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Chapter.8 Exam Prep The Subsaharan African Realm

Package Title: Test Bank

Course Title: Regions 18e

Chapter Number: 8

Question Type: Multiple Choice

1) Which of the following associations is INCORRECT?

a) Niger River—Mali

b) Congo River—DRCongo

c) Zambezi River—Zambia

d) White Nile River—South Sudan

e) Orange River—Nigeria

Difficulty: Medium

Learning Objective: Discuss the main geographic features defining this realm including its general physical geography.

Standard 1: Bloom's || Knowledge

Section Reference: Defining the Realm

2) Which of the following is associated with the concept of continental drift?

a) separate development

b) Pangaea

c) land alienation

d) continentality

e) apartheid

Difficulty: Easy

Learning Objective: Discuss the realm’s unusual physiography including the prevalence of plateaus, basins, the African Transition Zone, and the East African rift valleys.

Standard 1: Bloom's || Knowledge

Section Reference: Africa’s Physiography

3) The rifts shown on the map in Figure 8-2 are found predominantly near this feature:

A map of Africa’s physiography shows the continent’s basins, plateaus, and rift valley. The Sahara desert area is a plateau broken up by three basins: from west to east the Djouf, Chad, and Sudan Basins. South and east of these basins are the Futa Jallon Highlands in West Africa, the Jos Plateau in northern Nigeria, the Adamawa Highlands in Cameroon and the Central African Republic, and the Ethiopian Highlands. South of the Adamawa is the Congo Basin, and to the west of the Congo Basin Lake Victoria and its environs are marked as a basin within a wider plateau. The Bihe Plateau runs west to east across Angola and Zambia, and north to south along the Atlantic coast the through the length of Namibia. The Kalahari Basin that makes up most of Botswana separates the Bihe Plateau from the Highveld (plateau) in South Africa. Madagascar is also identified as a plateau. The rift is identified as running the length of the Red Sea, cutting through the Ethiopian Highlands, following the chain of lakes from Lake Victoria south through Lake Tanganyika and Lake Malawi. Around and south of Lake Malawi, the rift divides into various arms that generally define the river basins of southern Africa.

a) the Niger River

b) Lake Victoria

c) the Namib Desert

d) the Kalahari Basin

e) the Cape of Good Hope

Difficulty: Easy

Learning Objective: Discuss the realm’s unusual physiography including the prevalence of plateaus, basins, the African Transition Zone, and the East African rift valleys.

Standard 1: Bloom's || Application

Section Reference: Africa’s Physiography

4) The first Europeans to develop trading relationships with West Africa were the

  1. Spanish
  2. French
  3. English
  4. Dutch
  5. Portuguese

Difficulty: Easy

Learning Objective: Outline the realm’s pre-colonial and colonial histories including the impact of the slave trade.

Standard 1: Bloom's || Knowledge

Section Reference: Africa’s Historical Geography

5) Historically West Africa shows a high degree of regional complementarity between ____________.

a) Islamic and African languages

b) French and British colonies

c) former West Africa and East Africa

d) peoples in the east and peoples in the west

e) peoples of the tropical forest and peoples of the dry interior

Difficulty: Medium

Learning Objective: Outline the realm’s pre-colonial and colonial histories including the impact of the slave trade.

Standard 1: Bloom's || Knowledge

Section Reference: Africa’s Historical Geography

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

a) France

b) Germany

c) Britain

d) Belgium

e) South Africa

Difficulty: Medium

Learning Objective: Outline the realm’s pre-colonial and colonial histories including the impact of the slave trade.

Standard 1: Bloom's || Knowledge

Section Reference: Africa’s Historical Geography

7) Which of the following states was not a colony of France prior to its independence?

a) Ivory Coast

b) Chad

c) Ghana

d) Senegal

e) Burkina Faso

Difficulty: Hard

Learning Objective: Outline the realm’s pre-colonial and colonial histories including the impact of the slave trade.

Standard 1: Bloom's || Knowledge

Section Reference: Africa’s Historical Geography

8) Which of the following countries was not a British colony prior to its independence?

a) Zimbabwe

b) Zambia

c) Kenya

d) Ethiopia

e) Malawi

Difficulty: Hard

Learning Objective: Outline the realm’s pre-colonial and colonial histories including the impact of the slave trade.

Standard 1: Bloom's || Knowledge

Section Reference: Africa’s Historical Geography

9) Of the following, which European country was the last to give up its African colonies?

a) Italy

b) Germany

c) the Netherlands

d) Belgium

e) Portugal

Difficulty: Hard

Learning Objective: Outline the realm’s pre-colonial and colonial histories including the impact of the slave trade.

Standard 1: Bloom's || Knowledge

Section Reference: Africa’s Historical Geography

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

a) West; Southern

b) West; East

c) Equatorial; Southern

d) North; West

e) East; Equatorial

Difficulty: Medium

Learning Objective: Outline the realm’s pre-colonial and colonial histories including the impact of the slave trade.

Standard 1: Bloom's || Knowledge

Section Reference: Africa’s Historical Geography

11) According to Figure 8-6, the largest proportion of the West African slave trade went to ___________________.

A map shows the relative volumes and destinations of flows of the Atlantic Slave Trade between 1701 and 1810. Approximately 5,000,000 slaves were shipped to Brazil, with major flows originating from West Africa and Angola, and a smaller flow originating from Moçambique. Approximately 3,000,000 slaves to the French Caribbean came from West Africa and Equatorial Africa. Approximately 1,000,000 slaves to the Dutch Caribbean came from West Africa. Approximately 1,000,000 slaves to British North America came from the Atlantic coast of West Africa; a slightly larger flow came from the same area to Spanish America; and a flow of approximately 3,000,000 came from this same area to the British Caribbean. A small flow of less than a half-million came from West Africa to the Danish Caribbean. The map also indicates roughly 1,000,000 slaves were shipped from Kenya to Arabia during this same period.

a) North America

b) the British Caribbean Islands

c) the French Caribbean Islands

d) Brazil

e) the Arabian Peninsula

Difficulty: Medium

Learning Objective: Outline the realm’s pre-colonial and colonial histories including the impact of the slave trade.

