Question 1

Life expectancy in Sub-Saharan Africa is ________ years

Accepted Answer

A) 40 
B) 48 
C) 55 
D) 60 
E) 65 
A) 40 
B) 48 
C) 55 
D) 60 
E) 65

Question 2

One of the possible outcomes of climate change would be increased rainfall in

Accepted Answer

A) equatorial Central Africa 
B) the east coast of southern Africa 
C) the deserts of southern Africa 
D) the West African Coast 
E) the Sahel 
A) equatorial Central Africa 
B) the east coast of southern Africa 
C) the deserts of southern Africa 
D) the West African Coast 
E) the Sahel

Question 3

What is the term for a person who has fled from a conflict, but who still resides in his or her country of origin?

Accepted Answer

A) a refugee 
B) a dissident 
C) an excommunicated resident 
D) an internally displaced person 
E) an emigrant 
A) a refugee 
B) a dissident 
C) an excommunicated resident 
D) an internally displaced person 
E) an emigrant

Question 4

What is the Sahel and what are the problems currently facing this African region?

Accepted Answer

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Question 5

According to the graphic below, in which of the following countries does foreign aid make up the smallest percentage of their GNI?

Accepted Answer

A) Ghana 
B) Liberia 
C) Malawi 
D) Mali 
E) Burundi 
A) Ghana 
B) Liberia 
C) Malawi 
D) Mali 
E) Burundi

Question 6

What African city has been a major trans-Saharan trade center for over a millennium?

Accepted Answer

A) Nairobi 
B) Axum 
C) Tombouctou 
D) Dakar 
E) Lagos 
A) Nairobi 
B) Axum 
C) Tombouctou 
D) Dakar 
E) Lagos

Question 7

Africa's largest tropical rainforest, the Ituri rainforest, is located in the watershed of what river?

Accepted Answer

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

Question 8

What is the term for a social unit in Sub-Saharan Africa that is typically smaller than a tribe or ethnic group, but larger than a family, based on descent from a common ancestor?

Accepted Answer

A) clan 
B) royal family 
C) cultural group 
D) linguistic group 
E) extended family 
A) clan 
B) royal family 
C) cultural group 
D) linguistic group 
E) extended family

Question 9

What disease is a major problem in Sub-Saharan Africa, causing death and leaving many children orphaned?

Accepted Answer

A) cholera 
B) HIV/AIDS 
C) cancer 
D) heart disease 
E) tuberculosis 
A) cholera 
B) HIV/AIDS 
C) cancer 
D) heart disease 
E) tuberculosis

Question 10

In what region of Sub-Saharan Africa is desertification most severe?

Accepted Answer

A) the Sahel 
B) the Kalahari 
C) South Africa 
D) the Horn of East Africa 
E) the Congo 
A) the Sahel 
B) the Kalahari 
C) South Africa 
D) the Horn of East Africa 
E) the Congo

Question 11

What is the most important of the indigenous language groups of Sub-Saharan Africa?

Accepted Answer

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

Question 12

Which of the following countries would have the lowest HIV prevalence?

Accepted Answer

A) Ethiopia 
B) Botswana 
C) Lesotho 
D) Swaziland 
E) South Africa 
A) Ethiopia 
B) Botswana 
C) Lesotho 
D) Swaziland 
E) South Africa

Question 13

Where in Sub-Saharan Africa can you find a Mediterranean-type climate?

Accepted Answer

A) southern Africa 
B) central Africa 
C) western Africa 
D) eastern Africa 
E) directly below the Sahara Desert 
A) southern Africa 
B) central Africa 
C) western Africa 
D) eastern Africa 
E) directly below the Sahara Desert

Question 14

What is Sub-Saharan Africa's main trading partner?

Accepted Answer

A) the European Union 
B) the United States 
C) Asia 
D) North Africa 
E) Russia 
A) the European Union 
B) the United States 
C) Asia 
D) North Africa 
E) Russia

Question 15

From the 1500s until 1870, about how many Africans were transported to the Americas as slaves?

Accepted Answer

A) 500,000 
B) 1 million 
C) 5 million 
D) 7 million 
E) 12 million 
A) 500,000 
B) 1 million 
C) 5 million 
D) 7 million 
E) 12 million

Question 16

What form of Christianity is most common in Ethiopia?

Accepted Answer

A) Roman Catholicism 
B) Orthodox Christianity 
C) New Age Christians 
D) Coptic Christianity 
E) Protestantism 
A) Roman Catholicism 
B) Orthodox Christianity 
C) New Age Christians 
D) Coptic Christianity 
E) Protestantism

Question 17

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

Accepted Answer

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

Question 18

What influence does religious affiliation have on birthrates in Sub-Saharan Africa?

