Cultural Geography Chapter 15 Review

What type of activity are tropical rainforests and dry savannas generally not able to support?

The equator crosses the heart of which region in Africa?

What unusual color is Lake Retba in Senegal?

Which large country in Central Africa experiences three climates?

Africans who struggle to survive and labor just to feed their families practice subsistence farming.

What is H?

Rather than scriptures, what do traditional religions depend on?

The only West African nation to avoid European imperialism was Liberia.

What is F?

By 2017, what global epidemic resulted in the deaths of about seventy-seven million people?

Prior to its discovery by the ______, Cape Verde was not populated.

Which mosquito-borne disease is treated with quinine and is known for a bad headache, chills & sweating of the skin?

What resource does Lake Retba in Senegal provide an endless supply of?

What is the term for crops raised specifically for sale?

This large country in Central Africa experiences three climates.

Which nation in West Africa is landlocked?

Which country in West Africa avoided European imperialism?

What term describes the climate near the equator?

What is A?

What is J?

What is F?

Animism is the belief that all things have a spirit and that these spirits exercise great control over the world.

The AIDS epidemic is spread primarily through insect bites and foul drinking water.

Which has the highest percentage of animists in Equatorial Africa?

Which term is the belief that all things have a spirit and that these spirits exercise great control over the world?

Polygamy is rare and uncommon in Africa.

What word identifies two or more combined clans?

Which country is the only landlocked Central African country?

Which river in Central Africa serves as a national boundary and is navigable for one thousand miles?

What is I?

The leader of several united villages is called the tribal ___?

What is G?

What is D?

What is D?

Poaching, the illegal killing of animals, is a serious problem in some areas of Equatorial Africa.

Sub-Saharan Africa has one of the lowest rates of AIDS in the world.

Tribalism is a strong identification with a tribe that speaks the same language or dialect as another.

What is E?

What is the term for the illegal killing of animals?

Which is the most populous country in West Africa?

What city is the capital of the Democratic Republic of the Congo?

Equatorial Guinea has one of the best human rights records in Africa.

What is B?

More than half of all Africa’s AIDS patients are women.

Which West African country has over 250 tribal groups that speak over five hundred languages?

What is the most populous nation in West Africa?

What is one of the most popular sports in Equatorial Africa?

What is the dominant religion in Nigeria?

What is C?

What is K?

What is several African villages whose inhabitants have a common ancestor form called?

What is C?

This Central African country has an active volcano as the highest point in that country

What's the term for the African practice that involves raising large herds of animals, especially sheep/goats/cattle?

What is L?

Nigeria is predominantly

What is B?

The sedimentary basin of the Congo River, the Congo Basin, is home to one of the world’s largest deserts.

What is one precious resource found in Equatorial Africa?

Which has a growing tourist industry?

Which African country has one of the worst human rights records?

What is A?

Which was the last country in West Africa to gain its independence (in 1975)?

Which of the following is NOT one of the three empires of West Africa?

The Congo River serves as a national boundary and is navigable for one thousand miles.

With what religion is Boko Haram aligned?

Which is the only Equatorial African country not colonized by Europeans?

The Central African Republic is the single landlocked nation in Central Africa and is primarily a plateau.

In Equatorial Africa, the village is a self-contained group of families living in close proximity in an urban area.

What is the term for the practice of clearing land or grazing animals to excess?

What is strong identification with a tribe that speaks the same language or dialect called?

Which basin is home to one of the world’s largest rainforests?

What is E?

What geographic activity formed the Cape Verde islands?

About 11 million African children have become orphans as a result of AIDS.

A savanna is a grassy plain found in temperate regions.