Sub Saharan Review

Which answer below does not show that a country is more developed?

• High GDP

• Low Infant Mortality Rate

• Low literacy rate

• High Life expectancy

Which country below is likely less developed?

• 79 yrs average, 3/1000 Infant mortality, 89% literacy rate

• 68 yrs average, 19/1000 infant mortality $ 3,400 GDP

• 68 yrs average, 04/1000 infant mortality, $3,400 GDP

• 87 yrs average, 07/1000 infant mortality, $32,100 GDP

What is the highest landform in Africa?

• The Great Rift Valley

• Mt. Denali

• Mt Everest

• Mt. Kilimanjaro

Which landform in Africa was made from a 4,ooo mile crack in the earth's crust, and also was home to the skeleton remains of "Lucy"?

• Mt. Kilimanjaro

• Great Rift Valley

• The Sahel

• Kalahari Desert

Which one below describes an empire?

• A single , large, and powerful nation.

• A nation ruled by a king or Queen

• A group of nations that are ruled by one King, Queen, or Dictator.

• A group of nations that share alliances with each other in case of war.

What is Colonialism?

• When a country takes over an area and settles it with its own people, changing the culture.

• When a nation goes to another country and takes its resources, but does not change the culture.

• When another country enters in to a trade agreement with an equally strong country

• When a strong nation enters in to a trade agreement with a weak country.

During the Scramble for Africa, European nations came to Africa and took over its land, dividing up the continent in Berlin in 1885. Which nation lost all its African colonies after WWI?

• England

• France

• Germany

• United States

The best word below that describes commerce is..

• dictatorship

• trade

• war

• religion

Which below was NOT an effect of Colonialism on Africa?

• African nations were created by European powers across tribal boundaries, creating violence as cultures were pushed together without a common bond.

• Resources and people were taken from Africa without benefit to the people who lived on the continent

• Newly formed countries created when the Europeans left lacked the education, industrial and political systems need to be successful.

• African nations now had access to their resources, resulting in strong and independent nations.

The spreading of religion, language, and food that one group brings into another area that remains even after they are gone is called

• cultural diversity

• cultural diffusion

• imperialism

• commerce