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Sub-Saharan Africa Today. TEACHERS: click here for quick copy question ID numbers.

What types of communities do about two-thirds of Africans live in today?
a) rural villages
b) large cities
c) nomadic desert communities
d) rain forest villages

About how many languages are spoken in Africa by different ethnic groups?
a) about 100
b) about 200
c) about 500
d) about 1,000

Many Africans identify themselves first a members of a country rather than a tribe
a) True
b) False
c)
d)

Before the arrival of Europeans, borders between African cultural groups developed by agreement or conflict.
a) True
b) False
c)
d)

Which of the following was NOT an effect of colonial borders set up by Europeans on sub-Saharan AFrican cultural groups?
a) they were divided
b) they were forced to share territory with rivals
c) they were divided AND forced to share territory with rivals
d) all cultural groups were treated equally by the Europeans

Why do few sub-Saharan African countries share one common culture?
a) after they began to gain independence, they did not change their colonial borders
b) some African countries are still European colonies
c) most African countries created laws to establish only one official language
d) military dictatorships rule over many of the countries

What have cultural differences across Africa often led to?
a) civil wars over political control
b) civil wars over territory
c) civil wars over resources
d) all of these

What music genre does experts link African music to in the United States?
a) jazz
b) blues
c) rock-and-roll
d) all of these

Much West African music is a fusion of griot music and other Africa music with global music.
a) True
b) False
c)
d)

What is music sometimes focused on in South Africa?
a) the economy
b) celebrations
c) politics
d) cuisine

Why did Miriam Makeba and a number of other South African musicians leave South Africa in the 1970s and 1980s?
a) to be paid more money
b) to protest government policies
c) to reach a wider audiance
d) to promote apartheid policies

What two factors are key to Kenya's economic future?
a) the diverse geography and wildlife
b) the large salt and iron mines
c) the abundant diamond and gold mines
d) Mount Kenya and Lake Victoria

How did Jomo Kenyatta help all Kenyans pull together after his election?
a) he created new apartheid laws to seperate the different ethnic groups
b) he ordered the military to take over and protect the wildlife preserves
c) he appointed members from different ehtnic groups as hid advisors
d) he created a strong military and became a powerful dictator

Kenyatta and other leaders of Kenya encouraged domestic policies that led to what?
a) economic gworth
b) modernization
c) both of these
d) none of these

What is an important factor in modernization for Kenya?
a) stable government
b) powerful military
c) education
d) growing population

Which of the following is NOT one of the three countries that formed the East Africa Community in 2000?
a) Kenya
b) Tanzania
c) Uganda
d) South Africa

What has taken much of the profits from mineral mining in many African countries?
a) government corruption
b) apartheid policies
c) commodities
d) modernization

What has limited the development of the Central African Republic’s diamond mining industry?
a) lack of infrastructure
b) smuggling
c) political unrest
d) all of these

What is one thing South AFrica, Namibia, and Tanzania all have in common?
a) they are located in West Africa
b) they have used their mineral profits to build their economies
c) they have powerful military dictators
d) they are located in the Kalahari Desert

Which country has the largest population in Sub-Saharan Africa?
a) South Africa
b) Nigeria
c) Botswana
d) Chad

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