Geo Ch. 19 Test Review

Question 1

What product did the West African kingdoms use to create their trade connections with the rest of the known world?

Accepted Answer

gold

Question 2

Which caused international sanctions in South Africa?

Accepted Answer

apartheid

Question 3

Which of the following effects did colonialism have on Central Africa?

Accepted Answer

a decrease in the economic infrastructure

Question 4

Which of the following is true of the AIDS pandemic in East Africa?

Accepted Answer

Govts hide the scope of the disease and more cases exist than are reported.

Question 5

Which of these was a base of operations for Portuguese slavers on the continent of Africa?

Accepted Answer

Sao Tome

Question 6

Why is Nelson Mandela a hero to many South Africans?

Accepted Answer

led a long struggle to end apartheid

Question 7

complete and systematic separation of the races

Accepted Answer

Apartheid

Question 8

Which of the following native groups was the biggest opponant to the British takeover of Southern Africa?

Accepted Answer

Zulu

Question 9

Movements of a particular language group from Western Africa to Central Africa to Southern Africa

Accepted Answer

Bantu Migrations

Question 10

Which of the following people personally controlled the Congo before the Berlin Conference?

Accepted Answer

King Leopold II

Question 11

Which of the following groups of Europeans fought for control of Southern Africa?

Accepted Answer

Dutch and British

Question 12

Which of the following is the major economic problem facing Botswana and other Sothern African nations?

Accepted Answer

unequal distribution of wealth

Question 13

Which people regularly traded with the Aksum civilization?

Accepted Answer

All of the above

Question 14

Which European country developed an interest in the Congo in order to open the African interior to trade?

Accepted Answer

Belgium

Question 15

What was the major economic goal for the European colonies in Africa in the late 1800s?

Accepted Answer

To extract as many resources as possible

Question 16

Dutch farmers in Southern Africa

Accepted Answer

Boer

Question 17

Which of the following was NOT a major West Africa trading kingdom?

Accepted Answer

Mutapa

Question 18

On what commodity do most countries in Northern Africa based their economy?

Accepted Answer

oil

Question 19

The great gold trading city built by the Shona people

Accepted Answer

Great Zimbabwe

Question 20

What was the primary basis of the Mutapa Empire’s economy?

Accepted Answer

gold trade

Question 21

Which of the following is true of the ancient Egyptian civilization?

Accepted Answer

They were able to use the Nile River's flooding to irrigate crops.

Question 22

Which of the following is NOT a problem in the educational systems of Central Africa?

Accepted Answer

a low dropout rate

Question 23

Which of these best states the purpose of the Berlin Conference?

Accepted Answer

divide Africa among European nations

Question 24

What is the name for the surge of pro-democracy protests, riots, and uprisings in Northern Africa in 2011?

Accepted Answer

Arab Spring

Question 25

Which of the following correctly describes how the agricultural system in East Africa is changing?

Accepted Answer

More people are leaving the farms for opportunities in cities.

Question 26

Which East African nation was able to defeat a colonial power?

Accepted Answer

Ethiopia

Question 27

Which of the following statements best describes slavery in Africa BEFORE the Columbian Excange?

Accepted Answer

Mostly POWs that were then adopted by their captors.

Question 28

Which of the following best describes the reason for the decline of Southern African gold trading kingdoms?

Accepted Answer

Europeans discovered gold in the Americas.

Question 29

The main religious practice in North Africa is?

Accepted Answer

Islam

Question 30

Define: a society in which people rely on family lineages to govern themselves

Accepted Answer

stateless society

Question 31

Which of the following accurately characterizes Sierra Leone?

Accepted Answer

political instability

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