Standard 1: Bloom's || Application

Section Reference: Africa’s Historical Geography

12) Based on the maps shown in Figure 8-7, which country nearly created a total north-south ("Cape-to-Cairo") axis of control in colonial Subsaharan Africa?

A map shows colonization in Africa by the principal European colonizers. The United Kingdom colonized much of eastern North Africa, East Africa, and southern Africa, including territories comprising the present-day countries of: Gambia, Sienna Leone, Ghana, Nigeria, Libya, Egypt, Sudan, South Sudan, Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania, Malawi, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Botswana, South Africa, Eswatini, and Lesotho; it also colonized northeastern regions of Somalia. France colonized much of western North Africa, West Africa, and Equatorial Africa, including territories comprising the present-day countries of: Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Guinea, Burkina Faso, Mauritania, Mali, Senegal, Cote D’Ivoire, Togo, Benin, Niger, Djibouti, Chad, Cameroon, Republic of Congo, Gabon, and Madagascar. Spain colonized territories comprising the present-day countries of Western Sahara and Equatorial Guinea. Belgium colonized territory comprising the present-day Democratic Republic of Congo, Rwanda, and Burundi. Portugal colonized territories comprising the present-day countries of Angola and Moçambique. Germany colonized present-day Namibia. Italy colonized territories comprising the present-day Eritrea and western Somalia. Liberia and Ethiopia are designated as independent nations that were not colonized by European powers.

a) France

b) Great Britain

c) Belgium

d) Portugal

e) Spain

Difficulty: Hard

Learning Objective: Outline the realm’s pre-colonial and colonial histories including the impact of the slave trade.

Standard 1: Bloom's || Application

Section Reference: Africa’s Historical Geography

13) Land tenure refers to _______________.

a) the balance between population and land resources

b) the sustainable development level of a tract of land

c) the way people own, occupy, and use land

d) the time period farmers contractually own land

e) a form of subsistence farming

Difficulty: Easy

Learning Objective: Discuss main land uses in the realm including the colonial legacy, land ownership, farming, agri-business and so-called “land-grabs.”

Standard 1: Bloom's || Knowledge

Section Reference: Human-Environment Relations

14) Farmers in Subsaharan Africa today are greatly assisted by the advent of _______.

a) Green Revolution crop varieties

b) women more engaged in farming

c) free chemical fertilizers

d) mobile telephone systems

e) access to better, foreign-owned land

Difficulty: Medium

Learning Objective: Discuss main land uses in the realm including the colonial legacy, land ownership, farming, agri-business and so-called “land-grabs.”

Standard 1: Bloom's || Knowledge

Section Reference: Human-Environment Relations

15) A disease that spreads worldwide is known as a(n) ___________.

a) vector

b) globular diffusion

c) pandemic

d) endemic

e) epidemic

Difficulty: Easy

Learning Objective: Discuss the realm’s challenges in terms of public health and use examples of sleeping sickness, HIV/AIDS, and Ebola.

Standard 1: Bloom's || Knowledge

Section Reference: Population and Health

16) The deadliest disease in Subsaharan Africa is _____.

a) HIV/AIDS

b) malaria

c) sleeping sickness

d) hepatitis

e) Ebola

Difficulty: Easy

Learning Objective: Discuss the realm’s challenges in terms of public health and use examples of sleeping sickness, HIV/AIDS, and Ebola.

Standard 1: Bloom's || Knowledge

Section Reference: Population and Health

17) Which of the following is a lingua franca for much of eastern Africa?

a) Bantu

b) Kalahari

c) Swahili

d) Sharia

e) English

Difficulty: Hard

Learning Objective: Describe prevailing geographic patterns of language and religion across the realm.

Standard 1: Bloom's || Knowledge

Section Reference: Cultural Geographies

18) Which country has the largest population in Africa?

a) DRCongo

b) Nigeria

c) Kenya

d) Ghana 

e) South Africa

Difficulty: Hard

Learning Objective: Discuss the general location and geography of this region and sub-regions, especially Nigeria.

Standard 1: Bloom's || Knowledge

Section Reference: West Africa

19) Which of the following countries is not located in West Africa?

a) Senegal

b) Togo

c) Somalia

d) Gambia

e) Liberia

Difficulty: Easy

Learning Objective: Discuss the general location and geography of this region and sub-regions, especially Nigeria.

Standard 1: Bloom's || Knowledge

Section Reference: West Africa

20) Which two colonial powers dominated West Africa?

a) Britain and France

b) Portugal and Spain

c) Germany and Britain

d) the United States and France

e) Belgium and the Netherlands

Difficulty: Easy

Learning Objective: Discuss the general location and geography of this region and sub-regions, especially Nigeria.

Standard 1: Bloom's || Knowledge

Section Reference: West Africa

21) Nigeria's old capital of Lagos was situated within the culture area of the people known as the_______________.

a) Zulu

b) Yoruba

c) Boers

d) Ibo

e) Hausa

Difficulty: Hard

Learning Objective: Discuss the general location and geography of this region and sub-regions, especially Nigeria.

Standard 1: Bloom's || Knowledge

Section Reference: West Africa

22) The country that moved its capital from Lagos to the more centrally-located city of Abuja is ____________.

a) Nigeria

b) Tanzania

c) DRCongo

d) Niger

e) Ethiopia

Difficulty: Easy

Learning Objective: Discuss the general location and geography of this region and sub-regions, especially Nigeria.

Standard 1: Bloom's || Knowledge

Section Reference: West Africa

23) The first West African state to gain its independence, formerly known as the Gold Coast, is __________.

a) Ghana

b) Guinea

c) Sierra Leone

d) Nigeria

e) Benin

Difficulty: Medium

Learning Objective: Discuss the general location and geography of this region and sub-regions, especially Nigeria.

Standard 1: Bloom's || Knowledge

Section Reference: West Africa

24) This West African country borders Liberia and is a former French colony.

a) Senegal

b) Sierra Leone

c) Niger

d) Guinea

e) Ghana

Difficulty: Medium

Learning Objective: Discuss the general location and geography of this region and sub-regions, especially Nigeria.

