Sub-Saharan Africa Test Review

Escarpments are volcanic mountains that include Mount Kilimanjaro and Mount Kenya

All of the following are true of Africa’s physical geography EXCEPT –

When Europeans drew colonial boundaries for Africa at the Berlin Conference

The Democratic Republic of the Congo is recognized as being possibly the ________ country in the world.

Many countries of Africa have experienced wars, religious conflict, and natural disasters which often lead to -

The lack of variety of climates & biomes of East Africa is due to its flat landscape of low plateaus and rift valleys.

Diamond found four forces shaped the world. Guns, Germs, Steel, and ___________________?

South Africa during apartheid is a modern-day example of a(n)

Which word is correctly matched with the level of economic activity

According to the Jared Diamond spread of the malaria have had the most dramatic negatve impact in the country of

Which word is correctly matched with the level of economic activity

High GDP, low birth rates describe typical standard-of-living conditions in countries that —

The ________ is part of the Great Escarpment, rising to more than 11,000 feet

In general, literacy rates in West Africa are

Equatorial Africa’s thick forests and tropical climate have encouraged its population to be

Poor sanitation in West Africa results in illness, premature death, and loss of productivity

Describe the process that formed the Nile River delta.

The Great Rift Valley includes

Lake Volta has been shrinking due to drought, desertification, climate change, and the damming of rivers that supply it.

Which factor plays the most important role in determining population patterns of East Africa?

European colonization of Equatorial Africa was slowed during the 1800s by

Based on this data, what is one reason the infant mortality rate is higher in Angola than in Botswana?

Which is the major geological feature common to rift valleys, and essential to their formation?

At the Berlin Conference in 1884 and 1885,

Equatorial Africa struggles because it lacks natural resources that could be sold to fund development.

Which word is correctly matched with the level of economic activity

Why is English widely spoken in Nigeria and the official language?

The Great Rift Valley is a massive crack in the Earth’s surface—a major landform formed by separating tectonic plate

Why did African cattle survive along with their farmers?

The graph suggests that the AIDS epidemic began to impact life expectancy in the country of South Africain the year

Which is an example of a way the economy of East Africa is changing?

These newspaper headlines show the importance of—

The western coast of Mozambique up through Namibia and Angola has a ________ climate.

The Indian Ocean affects life in East Africa, especially by providing a point of entry for goods, people, and cultures.

The ongoing border disputes between Sudan and South Sudan are over who owns

The carrying capacity is the set of systems that affect how well a place or organization operates within a country

What is the number one health problem and killer of Zambia (And the world)?

Two of the largest hydroelectric dams in Africa are located on the ________ River.

Which is correctly matched with the level of economic activity

Identify the push factor that led the Sudanese boys from Sudan to Kenya and ultimately to the United States.T

The Strait of Gibraltar separates Africa from which continent?

What native African army killed the “Boer trekers”