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Geography Chapter 14 Review Game Part II
Test Description: Sub-Saharan Africa Today
Instructions: Answer all questions to get your test result.
1) What does Nigeria produce more of than any other African country?
A
agricultural products
B
oil
C
diamonds
D
gold
2) What has been the most difficult challenge Nigeria has faced in attempting to use its oil riches?
A
modernization
B
ethnic conflict
C
weak military
D
commodities
3) After Muslims in the north of Nigeria adopted sharia law, Christians in the area began moving south.
A
False
B
True
4) What two things have prevented NIgerians from sharing in the oil wealth?
A
modernization and apartheid
B
lack of infrastructure and resources
C
conflict and corruption
D
lack of education and poverty
5) What can disrupt the availability of food and contribute to a famine?
A
natural diasters, such as droughts and floods
B
neither of these
C
both of these
D
armed conflicts
6) Because of hunger and malnutrition, African children typically have longer life expectancies than other children around the world.
A
False
B
True
7) Which of the following is NOT a way that European settlers affected farming in Africa?
A
they created large plantation farms to grow food crops
B
they shifted farming from food crops to cash crops for export
C
they took the most fertile land
D
all of these
8) How are Africans working to improve agricultural practices?
A
farmers are using fertilizer with animal and plant waste instead of chemicals
B
all of these
C
farmers are moving animals from place to place to avoid overgrazing
D
farmers are growing different crops on the same plot to avoid exhausting the soil
9) How many of the one million people who die of malaria each year are in Africa?
A
4 out of 5
B
9 out of 10
C
two-thirds
D
one-half
10) People of what age make up eighty-five percent of malaria victims?
A
men and women over 70
B
middle-aged women
C
young adults 18 - 30
D
children under five
11) How does poverty contribute to the spread of disease?
A
all of these
B
poor sanitation
C
contaminated water
D
overcrowding
12) What have Sudan and Somalia been plagued by for years?
A
war
B
disease
C
all of these
D
famine
13) Northern Sudan is mostly desert, while South Sudan is swamp and savanna.
A
False
B
True
14) Northerns in Sudan practice mainly Christianity or indigenous religions, while southerners are mainly Muslism
A
True
B
False
15) What have Somalians never united to form a single nation?
A
they are still a colony of France
B
they have too many different religions
C
they have suffered through conflict among five major clans
D
they have too many different languages
16) How were whites and blacks treated differently in South Africa?
A
only whites were allowed to vote
B
cities were delcared white, and black Africans could enter them only to work
C
all of these
D
Black AFricans were left with land that was less useful or productive
17) What major change took place in 1994 in South Africa?
A
voting rights were extended to all South Africans, and the people elected Mandela president
B
new laws created apartheid, or the legal separation of races
C
after a series of wars, the Boer territories became British colonies known as the Union of South Africa
D
the government made all black South Africans citizens of a homeland instead of citizens of South Africa
18) Which two nations claimed South Africa in the 19th century?
A
the Italians and the Arabs
B
the Danes and the Swedes
C
the Germans and the French
D
the British and the Dutch
19) With no central government, some Somalian clans turned to piracy
A
False
B
True
20) Why do 90 percent of tropical disease cases occur in Africa?
A
neither of these
B
the organisism that causes disease thrive in its tropical climates
C
both of these
D
the insects that carry the disease thrive in the tropical climates
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