Standard 1: Bloom's || Knowledge

Section Reference: West Africa

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

a) Gambia

b) Guinea

c) Guinea-Bissau

d) Ghana

e) Liberia

Difficulty: Easy

Learning Objective: Discuss the general location and geography of this region and sub-regions, especially Nigeria.

Standard 1: Bloom's || Knowledge

Section Reference: West Africa

26) Which of the following countries is not located in East Africa?

a) Nigeria

b) Kenya

c) Uganda

d) Tanzania

e) Burundi

Difficulty: Easy

Learning Objective: Discuss the general location and geography of this region’s constituent countries; the significance of ‘mobile money’ across the realm.

Standard 1: Bloom's || Knowledge

Section Reference: East Africa

27) Tourism, once a particularly important business in _______________, struggles to remain viable in the face of numerous challenges:

a) Liberia

b) Kenya

c) Uganda

d) Egypt

e) Nigeria

Difficulty: Medium

Learning Objective: Discuss the general location and geography of this region’s constituent countries; the significance of ‘mobile money’ across the realm.

Standard 1: Bloom's || Knowledge

Section Reference: East Africa

28) The ethnic group exerting the greatest political influence in Kenya is the________________.

a) Hutu

b) Kikuyu

c) Swahili

d) Tutsi

e) Xhosa

Difficulty: Hard

Learning Objective: Discuss the general location and geography of this region’s constituent countries; the significance of ‘mobile money’ across the realm.

Standard 1: Bloom's || Knowledge

Section Reference: East Africa

29) Dar-es-Salaam is the capital of _____________.

a) Saudi Arabia

b) Tanzania

c) Kenya

d) Somalia

e) Ethiopia

Difficulty: Medium

Learning Objective: Discuss the general location and geography of this region’s constituent countries; the significance of ‘mobile money’ across the realm.

Standard 1: Bloom's || Knowledge

Section Reference: East Africa

30) Which of the following countries borders Lake Victoria?

a) South Sudan

b) Uganda

c) Malawi

d) DRCongo

e) Ethiopia

Difficulty: Medium

Learning Objective: Discuss the general location and geography of this region’s constituent countries; the significance of ‘mobile money’ across the realm.

Standard 1: Bloom's || Knowledge

Section Reference: East Africa

31) Two countries that were originally part of German East Africa but were reassigned to the Belgians after World War I are ___________.

a) Tanzania and Kenya

b) Zimbabwe and Zambia

c) Zanzibar and Madagascar

d) Rwanda and Burundi

e) Congo and DRCongo

Difficulty: Hard

Learning Objective: Discuss the general location and geography of this region’s constituent countries; the significance of ‘mobile money’ across the realm.

Standard 1: Bloom's || Knowledge

Section Reference: East Africa

32) Rwanda and Burundi ______________.

a) have both driven out their Hutu populations

b) are Subsaharan Africa's most densely populated countries

c) were former British colonies

d) both border Lake Victoria

e) now constitute the newly-formed country of Rwundi

Difficulty: Medium

Learning Objective: Discuss the general location and geography of this region’s constituent countries; the significance of ‘mobile money’ across the realm.

Standard 1: Bloom's || Knowledge

Section Reference: East Africa

33) Which of the following countries is not located in Equatorial Africa?

a) Gabon

b) Congo

c) Ivory Coast

d) Cameroon

e) Central African Republic

Difficulty: Medium

Learning Objective: Discuss the general location and geography of this region and constituent countries, especially the DRC and South Sudan.

Standard 1: Bloom's || Knowledge

Section Reference: Equatorial Africa

34) The capital of DRCongo is ____________.

a) Nairobi

b) Lagos

c) Brazzaville

d) Kinshasa

e) Dakar

Difficulty: Medium

Learning Objective: Discuss the general location and geography of this region and constituent countries, especially the DRC and South Sudan.

Standard 1: Bloom's || Knowledge

Section Reference: Equatorial Africa

35) The two peoples who fought each other in the Rwandan civil war are the __________.

a) Xhosa and Yoruba

b) Muslims and Christians

c) Boers and Afrikaners

d) Hutus and Tutsis

e) Rwandans and Burundians

Difficulty: Medium

Learning Objective: Discuss the general location and geography of this region’s constituent countries; the significance of ‘mobile money’ across the realm.

Standard 1: Bloom's || Knowledge

Section Reference: East Africa

36) The country in Equatorial Africa with significant oil supplies and the only coastal capital is _______.

a) Congo

b) Cameroon

c) Central African Republic

d) Gabon

e) Angola

Difficulty: Hard

Learning Objective: Discuss the general location and geography of this region and constituent countries, especially the DRC and South Sudan.

Standard 1: Bloom's || Knowledge

Section Reference: Equatorial Africa

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

a) Somaliland

b) Puntland

c) Mogadishu

d) Ogadenland

e) the tip of the African Horn

Difficulty: Hard

Learning Objective: Discuss the general location and geography of this region’s constituent countries; the significance of ‘mobile money’ across the realm.

Standard 1: Bloom's || Knowledge

Section Reference: East Africa

38) Which of the following countries is located in the Horn of Africa?

a) South Sudan

b) Mali

c) Niger

d) Nigeria

e) Ethiopia

Difficulty: Easy

Learning Objective: Discuss the general location and geography of this region’s constituent countries; the significance of ‘mobile money’ across the realm.

Standard 1: Bloom's || Knowledge

Section Reference: East Africa

39) 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:

a) Ethiopia

b) Swaziland

c) Oman

d) Uganda

e) Djibouti

Difficulty: Medium

Learning Objective: Discuss the realm’s rapid urbanization and economic growth; dependency on raw material production and need for integration; Chinese involvement.

Section Reference: Urbanization and Africa’s Dual Economies

40) According to Figure 8-19, which country does NOT contain oil reserves?

A map of Equatorial Africa highlights Chad, Cameroon, Central African Republic, South Sudan, Democratic Republic of Congo, Congo, Gabon, and Equatorial Guinea. It marks the urban population centers, areas most-affected by rebel activity (2019), oilfields, railroads, roads, and oil pipelines. Kinshasa, capital city of Democratic Republic of Congo, is the largest city of Equatorial Africa with a population of over 5,000,000 residents. Cities with population ranging between 1,000,000 and 5,000,000 include Douala and Yaoundé (capital) in Cameroon; Brazzaville (capital) in Congo; and Lubumbashi in Democratic Republic of Congo. A number of cities have populations between 250,000 and 1,000,000, including Libreville (capital) in Gabon; N’Djamena (capital) in Chad; Bangui (capital) in Central African Republic; and Juba (capital) in South Sudan. The region is dotted with a many cities with populations under 250,000. Areas most affected by rebel activity in 2019 include North Kivu and South Kivu provinces in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, bordering Rwanda and Burundi. Oilfields are located in coastal Gabon, as well as off the Atlantic coast of Gabon, Congo, and Democratic Republic of Congo; oilfields are also located south of Doba in Chad and in the northern regions of South Sudan. There are few rail lines indicated, and road networks are sparse, as well, primarily linking just the cities indicated on the map. Oil pipelines link the fields of South Sudan with Sudan, and two projected pipelines are mapped. One projected pipeline will run from Juba east into Uganda, and another is projected to run from the Doba Basin oilfield in Chad through Cameroon to the port of Kribi.

a) Nigeria

b) Chad

c) South Sudan

d) Central African Republic

e) Gabon

Difficulty: Medium

Learning Objective: Discuss the general location and geography of this region and constituent countries, especially the DRC and South Sudan.

Standard 1: Bloom's || Application

Section Reference: Equatorial Africa

41) A unique aspect of Madagascar is that _______________

a) the Great Rift Valley originates in the central part of the country

b) the population is of Malay origin

c) it produces exceptional quantities of salt

d) the island is controlled by South Africa whose apartheid system still prevails there

e) most of the population is of East African ancestry

Difficulty: Medium

Learning Objective: Discuss the general location and geography of this region’s constituent countries; the significance of ‘mobile money’ across the realm.

Standard 1: Bloom's || Knowledge

Section Reference: East Africa

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

a) Botswana

b) Cameroon

c) Zimbabwe

d) Zambia

e) Moçambique

Difficulty: Easy

Learning Objective: Discuss the general location and geography of this region and of the sub-regions (Northern Tier, Middle Tier, and South Africa; the substantial natural resources but also the impacts of global climate change.

Standard 1: Bloom's || Knowledge

Section Reference: Southern Africa

43) The great river of Southern Africa is the ______________.

a) Zambezi

b) Zimbabwe

c) Niger

d) Congo

e) Victoria

Difficulty: Easy

Learning Objective: Discuss the general location and geography of this region and of the sub-regions (Northern Tier, Middle Tier, and South Africa; the substantial natural resources but also the impacts of global climate change.

Standard 1: Bloom's || Knowledge

Section Reference: Southern Africa

44) People of Dutch ancestry in South Africa are called ______________.

a) Highveld Hollanders

b) Afrikaners

c) Cape Boers

d) Great Trekkers

e) the Transylvania

Difficulty: Easy

Learning Objective: Discuss the general location and geography of this region and of the sub-regions (Northern Tier, Middle Tier, and South Africa; the substantial natural resources but also the impacts of global climate change.

Standard 1: Bloom's || Knowledge

Section Reference: Southern Africa

45) The Boer War took place in ____________.

a) Burkina Faso

b) South Africa

c) the Netherlands

d) East Africa

e) Nigeria

Difficulty: Medium

Learning Objective: Discuss the general location and geography of this region and of the sub-regions (Northern Tier, Middle Tier, and South Africa; the substantial natural resources but also the impacts of global climate change.

Standard 1: Bloom's || Knowledge

Section Reference: Southern Africa

46) The natural environment of Botswana is dominated by ____________.

a) mountains associated with the Great Escarpment

b) the Kalahari Desert

c) coastal swamps and deltas

d) tropical rainforest

e) the inland delta of the Niger River

Difficulty: Medium

Learning Objective: Discuss the general location and geography of this region and of the sub-regions (Northern Tier, Middle Tier, and South Africa; the substantial natural resources but also the impacts of global climate change.

Standard 1: Bloom's || Knowledge

Section Reference: Southern Africa

47) Which of the following countries is the home of the Shona and Ndebele tribes where whites have been expelled by government-backed squatters seeking their land?

a) Botswana

b) Cameroon

c) Zimbabwe

d) Zambia

e) Tanzania

Difficulty: Hard

Learning Objective: Discuss the general location and geography of this region and of the sub-regions (Northern Tier, Middle Tier, and South Africa; the substantial natural resources but also the impacts of global climate change.

Standard 1: Bloom's || Knowledge

Section Reference: Southern Africa

48) The now-independent country that once was a German colony named South West Africa is _____________.

a) Namibia

b) Botswana

c) Malawi

d) Tanzania

e) Togo

Difficulty: Hard

Learning Objective: Discuss the general location and geography of this region and of the sub-regions (Northern Tier, Middle Tier, and South Africa; the substantial natural resources but also the impacts of global climate change.

Standard 1: Bloom's || Knowledge

Section Reference: Southern Africa

49) Namibia is a former colony of which European nation?

a) Great Britain

b) France

c) Portugal

d) Germany

e) Belgium

Difficulty: Medium

Learning Objective: Discuss the general location and geography of this region and of the sub-regions (Northern Tier, Middle Tier, and South Africa; the substantial natural resources but also the impacts of global climate change.

Standard 1: Bloom's || Knowledge

Section Reference: Southern Africa

Question Type: True-False

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

Difficulty: Hard

Learning Objective: Discuss the general location and geography of this region and of the sub-regions (Northern Tier, Middle Tier, and South Africa; the substantial natural resources but also the impacts of global climate change.

Standard 1: Bloom's || Knowledge

Section Reference: Southern Africa

51) The supercontinent, Pangaea, at one time joined together what is now Africa, South America, Antarctica, Australia, Madagascar, and India.

