African Government and Economy

Nigeria specializes in _____.

• Oil
• Diamonds
• Gold
• Technology

This is a type of government in which a group of individual states are united under a strong, central government where power is somewhat evenly distributed.

• Federation(Federal)
• Confederation
• Autocratic
• Parliamentary Democracy

What often happens to the children of those infected with HIV/AIDS?

• They are also infected
• Many of these children become orphans
• AIDS never infects the children of adult victims
• All these children are taken care of by the state government

Why don't more Africans infected with HIV/AIDS take the antiretroviral drugs that can slow down the progress of the disease?

• The drugs are too expensive for most Africans
• These drugs are not for sale anywhere in Africa
• These drugs do not seem to work well on African patients
• Western drug companies will not accept African currency

How do political conflicts sometimes lead to famine?

• Crops never seem to grow well in times of war.
• Conflicts disrupt farming and little food is produced.
• Political leaders order farmers to stop work in times of conflict.
• Political conflicts rarely have any significant effects on food supply

How do millions of people in southern Sudan get food today?

• They have begun successful farming again.
• The Sudanese government takes care of them.
• Food is provided through international organizations.
• They are able ot buy enough food from those living in the cities.

In a unitary government system who holds most of the power?

• the individual voters
• the local governments
• the central government
• both the central and local governments

In a confederation government system who holds most of the power?

• individual voters
• local governments
• central government
• central and local governments

In a federal system of government, who holds most of the power?

• the president
• the local governments
• the central government
• power is shared among different levels of government

In an autocracy, who makes most of the important governmental decisions?

• the courts
• the people 
• an individual ruler
• an elected legislature