Eastern Africa Region Today

Eastern Africa Region Today

Multiple Choice

Which religion believes natural world contains spirits in animals, mountains, trees and waters

• Animism

• Christianity

• Islam

• Judaism

Open Ended

What are 2 observations that you make from the map on this slide & the previous slide?

Multiple Choice

Growing crops and raising live stock to meet family needs is called

• Commercial farming

• Mixed farming

• Subsistence farming

Multiple Choice

Who are the primary farmers?

• women

• men

Multiple Choice

Countries with a low per Capita GDP are called...

• Developed Nations

• Developing Nations

• Undeveloped Nations

• Macrolenders

Multiple Choice

Products sold to other countries, mostly raw materials in Eastern Africa

• Currency

• Import

• Export

• International trade

Multiple Choice

Products brought into a country, mostly manufactured goods in Eastern Africa

• Currency

• Exchange rate

• Export

• Import

Multiple Choice

A command economy is when the government is in control.

• True

• False

Multiple Choice

Which of the following is an economic system in which the government and people are used to decide how to use scarce resources?

• Market economy

• Command economy

• Traditional economy

• Mixed economy

Multiple Choice

Which of the following statements is NOT true?

• Nairobi, Kenya is a important commercial center.

• Dar es Salaam, TZ is a transportation hub.

• Addis Ababa, Ethiopia is the largest city in the region.

• There are national parks outside city limits with African animals

Multiple Choice

Cities have highways and skyscrapers but also have rundown buildings and slums.

• True

• False

Multiple Choice

Political unrest is uncommon in this region.

• True

• Fasle

Multiple Choice

Which of the following is NOT an issue in Eastern Africa?

• Populations have fallen dramatically in the last 30 years

• Overpopulation causes poverty

• Not enough food leads to trying to grow food on land that can’t support farming and hurts the environment

• Not a lot of health services or educational opportunities

Multiple Choice

Land in Kenya is not suitable for farming. Farming there harms the environment and damages wildlife habitat.

• True

• False

Multiple Choice

When women have more educational or economic opportunities, birth rates drop more.

• True

• False

Multiple Select

Which of the following ARE reasons that people in Kenya want larger families? Select all that apply.

• They bring high status.

• They bring help care for elders

• They have more help in the fields.

• They bring lower status.

Multiple Select

Countries in Eastern Africa that have had significant issues with ethnic conflicts are... Select all that apply

• Ethiopia

• Uganda

• Sudan

• Rwanda

• Somalia

Multiple Choice

Ethnic hatred leads to genocide, the intentional destruction of a people.

• True

• False

Multiple Choice

Few ethnic conflicts are about land, distribution of government jobs, and aid.

• True

• False

Multiple Choice

One of the worst cases of ethnic cleansing aka genocide was in Rwanda in 1994. The Hutu people tried to wipe out the Tutsi people, hundred of thousands of people were killed.

• True

• False