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