Africa Review

Which city is not considered a center of trade and culture in Sub-Saharan Africa?

• Cairo

• Lagos

• Johannesburg

• Dakar

These cracks in the Earth are created through continental plates shifting

• plateaus 
• mountains
• rift valleys 
• rivers

This desert is a transition area between the Sahara Desert and Sub-Saharan Africa.

• Sahara Desert
• Sahel Desert
• Rub al-Khali 
• Namib Desert

Which of the following is true about Africa's extreme demographics?

• Africa has the lowest birth rate
• Africa has the lowest death rate
• Africa has the highest infant mortality rate
• Africa has a higher than average life expectancy

1.  Where in Africa do most people live?

• Urban cities on the coast
• Rural village on the interior
• Rural villages along rivers and coasts
• Urban cities on the interior

Africa's giant waterfalls are called what?

• Escarpments
• Cataracts
• Plateaus
• Plains

The Savanna is what kind of climate/ vegetation zone?

• Tropical Rainforest

• Tropical Grasslands with scattered trees

• Tropical Sahara

• Tropical Highlands

What was Apartheid?

• The uniting of tribes against colonial rule
• The area between the Sahara and the Savanna
• The separating of people by skin color in South Africa
• The challenge to European rule

In Africa, the main cause of civil wars, conflict, and artificial political boundaries is

• African countries fighting for independence
• European partitioning (dividing) of African countries
• the African Slave Trade
• Pan-Africanism

European countries colonized Africa because 

• They heard about Africa's resources from explorers
• They were looking for raw materials and cheap labor
• They wanted new markets to sell products
• All of the Above