Africa South of the Sahara Review

A giant man-made lake in West Africa that took over much of a previous water system is:

The horn of Africa is mostly made up of:

The practice of passing down stories from generation to generation by word of mouth is called:

An area in the transition zone from Senegal to Somalia that receives little rain is called the:

The underlying reason for Southern Africa's inability to adequately manage resources is:

Corrupt leaders from Nigeria stole money from oil extraction rights over 40 years estimated at:

The center of the European slave trade was in the nation of:

The Nile River divides in the transition zone into the:

The top continuous layer of leaves in a forest is called its:

The genocide of the Tutsis at the hand of the Hutus took place in:

The climate of Southern Africa is greatly affected by:

The land area of Equatorial Africa that dominates the region is the:

The term for people who have been forced from their homes but remain in their own countries is:

The issue that is ravaging Southern Africa in almost every area of their society is:

An East African nation whose kingdom goes back to biblical times is:

A king of Belgium thought this territory was his personal possession, treating people harshly:

Northern Africa is divided from the rest of the continent by the:

AIDS is belived to have begun in the nation of:

Diamonds mined and sold to finance civil wars are called:

Mahogany, iroko, and teak are highly sought-after types of:

West Africans use the fruit from mangrove trees to:

Mount Kilimanjaro, a popular mountain-climbing site for tourists, is a/an:

When people in the transition zone cut down trees for firewood, they add to the problem of:

A natural or artificial lake used as a source of water is called a:

An empire that profited from a location between salt mines in the Sahara and gold mines was:

The transition zone not only divides Africa from a physical geography standpoint by also from:

Africa's eastern boundary is formed by:

The poorest nation in the world, with an average gross domestic product of about $300, is:

To confront problems of illegally sold diamonds financing war, the United Nations established:

One way Africans have ovecome difficulty in getting products to consumers around the world is:

Two important sources of fresh water in West Africa are:

A cataract is also known as a large:

Madagascar is an island nation with:

The tropical area of Equatorial Africa is also known as:

Shaka was a great leader in the early 1800's of an empire with great influence today, the:

The second largest river basin in the world is formed from:

Early farmers and herders in Equatorial Africa who settled as much as a third of Africa were:

The second-largest freshwater lake in the world, located in East Africa, is:

A civilization formed when Egyptians moved southtoward present-day Sudan was the:

A natural wonder of East Africa, caused by shifting tectonic plates, is called the:

Most of the countries in Africa were once colonized by:

A traditional form of religion in which nature & objects are thought to have spirits is called:

Rivers slow down, split into channels, and deposit silt in areas called:

A system of racial separation in South Africa that came to an end in the 1990s was called:

Victoria Falls is formed along the southern border of Zimbabwe when:

The Portuguese explorer who first sailed around the Cape of Good Hope in the 1400s was:

Only a small percentage of rural Africans have easy acces to:

Sub-Saharan Africa is home to hundreds of:

One of Africa's key issues is the illegal hunting of animals, or:

The primary focus of the majority of people is Equatorial Africa is: