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Which of the following is the best metaphor of the geography of Central Africa?
a) A salad plate
b) A soup bowl
c) A pile of laundry
d) A puddle filled road

What is a flat region surrounded by higher land such as mountains and plateaus?
a) Lake Nyasa
b) Lake Malawi
c) The Congo Basin
d) The Congo River

Which of the following is NOT a clue that Central Africa has a humid tropical climate?
a) There are forests of large, tall trees
b) There is plenty of rainfall
c) It lies near the Equator, in the low latitudes
d) There are snow capped mountains

Which of the following is NOT a resource that provides energy in this region?
a) fossil fuels
b) timber
c) water
d) bananas

Which of the following is the MOST important resource in this area?
a) Copper
b) Diamonds
c) Gold
d) Uranium

What event allowed Europeans to divide Africa into colonies?
a) The France Conference
b) The Treaty of Spain
c) The Berlin Conference
d) The Proclamation of Belgium

Which of the following is NOT an effect of European colonization?
a) 86% of people practice Christianity
b) Destroyed native cultures
c) Drew random borders that causes ethnic conflict
d) Brought Islam to the region

Why did Europeans want to colonize Central Africa?
a) They wanted resources and trade goods
b) They wanted to each people European languages
c) They wanted to divide ethnic groups
d) They wanted to destroy African Kingdoms

A dialect is a...
a) An evil robot
b) religion
c) regional variety of a language
d) thumb piano

What allowed the Kongo Kingdom to become powerful?
a) Impressive military tactics
b) Control over trade routes
c) They won all the dance offs with makossa
d) Disease wiped out all their rivals

Which of the following is a disease spread by mosquitoes that causes fever and aching?
a) Measles
b) Small pox
c) Spanish Flu
d) Malaria

What might happen if a country relies too heavily on one resource for trade?
a) They will always have that resource
b) They will be able to make a lot of money, no matter what
c) When that resource runs out, there will be nothing to make money from
d) Once they run out, they will buy that from someone else.

Which of the following is NOT a factor in why Central African countries do not have strong economies and stable governments?
a) International Aid
b) Diseases
c) Environmental Problems
d) Wars

Why do the ethnic conflicts devastate the countries of Central Africa?
a) One group is always in power over another
b) It leads to nationalism
c) It leads to people dying or being jobless, land being destroyed, and groups fighting over political control
d) People don't see themselves as part of a nation

How are the Central African countries coping with environmental challenges?
a) They aren't concerned with the challenges
b) They are building national parks and irrigation systems
c) They are adding strict laws to protect the environment
d) They have no way of coping

Complete the analogy: Random borders is to ethnic conflicts as poor management of agricultural land is to __________.
a) Malaria
b) Malnutrition
c) Mining
d) Makossa

What sets Cameroon apart from the rest of the the Central African countries?
a) It is the only Central African country that has oil resources
b) It still has a close relationship with its European colonizer
c) A stable government has allowed progress
d) There are no mosquitoes, so no one has malaria

Why was ivory a sought after resource?
a) It was used to power cars
b) It was durable and beautiful
c) It was used in place of money
d) It was necessary for preserving food

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