UNIT 6 - Africa

Which of the following is not an official sub-region of Africa?

The Swahili language includes words from other regions due to trade along the Indian Ocean.

The "problem" hidden within the British Museum is that it paid for all of the artifacts that are on display today.

Hinduism and Buddhism are the most widely practiced belief systems throughout Africa.

Advocacy of or support for the political independence of a particular nation or people is best known as...

Afrobeats is a West African musical genre that is becoming a global sensation.

Which geographic region of Africa experiences severe droughts and unpredictable flooding?

The undoing of imperialism is known as...

Which geographic feature created differences (culturally, linguistically, etc) between N. Africa and the rest of Africa?

Identify the country in Red (#30)

A South African system of segregation lasting from 1948-1994.

Which language strongly influenced Swahili along the east African coast?

There is no written record from Benin, so the Benin Bronzes tell its history.

Group w/ shared attributes, like common cultural traditions, histories, language, kinship, and connection to territory.

The use of economic pressure to control or influence other nations, especially former colonies...

Identify the country in Red (#14)

Identify the country labeled as #8

What was the goal of European colonization in Africa?

The Afro-Asiatic indigenous language family includes the largest number of languages in Africa.

This event is a turning point in history, which led to the decolonization of countries throughout Africa and Asia.

In which year did the Berlin Conference occur?

How many people speak Swahili today?

Which two colonial powers controlled the majority of Africa before decolonization?

Existing divisions in Africa were taken into account when drawing colonial boundaries at the Berlin Conference.

Cobalt mining in the DRC provides extreme wealth for miners and their families.

The changing climate of the Sahel is forcing many families to leave the region.

Identify the name of the physical feature shaded in red on the map

Which of the following is not a result of the borders drawn by Europeans in Africa?

Which of the following is a "building block" of successful nation-states?

Identify the country in Red (#33)

During the 1884 Berlin Conference Europeans divided Africa for themselves.

The black majority in South Africa controlled the largest share of the national wealth by 1991.

Africa is in the midst of a youth boom and is expected to account for 90% of the world's population by 2050.