Africa, Asia, Australia Test Review

The belei that the natural world contains spirits is held by followers of ---?

• Islam
• animist religions
• Christianity
• Swahili

the great kingdoms of West Africa became powerful by -

• conquering Mediterranean countries
• establishing colonies in Northern Africa
• using ships to send goods around the world
• controlling trade routes across the Sahara.

The Atlantic Slave Trade -

• suppled labor for European colonies
• suppled slaves to North Africa
• was oppoed by European countries.
• resulted in many Africans being shipped ot Europe.

Political boundaries drawn by European colonizers

• generally followed climate zones
• kept people who spoke the same language together
• kept people of the same religion together
• often separated members of the same ethnic group

The steep face at the edge of a plateau or other raised area is called a(n)

• delta
• pan
• coastal plain
• escarpment

What was South Africa's past policy of separation of races called?

• townships
• enclaves
• sanctions
• apartheid

The Muslim Population of Djibouti is higher than that in Kenya probably because of its -

• history as an early center of Christianity

• location near the Arabian Peninsula

• disapproval of animist relgions

• trade relations with Europe

A ____________ is an area of tall grasses and scattered trees and shrubs.

• Savanna
• Steppe

The __________ is a bowl-shaped landform that covers much of Central Africa

• Congo Basin
• Western Rift Valley

Most people in Africa practice the same religion

• true
• false