Difficulty: Medium

Learning Objective: Discuss the realm’s unusual physiography including the prevalence of plateaus, basins, the African Transition Zone, and the East African rift valleys.

Standard 1: Bloom's || Knowledge

Section Reference: Africa’s Physiography

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

Difficulty: Medium

Learning Objective: Outline the realm’s pre-colonial and colonial histories including the impact of the slave trade.

Standard 1: Bloom's || Knowledge

Section Reference: Africa’s Historical Geography

53) Africa's ethnic territories coincide fairly well with its political boundary framework.

Difficulty: Medium

Learning Objective: Outline the realm’s pre-colonial and colonial histories including the impact of the slave trade.

Standard 1: Bloom's || Knowledge

Section Reference: Africa’s Historical Geography

54) A lack of writing cultures resulted in a largely inaccurate record of pre-colonial African history.

Difficulty: Hard

Learning Objective: Outline the realm’s pre-colonial and colonial histories including the impact of the slave trade.

Standard 1: Bloom's || Knowledge

Section Reference: Africa’s Historical Geography

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

Difficulty: Medium

Learning Objective: Outline the realm’s pre-colonial and colonial histories including the impact of the slave trade.

Standard 1: Bloom's || Knowledge

Section Reference: Africa’s Historical Geography

56) The upper basin of the Niger River has been an area of far greater cultural development over time than its coastal delta region.

Difficulty: Medium

Learning Objective: Outline the realm’s pre-colonial and colonial histories including the impact of the slave trade.

Standard 1: Bloom's || Knowledge

Section Reference: Africa’s Historical Geography

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

Difficulty: Medium

Learning Objective: Outline the realm’s pre-colonial and colonial histories including the impact of the slave trade.

Standard 1: Bloom's || Knowledge

Section Reference: Africa’s Historical Geography

58) Ivory Coast and Ghana were both French colonies.

Difficulty: Easy

Learning Objective: Outline the realm’s pre-colonial and colonial histories including the impact of the slave trade.

Standard 1: Bloom's || Knowledge

Section Reference: Africa’s Historical Geography

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

Difficulty: Easy

Learning Objective: Outline the realm’s pre-colonial and colonial histories including the impact of the slave trade.

Standard 1: Bloom's || Knowledge

Section Reference: Africa’s Historical Geography

60) The Great Bantu Migration spread from north to south.

Difficulty: Medium

Learning Objective: Outline the realm’s pre-colonial and colonial histories including the impact of the slave trade.

Standard 1: Bloom's || Knowledge

Section Reference: Africa’s Historical Geography

61) Africa's distributions of climate and vegetation are almost symmetrical about the equator.

Difficulty: Easy

Learning Objective: Discuss main land uses in the realm including the colonial legacy, land ownership, farming, agri-business and so-called “land-grabs.”

Standard 1: Bloom's || Knowledge

Section Reference: Human-Environment Relations

62) Most African families still depend on subsistence agriculture.

Difficulty: Medium

Learning Objective: Discuss main land uses in the realm including the colonial legacy, land ownership, farming, agri-business and so-called “land-grabs.”

Standard 1: Bloom's || Knowledge

Section Reference: Human-Environment Relations

63) Given the importance of subsistence farming in this realm, the Green Revolution has had great impact here.

Difficulty: Medium

Learning Objective: Discuss main land uses in the realm including the colonial legacy, land ownership, farming, agri-business and so-called “land-grabs.”

Standard 1: Bloom's || Comprehension

Section Reference: Human-Environment Relations

64) African sleeping sickness is transmitted by the tsetse fly.

Difficulty: Medium

Learning Objective: Discuss the realm’s challenges in terms of public health and use examples of sleeping sickness, HIV/AIDS, and Ebola.

Standard 1: Bloom's || Knowledge

Section Reference: Population and Health

65) A regional outbreak of a disease is known as an epidemic.

Difficulty: Easy

Learning Objective: Discuss the realm’s challenges in terms of public health and use examples of sleeping sickness, HIV/AIDS, and Ebola.

Standard 1: Bloom's || Knowledge

Section Reference: Population and Health

66) According to Figure 8-9, African sleeping sickness is a problem that limits cattle production in the country of South Africa.

A map shows the geographic Origin and Diffusion of African Sleeping Sickness. The disease trypanosomiasis is spread by the tsetse fly, which in approximately 1400 had a range in West Africa near the Niger and Volta rivers. By approximately 1850, the disease spread to northern Gabon via Nigeria and Cameroon. By 1901 the disease had progressed eastward to the shores of Lake Victoria, and by 1907 was present in northern Angola. By 1908 the disease was present in most of Zambia and Moçambique, and had spread northward along the Indian Ocean coast through Tanzania and into southern Kenya.

Difficulty: Medium

Learning Objective: Discuss the realm’s challenges in terms of public health and use examples of sleeping sickness, HIV/AIDS, and Ebola.

Standard 1: Bloom's || Application

Section Reference: Population and Health

67) West Africa is Subsaharan Africa's most populous region.

Difficulty: Medium

Learning Objective: Discuss the general location and geography of this region and sub-regions, especially Nigeria.

Standard 1: Bloom's || Knowledge

Section Reference: West Africa

68) Whereas West Africa's environmental zones are aligned in east-west belts, most of its states are oriented in a north-south direction.

Difficulty: Hard

Learning Objective: Discuss the general location and geography of this region and sub-regions, especially Nigeria.

Standard 1: Bloom's || Knowledge

Section Reference: West Africa

69) The Yoruba are the dominant ethnic group in DRCongo.

Difficulty: Medium

Learning Objective: Discuss the general location and geography of this region and sub-regions, especially Nigeria.

Standard 1: Bloom's || Knowledge

Section Reference: West Africa

70) Nigeria is a major oil producer.

Difficulty: Easy

Learning Objective: Discuss the general location and geography of this region and sub-regions, especially Nigeria.

Standard 1: Bloom's || Knowledge

Section Reference: West Africa

71) Ghana was formerly known as the Gold Coast.

Difficulty: Medium

Learning Objective: Discuss the general location and geography of this region and sub-regions, especially Nigeria.

Standard 1: Bloom's || Knowledge

Section Reference: West Africa

72) Sierra Leone was settled by former American slaves.

Difficulty: Medium

Learning Objective: Discuss the general location and geography of this region and sub-regions, especially Nigeria.

Standard 1: Bloom's || Knowledge

Section Reference: West Africa

73) Senegal was part of France's West African empire.

Difficulty: Medium

Learning Objective: Discuss the general location and geography of this region and sub-regions, especially Nigeria.

Standard 1: Bloom's || Knowledge

Section Reference: West Africa

74) The bulk of West Africa's population is concentrated in the region's north.

Difficulty: Hard

Learning Objective: Discuss the general location and geography of this region and sub-regions, especially Nigeria.

Standard 1: Bloom's || Knowledge

Section Reference: West Africa

75) Senegal is a country in the Horn of Africa.

Difficulty: Easy

Learning Objective: Discuss the general location and geography of this region and sub-regions, especially Nigeria.

Standard 1: Bloom's || Knowledge

Section Reference: West Africa

76) Tanzania is East Africa’s largest country in territorial as well as demographic terms, but it never had dominant minorities in the manner of Kenya.

Difficulty: Medium

Learning Objective: Discuss the general location and geography of this region’s constituent countries; the significance of ‘mobile money’ across the realm.

Standard 1: Bloom's || Knowledge

Section Reference: East Africa

77) The name Tanzania derives from the merger of Tanganyika and Zanzibar.

Difficulty: Easy

Learning Objective: Discuss the general location and geography of this region’s constituent countries; the significance of ‘mobile money’ across the realm.

Standard 1: Bloom's || Knowledge

Section Reference: East Africa

78) Congo, Central African Republic, Uganda, and Equatorial Guinea are all located in Equatorial Africa.

Difficulty: Easy

Learning Objective: Discuss the general location and geography of this region and constituent countries, especially the DRC and South Sudan.

Standard 1: Bloom's || Knowledge

Section Reference: Equatorial Africa

79) Equatorial Africa is the most developed region of the realm.

Difficulty: Medium

Learning Objective: Discuss the general location and geography of this region and constituent countries, especially the DRC and South Sudan.

Standard 1: Bloom's || Knowledge

Section Reference: Equatorial Africa

80) The Hutus and Tutsis fought for control of Uganda.

Difficulty: Medium

Learning Objective: Discuss the general location and geography of this region’s constituent countries; the significance of ‘mobile money’ across the realm.

Standard 1: Bloom's || Knowledge

Section Reference: East Africa

81) DRCongo was formerly known as Zaire.

Difficulty: Medium

Learning Objective: Discuss the general location and geography of this region and constituent countries, especially the DRC and South Sudan.

Standard 1: Bloom's || Knowledge

Section Reference: Equatorial Africa

82) Southern Africa's mineral wealth is matched by its agricultural diversity.

Difficulty: Medium

Learning Objective: Discuss the general location and geography of this region and of the sub-regions (Northern Tier, Middle Tier, and South Africa; the substantial natural resources but also the impacts of global climate change.

Standard 1: Bloom's || Knowledge

Section Reference: Southern Africa

83) South Africa’s Zulu nation is clustered in the Western Cape Province.

Difficulty: Medium

Learning Objective: Discuss the general location and geography of this region and of the sub-regions (Northern Tier, Middle Tier, and South Africa; the substantial natural resources but also the impacts of global climate change.

Standard 1: Bloom's || Knowledge

Section Reference: Southern Africa

84) The British imported large numbers of South Asians to work on South Africa's coastal plantations.

Difficulty: Medium

Learning Objective: Discuss the general location and geography of this region and of the sub-regions (Northern Tier, Middle Tier, and South Africa; the substantial natural resources but also the impacts of global climate change.

Standard 1: Bloom's || Knowledge

Section Reference: Southern Africa

85) The names and spatial configurations of South African provinces changed after apartheid ended.

Difficulty: Hard

Learning Objective: Discuss the general location and geography of this region and of the sub-regions (Northern Tier, Middle Tier, and South Africa; the substantial natural resources but also the impacts of global climate change.

Standard 1: Bloom's || Knowledge

Section Reference: Southern Africa

86) Under the terms of the separate development program, South Africa's land was divided equally between the majority Africans and the minority whites.

Difficulty: Medium

Learning Objective: Discuss the general location and geography of this region and of the sub-regions (Northern Tier, Middle Tier, and South Africa; the substantial natural resources but also the impacts of global climate change.

Standard 1: Bloom's || Knowledge

Section Reference: Southern Africa

87) The Yoruba nation lives in Nigeria and the Zulu in South Africa.

Difficulty: Hard

Learning Objective: Discuss the general location and geography of this region and of the sub-regions (Northern Tier, Middle Tier, and South Africa; the substantial natural resources but also the impacts of global climate change.

Standard 1: Bloom's || Knowledge

Section Reference: Southern Africa

88) Namibia was once called South West Africa and was under South African control just before independence.

Difficulty: Medium

Learning Objective: Discuss the general location and geography of this region and of the sub-regions (Northern Tier, Middle Tier, and South Africa; the substantial natural resources but also the impacts of global climate change.

Standard 1: Bloom's || Knowledge

Section Reference: Southern Africa

89) The core area of Zimbabwe is the mineral-rich Great Dyke.

Difficulty: Medium

Learning Objective: Discuss the general location and geography of this region and of the sub-regions (Northern Tier, Middle Tier, and South Africa; the substantial natural resources but also the impacts of global climate change.

Standard 1: Bloom's || Knowledge

Section Reference: Southern Africa

90) The country of Lesotho is completely encircled by South Africa.

Difficulty: Easy

Learning Objective: Discuss the general location and geography of this region and of the sub-regions (Northern Tier, Middle Tier, and South Africa; the substantial natural resources but also the impacts of global climate change.

Standard 1: Bloom's || Knowledge

Section Reference: Southern Africa

Question Type: Fill-in-the-blank

91) The edge of the African plateau in Southern Africa, where the feature is especially pronounced, is known as the Great ___.