Accepted Answer

A) Religious affiliation plays a key role in fertility rates in the region, with Catholics and Muslims having the highest rates. 
B) Religious affiliation has little effect on fertility rates in the region. 
C) Religious affiliation plays a key role in fertility rates in the region, with Catholics having slightly higher rates than Muslims, and Animists having the lowest rates. 
D) Religious affiliation plays a key role in fertility rates in the region, with Animists having the highest fertility rates in the region. 
E) Religious affiliation plays a key role in fertility rates in the region, with Muslims having the highest fertility rates in the region. 
A) Religious affiliation plays a key role in fertility rates in the region, with Catholics and Muslims having the highest rates. 
B) Religious affiliation has little effect on fertility rates in the region. 
C) Religious affiliation plays a key role in fertility rates in the region, with Catholics having slightly higher rates than Muslims, and Animists having the lowest rates. 
D) Religious affiliation plays a key role in fertility rates in the region, with Animists having the highest fertility rates in the region. 
E) Religious affiliation plays a key role in fertility rates in the region, with Muslims having the highest fertility rates in the region.

Question 19

Write an essay discussing tropical deforestation in Sub-Saharan Africa. In 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?

Accepted Answer

The answer of Write an essay discussing tropical deforestation in...

Question 20

What role did disease play in European efforts to colonize Africa?

Accepted Answer

A) As in Latin America, European diseases devastated the populations of Sub-Saharan Africa, facilitating European conquest. 
B) Endemic tropical diseases in Sub-Saharan Africa killed many Europeans, and delayed their conquest of the region. 
C) Initially, endemic tropical diseases in Sub-Saharan Africa killed many Europeans, but later, European diseases devastated the peoples of Sub-Saharan Africa. 
D) Initially, European diseases devastated the peoples of Sub-Saharan Africa; later endemic tropical diseases in Sub-Saharan Africa killed many Europeans, but by then, European conquest was well underway. 
E) Disease played no role. 
A) As in Latin America, European diseases devastated the populations of Sub-Saharan Africa, facilitating European conquest. 
B) Endemic tropical diseases in Sub-Saharan Africa killed many Europeans, and delayed their conquest of the region. 
C) Initially, endemic tropical diseases in Sub-Saharan Africa killed many Europeans, but later, European diseases devastated the peoples of Sub-Saharan Africa. 
D) Initially, European diseases devastated the peoples of Sub-Saharan Africa; later endemic tropical diseases in Sub-Saharan Africa killed many Europeans, but by then, European conquest was well underway. 
E) Disease played no role.

Life expectancy in Sub-Saharan Africa is ________ years

One of the possible outcomes of climate change would be increased rainfall in

What is the term for a person who has fled from a conflict, but who still resides in his or her country of origin?

What is the Sahel and what are the problems currently facing this African region?

According to the graphic below, in which of the following countries does foreign aid make up the smallest percentage of their GNI?

What African city has been a major trans-Saharan trade center for over a millennium?

Africa's largest tropical rainforest, the Ituri rainforest, is located in the watershed of what river?

What is the term for a social unit in Sub-Saharan Africa that is typically smaller than a tribe or ethnic group, but larger than a family, based on descent from a common ancestor?

What disease is a major problem in Sub-Saharan Africa, causing death and leaving many children orphaned?

In what region of Sub-Saharan Africa is desertification most severe?

What is the most important of the indigenous language groups of Sub-Saharan Africa?

Which of the following countries would have the lowest HIV prevalence?

Where in Sub-Saharan Africa can you find a Mediterranean-type climate?

What is Sub-Saharan Africa's main trading partner?

From the 1500s until 1870, about how many Africans were transported to the Americas as slaves?

What form of Christianity is most common in Ethiopia?

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

What influence does religious affiliation have on birthrates in Sub-Saharan Africa?

Write an essay discussing tropical deforestation in Sub-Saharan Africa. In 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?

What role did disease play in European efforts to colonize Africa?

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Exam 6: Sub-Saharan Africa

Life expectancy in Sub-Saharan Africa is ________ years

One of the possible outcomes of climate change would be increased rainfall in

What is the term for a person who has fled from a conflict, but who still resides in his or her country of origin?

What is the Sahel and what are the problems currently facing this African region?

According to the graphic below, in which of the following countries does foreign aid make up the smallest percentage of their GNI?

What African city has been a major trans-Saharan trade center for over a millennium?

Africa's largest tropical rainforest, the Ituri rainforest, is located in the watershed of what river?

What is the term for a social unit in Sub-Saharan Africa that is typically smaller than a tribe or ethnic group, but larger than a family, based on descent from a common ancestor?

What disease is a major problem in Sub-Saharan Africa, causing death and leaving many children orphaned?

In what region of Sub-Saharan Africa is desertification most severe?

What is the most important of the indigenous language groups of Sub-Saharan Africa?

Which of the following countries would have the lowest HIV prevalence?

Where in Sub-Saharan Africa can you find a Mediterranean-type climate?

What is Sub-Saharan Africa's main trading partner?

From the 1500s until 1870, about how many Africans were transported to the Americas as slaves?

What form of Christianity is most common in Ethiopia?

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

What influence does religious affiliation have on birthrates in Sub-Saharan Africa?

Write an essay discussing tropical deforestation in Sub-Saharan Africa. In 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?

What role did disease play in European efforts to colonize Africa?

Concepts of World Geography

Physical Geography and the Environment

North America

Latin America

The Caribbean

Southwest Asia and North Africa

Europe

The Russian Domain

Central Asia

East Asia

South Asia

Southeast Asia

Australia and Oceania

Filters