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West and Central Africa Geography Test
West and Central Africa Geography Test
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A #Geography review for the #West and #Central #Africa chapter
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1
The Dense African Canopy makes it very hard for:
people to live there
Light to shine through
Cut down trees for lumber
Animals to live on the forest floor
2
A fairly dry area between the Sahara desert and the wetter regions to the south is the...
guinean.
savana.
Sahel.
Tropical wet.
3
European countries taking over different parts of Africa is an example of...
Islam
colonialism
slavery
communism
4
Although mining is lucrative, the downfall is:
destruction of farmland
paying too much money to mine workers
loss of jobs in mining areas
there are no negatives to mining
5
Growing enough food to only support your family is called
subsistence farming
communism
family farming
collective farming
6
When WWII ended, what started happening in African colonies?
Mass exodus
Revolutions
The spreading of Christianity
The Slave Trade
7
When trees are cut down faster than new ones grow, what occurs?
The movie The Lorax
desertification
malaria
deforestation
8
West Africa's climates are broken up into
levels
rungs
zones
longitudes
9
This is the main cause of civil unread in the Central African countries
lack of resources
Disease
ethnic clashes
taxes
10
Why did Europeans begin to colonize Africa
obtain resources
The wanted to obtain skilled workers
To put their vacation homes
To spread the faith of Islam
11
The most stable Central country in Central Africa
Democratic Republic of the Congo
Cameroon
Gabon
Zambia
12
Who was Michael Fay?
walked 2000 miles for the sake of science
The man who created the Zonal Climate Classification
the former president of the Democratic Republic of the Congo
The man who started the slave trade
13
oil production is 95% of this country's exports
Nigeria
Guinea
Guinea-Bissau
Liberia
14
What problem occured after American slave owners took freed slaves back to Western Africa?
They were brought over with no money, so they were forced into homelessness
Malaria was brought over from America
They were not accepted by other ethnic groups
They stole resources upon arrival back home
15
Western African Villagers live with cousins, aunts, uncles, and grandparents. This is called
Famine
Kente
Extended Family
Malnutrition
16
Lagos is the largest West African city, located in
Liberia
Sierra Leone
Somalia
Nigeria
17
When Arab traders came to West and Central Africa to trade salt for gold, they...
brought the religion of Islam.
brought a new style of music.
brought technology like the printing press.
brought enslaved people to work on the farms.
18
A life-threatening disease that is carried by mosquitoes.
malaria
lymes disease
AIDS
imperialism
19
This kingdom grew via trade in Central Africa, but fell once Europeans conquered and divided the area
The Congo River Basin
The Ivory Kingdom
Lagos
Kongo Kingdom
20
The Copper Belt runs between what 2 Central African countries?
DRC and Zambia
Zambia and Kenya
Angola and Malawi
Malawi and Equatorial Guinea
21
What is the Western zone of flat grasslands with few trees called?
guinean
rainforest
sahel
savanna
22
The climate along the equator in Africa is...
cold and dry
hot and wet.
wet and dry
hot and dry.
23
Desertification is when:
when desert areas are turned into farm land
the spread of desert conditions
humans try to stop the desesrt from spreading
eating too much dessert
24
The 2 main religions in Africa:
Muslim and Judaism
Islam and Christian
Christian and Hindi
Hebrew and Protestant
25
The same president has been ruling this country for 25 years in Central Africa
Equatorial Guinea
Angola
Sao Rome and Principe
Gabon
26
What is one reason why Nigerians remain poor, even though their nation has large oil deposits?
Corruption
Microcredit
Infrastructure
Subsistence farming
