chpt 22,23, & 24 review

The crops grown on plantations under the colonial economic system in Equatorial Africa

to be plentiful

About 3,500 square miles of____________________are lost each year

How South African families who live in poverty spend their leisure time?

The_________River is the main river of West Africa and an important commercial shipping route.

the maximum population of any given species that  an environment can sustain.

1960 was called the "year of independence" in Equatorial Africa because during that year

gems mined in war-torn areas and used to finance wars.

In the savanna of  West Africa,

Which river runs southeast from central Angola to northern Botswana and ends inland?

the migration of people from rural areas to cities, often in search of jobs

_______is the only West African country that belongs to OPEC?

to be suitable for drinking

One of the Bantu peoples, the_______________, established a city called Great Zimbabwe

At the Berlin Conference in 1884 and 1885,

a climate type marked by warm, dry summers and cool, rainy winters

The poorest country in Equatorial Africa is

Which of the following countries in West Africa is named after an early trading empire?

illegal hunting, which is threatening some of Southern Africa's most notable species

a place for catching marine life.

South Africa is one country that have________ built into their constitutions

to impede or make difficult

those who have been forced from their home but remain in their own country

a section of the Highveld that has produced about one-third of the gold ever mined in the world

Primary reason environmental laws, policies, and preserves have not worked to prevent poaching

Which  of the following  is an important cash crop to West Africa during the colonial period?

small-scale agriculture that provides mostly for the needs of a family or village

__has been shrinking due to drought, desertification, climate change, and the damming of rivers

In exchange for slaves, European traders gave  Africans

Some of Southern Africa's rivers are useful for generating electricity,but are not suitable for