Question 1

This small country gains much of its importance because of its location on the Bab-el- Mandeb Strait at the mouth of the Red Sea:

Accepted Answer

A)  Ethiopia 
B)  Swaziland 
C)  Oman 
D)  Uganda 
E)  Djibouti

Question 2

Which of the following countries was established by former American slaves?

Accepted Answer

A)  Gambia 
B)  Guinea 
C)  Guinea-Bissau 
D)  Ghana 
E)  Liberia

Question 3

Which two colonial powers dominated West Africa?

Accepted Answer

A)  Britain and France 
B)  Portugal and Spain 
C)  Germany and Britain 
D)  the United States and France 
E)  Belgium and the Netherlands

Question 4

Namibia is a former colony of which European nation?

Accepted Answer

A)  Great Britain 
B)  France 
C)  Portugal 
D)  Germany 
E)  Belgium

Question 5

The Great Bantu Migration spread from north to south.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 6

The great river of Southern Africa is the ______________.

Accepted Answer

A)  Zambezi 
B)  Zimbabwe 
C)  Niger 
D)  Congo 
E)  Victoria

Question 7

The deadliest disease in Subsaharan Africa is _____.

Accepted Answer

A)  HIV/AIDS 
B)  malaria 
C)  sleeping sickness 
D)  hepatitis 
E)  Ebola

Question 8

Zambia,Sierra Leone,and Malawi were all British colonies.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 9

According to Figure 7-9,African sleeping sickness is a problem that limits cattle production in the country of South Africa.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 10

The primary source areas for slaves during the slave trade era were ______ and ______ Africa.

Accepted Answer

A)  West; Southern 
B)  West; East 
C)  Equatorial; Southern 
D)  North; West 
E)  East; Equatorial

Question 11

The southern part of Subsaharan Africa is more Islamic than the north.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 12

Before independence,the modern state of DRCongo was a colony of ______________.

Accepted Answer

A)  France 
B)  Germany 
C)  Britain 
D)  Belgium 
E)  South Africa

Question 13

The Kalahari Desert is found in the central part of DRCongo.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 14

The Berlin Conference took place immediately after World War I and was attended by colonial powers interested in giving independence to their African dependencies.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 15

The Yoruba are the dominant ethnic group in DRCongo.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 16

Ivory Coast and Ghana were both French colonies.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 17

West Africa is Subsaharan Africa's most populous region.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 18

The West African savanna states benefited from complementarity between the peoples of the forests and the peoples of the dry grasslands to the north.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 19

Which of the following countries is not located in Southern Africa?

Accepted Answer

A)  Botswana 
B)  Cameroon 
C)  Zimbabwe 
D)  Zambia 
E)  Moçambique

Question 20

Which of the following declared itself independent in 1990s and yet remains part of the failed state of Somalia?

Accepted Answer

A)  Somaliland 
B)  Puntland 
C)  Mogadishu 
D)  Ogadenland 
E)  the tip of the African Horn

Exam 8: The Subsaharan African Realm

This small country gains much of its importance because of its location on the Bab-el- Mandeb Strait at the mouth of the Red Sea:

Which of the following countries was established by former American slaves?

Which two colonial powers dominated West Africa?

Namibia is a former colony of which European nation?

The Great Bantu Migration spread from north to south.

The great river of Southern Africa is the ______________.

The deadliest disease in Subsaharan Africa is _____.

Zambia,Sierra Leone,and Malawi were all British colonies.

According to Figure 7-9,African sleeping sickness is a problem that limits cattle production in the country of South Africa.

The primary source areas for slaves during the slave trade era were and Africa.

The southern part of Subsaharan Africa is more Islamic than the north.

Before independence,the modern state of DRCongo was a colony of ______________.

The Kalahari Desert is found in the central part of DRCongo.

The Berlin Conference took place immediately after World War I and was attended by colonial powers interested in giving independence to their African dependencies.

The Yoruba are the dominant ethnic group in DRCongo.

Ivory Coast and Ghana were both French colonies.

West Africa is Subsaharan Africa's most populous region.

The West African savanna states benefited from complementarity between the peoples of the forests and the peoples of the dry grasslands to the north.

Which of the following countries is not located in Southern Africa?

Which of the following declared itself independent in 1990s and yet remains part of the failed state of Somalia?