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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
gold
B
oil
C
agricultural products
D
diamonds
2) What has been the most difficult challenge Nigeria has faced in attempting to use its oil riches?
A
modernization
B
commodities
C
ethnic conflict
D
weak military
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
lack of education and poverty
B
lack of infrastructure and resources
C
conflict and corruption
D
modernization and apartheid
5) What can disrupt the availability of food and contribute to a famine?
A
neither of these
B
armed conflicts
C
natural diasters, such as droughts and floods
D
both of these
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 took the most fertile land
B
they created large plantation farms to grow food crops
C
they shifted farming from food crops to cash crops for export
D
all of these
8) How are Africans working to improve agricultural practices?
A
farmers are growing different crops on the same plot to avoid exhausting the soil
B
all of these
C
farmers are using fertilizer with animal and plant waste instead of chemicals
D
farmers are moving animals from place to place to avoid overgrazing
9) How many of the one million people who die of malaria each year are in Africa?
A
4 out of 5
B
one-half
C
two-thirds
D
9 out of 10
10) People of what age make up eighty-five percent of malaria victims?
A
children under five
B
men and women over 70
C
young adults 18 - 30
D
middle-aged women
11) How does poverty contribute to the spread of disease?
A
poor sanitation
B
all of these
C
contaminated water
D
overcrowding
12) What have Sudan and Somalia been plagued by for years?
A
disease
B
all of these
C
war
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 suffered through conflict among five major clans
C
they have too many different languages
D
they have too many different religions
16) 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
17) 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
voting rights were extended to all South Africans, and the people elected Mandela president
C
the government made all black South Africans citizens of a homeland instead of citizens of South Africa
D
new laws created apartheid, or the legal separation of races
18) Which two nations claimed South Africa in the 19th century?
A
the British and the Dutch
B
the Danes and the Swedes
C
the Italians and the Arabs
D
the Germans and the French
19) With no central government, some Somalian clans turned to piracy
A
True
B
False
20) Why do 90 percent of tropical disease cases occur in Africa?
A
the insects that carry the disease thrive in the tropical climates
B
the organisism that causes disease thrive in its tropical climates
C
both of these
D
neither of these
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