colonists from which European nation?

Accepted Answer

A) Great Britain 
B) France 
C) Netherlands 
D) Belgium 
E) none of these 
A) Great Britain 
B) France 
C) Netherlands 
D) Belgium 
E) none of these

Question 8

Large-scale segregation was established in the Republic of South Africa through the creation of:

Accepted Answer

A) reservations 
B) ghettos 
C) homelands 
D) ethnoburbs 
E) none of these 
A) reservations 
B) ghettos 
C) homelands 
D) ethnoburbs 
E) none of these

Question 9

________ 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.

Accepted Answer

A) Bush fallow 
B) Slash and burn 
C) Pastoralism 
D) Sedentary farming 
E) none of these 
A) Bush fallow 
B) Slash and burn 
C) Pastoralism 
D) Sedentary farming 
E) none of these

Question 10

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

Question 11

A system of seasonal herd movements is called transhumance.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 12

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 13

How much of Sub-Sahara's land surface is covered by deserts?

Accepted Answer

A) one-half 
B) three-fourths 
C) one-third 
D) two-fifths 
E) four-fifths 
A) one-half 
B) three-fourths 
C) one-third 
D) two-fifths 
E) four-fifths

Question 14

Sub-Saharan Africa has a current doubling time of how many years?

Accepted Answer

A) 29 
B) 58 
C) 94 
D) 4 
E) 71 
A) 29 
B) 58 
C) 94 
D) 4 
E) 71

Question 15

In the 19th century,the Boers settled on the high pastures in South Africa.What were these high pastures called?

Accepted Answer

A) altiplano 
B) veld 
C) tavy 
D) harmattan 
E) Sudd 
A) altiplano 
B) veld 
C) tavy 
D) harmattan 
E) Sudd

Question 16

The discovery of quinine partly controlled bilharziasis.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 17

Swahili is an example of a lingua franca.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 18

The overall life expectancy in Sub-Saharan Africa today is:

Accepted Answer

A) 69 
B) 78 
C) 49 
D) 35 
E) 55 
A) 69 
B) 78 
C) 49 
D) 35 
E) 55

Question 19

One sport is particularly popular among Sub-Saharan African children.This sport is baseball.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 20

African women with more education tend to have smaller families than those women with less education.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Approximately 98 percent of South Sudan's government budget comes from what export?

Zambia is most noted for exports of:

This is the highest mountain on the African continent.

About ________ percent of Africa is still forested.

Sub-Saharan Africa has the largest rural population in the world.

Most people in Sub-Saharan Africa still practice pre-Christian,pre-Muslim religions.

The Boers were southern African colonists from which European nation?

Large-scale segregation was established in the Republic of South Africa through the creation of:

________ 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.

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

A system of seasonal herd movements is called transhumance.

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

How much of Sub-Sahara's land surface is covered by deserts?

Sub-Saharan Africa has a current doubling time of how many years?

In the 19th century,the Boers settled on the high pastures in South Africa.What were these high pastures called?

The discovery of quinine partly controlled bilharziasis.

Swahili is an example of a lingua franca.

The overall life expectancy in Sub-Saharan Africa today is:

One sport is particularly popular among Sub-Saharan African children.This sport is baseball.

African women with more education tend to have smaller families than those women with less education.

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

Australia, new Zealand, and the South Pacific

Filters

Exam 5: Sub-Saharan Africa

Approximately 98 percent of South Sudan's government budget comes from what export?

Zambia is most noted for exports of:

This is the highest mountain on the African continent.

About ________ percent of Africa is still forested.

Sub-Saharan Africa has the largest rural population in the world.

Most people in Sub-Saharan Africa still practice pre-Christian,pre-Muslim religions.

The Boers were southern African colonists from which European nation?

Large-scale segregation was established in the Republic of South Africa through the creation of:

________ 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.

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

A system of seasonal herd movements is called transhumance.

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

How much of Sub-Sahara's land surface is covered by deserts?

Sub-Saharan Africa has a current doubling time of how many years?

In the 19th century,the Boers settled on the high pastures in South Africa.What were these high pastures called?

The discovery of quinine partly controlled bilharziasis.

Swahili is an example of a lingua franca.

The overall life expectancy in Sub-Saharan Africa today is:

One sport is particularly popular among Sub-Saharan African children.This sport is baseball.

African women with more education tend to have smaller families than those women with less education.

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

Australia, new Zealand, and the South Pacific

Filters