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1) Various modes of transportation, such as railroads, highways, and airplanes, have had a positive impact in how the world conducts economic activities by...
A
Various big companies now have to build near natural resources
B
Having more access to military outposts
C
Lessening the importance of having water close to settlements
D
Long distance trade is no longer necessary
2) The fast change in the political organization in Africa from the sixteenth century to the late nineteenth century is the effect of -
A
United States took over many oil fields and demanded political change
B
The continued attempts of Europeans to colonize and control certain areas
C
Africans rising up and demanding a political revolution
D
The technological upgrades to government entities by various African countries
3) What physical feature has made movement more difficult for North Africans?
A
Mt. Kilimanjaro
B
The Sahara
C
The Nile River
D
The Sahel
4) What desert is the largest in the world?
A
Namib
B
Mojave
C
Kalahari
D
Sahara
5) What do these examples have in common? 1. Family farming without electricity; 2. Natives following their ancestors way of life; 3. Family living in huts
A
Traditional Societies
B
Urbanized communities
C
Free market economies
D
Technologically advanced socities
6) An economy that is substance based, concentrates more on -
A
production of goods to be sold for profit
B
the collection of taxes for payment of goods
C
production of goods for personal use
D
production for easier access to more solvable goods
7) Two families across the world both practice substance farming because -
A
they produce agricultural products for the consumption of their own families
B
they both live in large state - owned farms
C
their families are getting government assistance
D
they are trying to make a profit and sale agricultural products to big companies
8) What does the term brain drain mean?
A
African natives are increasingly developing a brain disease
B
Europeans are getting AIDS faster
C
When educated Native Africans leave their countries
D
Female Africans are increasing their education in Africa's Universities
9) Which area has been damaged because of the drilling for oil?
A
Mt. Kilimanjaro
B
The Sahara
C
The Iberian Peninsula
D
The Niger River Delta
10) What was the reason behind the Berlin Conference?
A
To divide Africa among European nations
B
To decide whether Berlin would control all of the African oil fields
C
To decide which European country will conquer all of Africa
D
To conquer all of the agricultural products from African
11) A nation that is becoming industrialized usually has -
A
Large portion of the population that still practices subsistence agriculture
B
Most of the population working in the Quaternary sector
C
Most of the population is unskilled
D
Large portion of the population that works in manufacturing
12) Why was Ethiopia never colonized by the Europeans?
A
Ethiopians spoke English so they could understand the Europeans
B
Ethiopia does not have any natural resources
C
Ethiopians had the latest technology anywhere in the world
D
Most of Ethiopia is on top of a plateau and it allowed them to defend themselves effectively
13) The systematic mass murdering of a certain ethnic or race group is called?
A
Infestation
B
Autocracy
C
Genocide
D
Homicide
14) The Bantu spread their language throughout Africa. This could be an example of?
A
Brain Drain
B
Smear
C
Genocide
D
Diffusion
15) Why did the political organization change so much from 1500's to the 1900's?
A
Technology changed how Africa's governments traded
B
European colonialism of Africa
C
African native governments were mostly agricultural
D
Increased weather change moved the political organizations
16) What natural resource is famously known for funding civil wars in Africa?
A
Coal
B
Gold
C
Wood
D
Diamonds
17) What do these four places have in common? Deserts - Rain forests - Siberia - North Canada
A
They are all found in the Western Hemesphere
B
They are all in Europe
C
They are all in the Eastern Hemisphere
D
They are all sparsely populated
18) What two resources were the most important funding for the trading empires of Ghana, Mali and Songhai?
A
Blood and Diamonds
B
Gold and Diamonds
C
Salt and Silver
D
Salt and Gold
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