Africa Review

Which North African ethnic group continues to maintain many of its nomadic and semi-nomadic cultural traditions?

• Moroccans

• Libyans

• Egyptians

• Berbers

An African mask used in rituals and ceremonies to represent spirit animals of ancestors would be an example of

• cultural diffusion

• European colonization

• animistic traditions

• Muslim influences

Women living in rural areas of Africa are generally involved in which economic activity?

• subsistence farming

• transportation

• retail sales

• mining

How is the practice of micro-lending changing economic patterns in Sub-Saharan Africa?

• Diamond mines are being bought by Chinese investors

• Young people are moving to urban areas to attend college

• Commercial farmers are converting to subsistence farming

• Many women are creating cottage industries

What environmental change has resulted from increasing population pressures and overgrazing in the Sahel?

• pollution

• famine

• drought

• desertification

Which physical factor is most responsible for the settlement pattern in Egypt where the population is concentrated onto three percent of the land area?

• Mediterranean Sea

• Sahara Desert

• Red Sea

• Himalayas

Which biome is characteristic of central Sub-Saharan Africa nearest the equator?

• Tropical Rainforest

• Savannas

• Desert

• Taiga

After years of a north-south civil war in Sudan, South Sudan formed as a separate nation in 2011 after a majority of the people living there did what?

• signed a new constitution for the country

• voted in a referendum for independence

• overthrew the ruling monarchy

• fled to refuge camps in Sudan

European countries cut up almost the entire ________________________ into a collection of colonies. This has led to the diversa cultural landscape of modern day.

• world

• country of India

• continent of Africa

• continent of South America

Which factor most accounts for the creation of the political borders in Africa?

• Colonial territory claims

• Physical boundaries

• Climate conditions

• Ethnic divisions