Difficulty: Medium

Learning Objective: Discuss the realm’s unusual physiography including the prevalence of plateaus, basins, the African Transition Zone, and the East African rift valleys.

Standard 1: Bloom's || Knowledge

Section Reference: Africa’s Physiography

92) The 1884 conference of all the major colonial powers that essentially drew the modern political map of Africa was held in the European city of ___.

Difficulty: Easy

Learning Objective: Outline the realm’s pre-colonial and colonial histories including the impact of the slave trade.

Standard 1: Bloom's || Knowledge

Section Reference: Africa’s Historical Geography

93) The most populous country of the African continent, which today comprises a confederation of the Yoruba, Ibo, and northern Muslim peoples, is ___.

Difficulty: Medium

Learning Objective: Discuss the general location and geography of this region and sub-regions, especially Nigeria.

Standard 1: Bloom's || Knowledge

Section Reference: West Africa

94) Nigeria's dominant export commodity is ___.

Difficulty: Easy

Learning Objective: Discuss the general location and geography of this region and sub-regions, especially Nigeria.

Standard 1: Bloom's || Knowledge

Section Reference: West Africa

95) ____ _____ is a jihadist terror group which, since 2014, has controlled large areas of northeastern Nigeria and adjoining nations through attacks on settlements and kidnappings.

Answer; Boko Haram

Difficulty: Medium

Learning Objective: Discuss the general location and geography of this region and sub-regions, especially Nigeria.

Standard 1: Bloom's || Knowledge

Section Reference: West Africa

96) The capital of DRCongo named Leopoldville in colonial times, is ___.

Difficulty: Medium

Learning Objective: Discuss the general location and geography of this region and constituent countries, especially the DRC and South Sudan.

Standard 1: Bloom's || Knowledge

Section Reference: Equatorial Africa

97) Figure 8-18 shows that Mount Kilimanjaro is located in this country:

A map of East Africa highlights Ethiopia, Kenya, Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi, and Tanzania. It marks the urban population centers, railroads, roads, Kenya Highlands, and the area of the Former Buganda. The largest cities, with populations ranging between 1,000,000 and 5,000,000 are Adis Abeba (capital of Ethiopia), Nairobi (capital of Kenya) and Mombasa (on Kenya’s coast), Kampala (capital of Uganda), and Dar es Salaam (capital of Tanzania). A number of cities with populations under 250,000 are indicated, but no cities between 250,000 and 1,000,000. Several rail lines are indicated, but the transportation network is mostly roads that join the large urban centers in each country to smaller cities within each country, and to the large cities of neighboring countries. The Kenya Highlands encompasses the Kikuyu region around the small cities Kitale, Eldoret, Nakuru, Nanyuki, and Mount Kenya and Nairobi in south-central Kenya. The former Buganda is in present-day central Uganda; it is surrounded by Lake Kyoga on the north, Lake Victoria on the south, the Nile River on the east, and the Kafu River on the northwest. Mt. Kilimanjaro, the tallest peak on the continent at 19,340 feet, is located in Tanzania near the Kenya border. Several large national parks and game reserves are indicated in Ethiopia, Kenya, and Tanzania; Uganda has two smaller national parks indicated.

Difficulty: Easy

Learning Objective: Discuss the general location and geography of this region and constituent countries, especially the DRC and South Sudan.

Standard 1: Bloom's || Application

Section Reference: Equatorial Africa

98) The former nation of Southern Rhodesia is now known as ___________.

Difficulty: Medium

Learning Objective: Discuss the general location and geography of this region and of the sub-regions (Northern Tier, Middle Tier, and South Africa; the substantial natural resources but also the impacts of global climate change.

Standard 1: Bloom's || Knowledge

Section Reference: Southern Africa

99) Prior to their independence, Moçambique and Angola were both colonies of ___.

Difficulty: Easy

Learning Objective: Discuss the general location and geography of this region and of the sub-regions (Northern Tier, Middle Tier, and South Africa; the substantial natural resources but also the impacts of global climate change.

Standard 1: Bloom's || Knowledge

Section Reference: Southern Africa

100) The African mainland country directly west of the island of Madagascar is ___.

Difficulty: Easy

Learning Objective: Discuss the general location and geography of this region and of the sub-regions (Northern Tier, Middle Tier, and South Africa; the substantial natural resources but also the impacts of global climate change.

Standard 1: Bloom's || Knowledge

Section Reference: Southern Africa

101) About how many different languages are spoken in Subsaharan Africa?

a) 4

b) 500

c) 12,000

d) 2,000

e) 1,000

Difficulty: Medium

Learning Objective: Describe prevailing geographic patterns of language and religion across the realm.

Standard 1: Bloom's || Knowledge

Section Reference: Cultural Geographies

102) What is the most widely spoken African language in Subsaharan Africa?

a) Yorubu

b) Ibo

c) Hausa

d) Swahili

e) Zulu

Difficulty: Medium

Learning Objective: Describe prevailing geographic patterns of language and religion across the realm.

Standard 1: Bloom's || Knowledge

Section Reference: Cultural Geographies

103) About how many different languages are spoken in Subsaharan Africa?

a) 4

b) 500

c) 12,000

d) 2,000

e) 1,000

Difficulty: Medium

Learning Objective: Describe prevailing geographic patterns of language and religion across the realm.

Standard 1: Bloom's || Knowledge

Section Reference: Cultural Geographies

104) What are Subsaharan Africas three main world views?

a) Christian, Islamic, and Judaic

b) Christian, Hindu, and Islamic

c) Confucian, Islam, Judaic

d) animism, Christian, and Islamic

e) animism, Buddhism, Islamic

Difficulty: Medium

Learning Objective: Describe prevailing geographic patterns of language and religion across the realm.

Standard 1: Bloom's || Knowledge

Section Reference: Cultural Geographies

105) About what percentage of Subsaharan Africans adhere to Islam?

a) 1/10

b) 1/4

c) 1/3

d) 1/2

e) 9/10

Difficulty: Medium

Learning Objective: Describe prevailing geographic patterns of language and religion across the realm.

