Central Africa

Which of the following is an important river of Central Africa?

• Congo
• Nile
• Orange
• All of the above

Which of the following countries is the largest country in Central Africa?

• Congo
• Gabon
• Cameroon
• Democratic Republic of the Congo

What climate regions are located in Central Africa?

• Desert & Steppe
• Humid Tropical, & Desert
• Humid Tropical & Tropical Savannah
• Desert & Highlands

Which of the following sentences best describes the Pygmies who live in Central Africa?

• The Pygmies all live in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC).
• The Pygmies survive by hunting and gathering their food.
• The Pygmies belong to one large tribe.
• Logging companies help the Pygmies travel by clearing roads for them.

Which statement about the Congo River is most accurate?

• The Congo River is not very important to the Central African region.
• The Congo River takes a straight and easy path through many countries in Central Africa.
• Dangerous waterfalls on the Congo River make it difficult to easily transport goods to the Atlantic Ocean.
• Work is just beginning on Congo River dams that will provide electricity for all of Central Africa.

Angola has a lot of oil but remains one of Africa’s poorest countries.  What is the most likely reason for this?

• Angola doesn’t have the equipment to get the oil to the surface.
• Portugal takes all of the profits from the oil trade.
• Angola is currently in the middle of a civil war.
• Dishonest government leaders in Angola kept most of the money for themselves.

What is the most likely reason Chad has two languages, French and Arabic?

• Most of Chad’s resident hope to move to France.
• Chad was once a French colony, and many people still speak French.
• Chad only trades with France.
• French is similar to Arabic and is very easy to learn.

Only 8% of all of Africa is a rainforest.

• true
• false

The rain forest is a good place to farm.

• true
• false

Central Africa is located on the equator.

• true
• false