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Multiple Choice
Select the best answer from the choices provided.

This activity contains 25 questions.

	Sub-Saharan Africa is united as a world region by:   Common languages and religious practices. Similar livelihood systems and shared colonial experience. Shared philosophy and political systems. Clear physical and cultural boundaries from North Africa. Losses resulting from the slave trade.

	Environmental issues in Sub-Saharan Africa include all of the following EXCEPT:   Air pollution. Water pollution. Deforestation. Desertification. Wildlife destruction.

	A zone of ecological transition from dry desert conditions in the north and wetter conditions in the south, the Sahel faces increased desertification due to:   (A) Peanut farming, which depletes key nutrients out of the soil and forces farmers to continually seek new land. (B) Transhumance, which moves water-hungry animals from wet-season to dry-seasons pastures and back. (C) Year-round grazing, resulting from new deep wells but leading to more erosion and land degradation. A and C only. B and C only.

	Since most household energy needs (cooking, heating, etc.) are met by burning wood, all of the following statements are true EXCEPT:   Women and children in some areas spend hours each day gathering wood for fuel. In some communities, village women have organized into groups to plant trees to meet future energy needs. Deforestation is occurring but is not worrisome because the rain forests are vast enough to accommodate large-scale logging for several more decades. Deforestation aggravates problems of soil erosion and biofuel shortages. Animal species that rely on trees for food and habitat are also threatened with extinction as deforestation continues.

	While southern Africa has been most successful in maintaining large populations of elephants, wildlife conservation is difficult due to all of the following EXCEPT:   Population pressure. Poverty. Political instability. Legal ivory sales. Poaching.

	Which of the following best characterizes the physical environment of Sub-Saharan Africa?   Volcanic mountains interspersed with rolling hills and valleys. Low-lying flat plains with fertile alluvial soils and numerous rivers. Vast elevated plateaus that are higher in eastern Africa and lower in western Africa. An arid flatland with few rivers and settlements. None of the answers provided, since human modifications have so severely transformed the land.

	The four major river systems of Sub-Saharan Africa include all of the following EXCEPT:   Congo. Gambia. Niger. Nile. Zambezi.

	The vegetation of Sub-Saharan Africa includes all of the following BUT:   Desert plants. Tall grasses. Wooded grasslands. Rain forests. Coniferous trees.

	While life expectancy in much of Sub-Saharan Africa is low, population growth rates are high. As a result, the overall percentage of people under age 15 is _____ while overall percentage of people over age 65 is _____.   30%; 23%. 18%; 15%. 45%; 3%. 22%; 13%. 39%; 8%.

	Which of the following is NOT a reason for large family sizes in Sub-Saharan Africa?   Rural lifestyles. Religious affiliation. Children guarantee a family's lineage and status. Limited access to education for women. Children are seen as "social security" for their elders.

	Roughly 2/3 of all people infected with HIV/AIDS live in Sub-Saharan Africa. Successful strategies to prevent further spread of the disease includes all of the following EXCEPT:   National campaigns for AIDS awareness. Frank public discussion of the disease. Increased access to generic drug therapies. Educating students in schools about how the virus is spread. Convincing people to change their sexual practices.

	Main staple crops over most of Sub-Saharan Africa include:   (A) Wheat and peanuts. (B) Sorghum and yams. (C) Millet and maize. A and B only. B and C only.

	Some of the problems faced by Sub-Saharan African cities include all of the following EXCEPT:   Long commutes and clogged streets. Increasing crime. Meeting the demand for services: water, sewage, and electricity. Proliferation of small cities competing for migrant workers. Urban sprawl.

	Which of the following languages is NOT unique to Sub-Saharan Africa?   Swahili. Hausa. Somali. Ibo. Yoruba.

	While no institutionalized form of religion ever came close to unifying the region, many indigenous expressions of religious devotion are grouped together as:   animist. pagan. ancestral worship. heretical. folk.

	The majority of slaves taken from Sub-Saharan Africa were forcibly transported to:   British North America. British Caribbean. Brazil. Spanish America. Dutch Caribbean.

	Kwaito in South Africa is:   (A) Post-apartheid political protest music. (B) Brazilian-influenced jazz music. (C) Protestant Christian social development organization. A and B only. A and C only.

	Until the discovery of _____ in the 1850s, roughly half of all Europeans who lived on the African mainland died within a year, mainly due to diseases like _____.   swamp drainage techniques; dengue fever quinine; malaria condoms; AIDS river snails; schistomaniasis tsetse flies; sleeping sickness

	The "Scramble for Africa" by European colonial powers culminated in the 1884 _____, where Sub-Saharan Africa was carved up for exploitation. By 1913, the only countries to remain independent and ruled by blacks were _____ and _____.   Berlin Conference; Liberia; Ethiopia Vienna Conference; Angola; Mozambique Berlin Conference; Egypt; Union of South Africa Vienna Conference; Libya; Cameroon Berlin Conference; Uganda; Nigeria

	During the years when South Africa was segregated by the policy of apartheid (1948-1994), whites managed social interaction by controlling space, including:   Separate entrances for use based on skin color or ancestry. Urban residential sectors, where skin color could be used to deny employment or admittance. Forcible relocation of blacks into townships and homelands. Denying blacks citizenship, since technically they were citizens of their assigned homelands. All of the above.

	Unlike refugees, _____ do not qualify easily for international humanitarian aid because they continue to reside in their country of origin.   Lost Boys Internally displaced persons Human cargo Ethnic clans Rwandans

	More than 10 years after ethnic genocide in Rwanda, several states in central Africa face _____ and increasing numbers of _____ as well as _____ economic output.   Truth and Reconciliation Committees; returning refugees; rising. International Court of Justice legal proceedings; election monitors; struggling. Tribal conflicts; war crimes allegations; flat. Continued civil unrest; displaced people; plummeting. Destabilization; non-governmental organizations; poor.

	Roots of African poverty are NOT likely to include:   High levels of foreign debt, as a percentage of economic output. Lack of colonial investment in infrastructure, such as roads or telephone lines. Environmental factors, such as poor soils and erratic rainfall patterns. Failed development policies, such as economic nationalism. Institutionalized corruption, such as kleptocracies where bureaucrats siphon off national wealth for personal use.

	Individual Africans are improving their links to the world economy by increasing their:   (A) Use of mobile phones that do not rely on fixed telephone lines. (B) Inflow of private capital. (C) Numbers of television sets per household. A and B only. A and C only.

	Social development throughout Sub-Saharan Africa is complicated by all of the following EXCEPT:   Generally low life expectancy. Lack of doctors and health facilities. Increasing numbers of community organizations. Not counting women's economic activity. Rising disease rates.

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