Standard 1: Bloom's || Knowledge

Section Reference: Cultural Geographies

106) About what percentage of Subsaharan Africans live in urban areas?

a) 1/10

b) 1/4

c) 2/5

d) 3/5

e) 9/10

Difficulty: Medium

Learning Objective: Discuss the realm’s rapid urbanization and economic growth; dependency on raw material production and need for integration; Chinese involvement.

Standard 1: Bloom's || Knowledge

Section Reference: Urbanization and Africa’s Dual Economies

107) What sector of the economy does an unlicensed taxi driver work in?

a) services

b) informal

c) primary

d) secondary

e) formal

Difficulty: Medium

Learning Objective: Discuss the realm’s rapid urbanization and economic growth; dependency on raw material production and need for integration; Chinese involvement.

Standard 1: Bloom's || Knowledge

Section Reference: Urbanization and Africa’s Dual Economies

108) What is the i-Shack?

a) a Papa John’s pizza created in honor of NBA Hall of Famer Shaquille O’Neal.

b) tiny houses that come with a cell phone charger

c) portable hunting stands promoted to big game hunters

d) carboard and plywood houses used by the urban poor

e) a housing plan first adopted in South America that has taken Africa by storm

Difficulty: Medium

Learning Objective: Discuss the realm’s rapid urbanization and economic growth; dependency on raw material production and need for integration; Chinese involvement.

Standard 1: Bloom's || Knowledge

Section Reference: Urbanization and Africa’s Dual Economies

109) What country has the airline that services the most African destinations?

a) United Kingdom

b) France

c) China

d) Turkey

e) Ustralia

Difficulty: Medium

Learning Objective: Discuss the progress in economic development of parts of Africa; the notion of “multispeed Africa;” the role of China; remaining developmental challenges to this realm.

Standard 1: Bloom's || Knowledge

Section Reference: Africa Rising

110) What is the world’s largest free trade agreement?

a) EU

b) NAFTA

c) AfCFTA

d) TPP

e) Mercosur

Difficulty: Medium

Learning Objective: Discuss the progress in economic development of parts of Africa; the notion of “multispeed Africa;” the role of China; remaining developmental challenges to this realm.

Standard 1: Bloom's || Knowledge

Section Reference: Africa Rising

111) What country has the largest volume of trade with Africa?

a) United Kingdom

b) France

c) China

d) Germany

e) United States

Difficulty: Medium

Learning Objective: Discuss the realm’s rapid urbanization and economic growth; dependency on raw material production and need for integration; Chinese involvement.

Standard 1: Bloom's || Knowledge

Section Reference: Urbanization and Africa’s Dual Economies

112) What percentage of those in Subsaharan Africa farm for a living?

a) 10

b) 30

c) 50

d) 60

e) 70

Difficulty: Medium

Learning Objective: Discuss the main geographic features defining this realm including its general physical geography.

Standard 1: Bloom's || Knowledge

Section Reference: Defining the Realm

113) Which of the following was a leading factor in Subsaharan Africa’s economic slowdown in the 2010s?

a) regional wars

b) declining commodity prices

c) interference from Russia

d) interference from China

e) drought

Difficulty: Medium

Learning Objective: Discuss the main geographic features defining this realm including its general physical geography.

Standard 1: Bloom's || Knowledge

Section Reference: Defining the Realm

114) Subsaharan Africa contains all of the following except?

a) major rivers

b) rainforest

c) great lakes

d) rift valleys

e) a major spinal mountain range

Difficulty: Medium

Learning Objective: Discuss the main geographic features defining this realm including its general physical geography.

Standard 1: Bloom's || Knowledge

Section Reference: Defining the Realm

115) Subsaharan Africa’s most unusual physical feature is_____.

a) a great desert

b) a vast plateau

c) a rainforest

d) snowcapped mountains

e) sandy beaches

Difficulty: Medium

Learning Objective: Discuss the realm’s unusual physiography including the prevalence of plateaus, basins, the African Transition Zone, and the East African rift valleys.

Standard 1: Bloom's || Knowledge

Section Reference: Africa’s Physiography

116) African governments profit substantially from all of the following except_____.

a) renting agricultural land

b) selling raw materials

c) trading elephant tusks and rhinoceros horns

d) selling agricultural projects

e) None of the choices are correct.

Difficulty: Medium

Learning Objective: Discuss the main geographic features defining this realm including its general physical geography.

Standard 1: Bloom's || Knowledge

Section Reference: Defining the Realm

117) African life expectancy has risen by more than ___ since 2000.

a) 1 year

b) 3 years

c) 5 years

d) 10 years

e) 20 years

Difficulty: Medium

Learning Objective: Discuss the progress in economic development of parts of Africa; the notion of “multispeed Africa;” the role of China; remaining developmental challenges to this realm.

Standard 1: Bloom's || Knowledge

Section Reference: Africa Rising

118) How many world top 10 GDP growth rate economics did Subsaharan Africa have in 2017?

a) zero

b) 1

c) 3

d) 6

e) 10

Difficulty: Medium

Learning Objective: Discuss the progress in economic development of parts of Africa; the notion of “multispeed Africa;” the role of China; remaining developmental challenges to this realm.

Standard 1: Bloom's || Knowledge

Section Reference: Africa Rising

119) Since 2000 foreign investment in Africa has _____.

a) grown by 50%

b) grown by 75%

c) doubled

d) tripled

e) nearly quadrupled

Difficulty: Medium

Learning Objective: Discuss the progress in economic development of parts of Africa; the notion of “multispeed Africa;” the role of China; remaining developmental challenges to this realm.

Standard 1: Bloom's || Knowledge

Section Reference: Africa Rising

120) China is Subsaharan Africa’s_____.

a) biggest trading partner

b) largest foreign aid provider

c) biggest constructor of infrastructure

d) major investor for transportation, real estate, and manufacturing

e) All of the choices are correct.

Difficulty: Medium

Learning Objective: Discuss the progress in economic development of parts of Africa; the notion of “multispeed Africa;” the role of China; remaining developmental challenges to this realm.

Standard 1: Bloom's || Knowledge

Section Reference: Africa Rising

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