Unit 7: Sub-Saharan Africa

Which of the following physical features is identified by letter A?

• Lake Victoria

• The Nile River

• Lake Chad

• The Niger River

Which of the following physical features is identified by letter B?

• Lake Victoria

• The Nile River

• Lake Chad

• The Niger River

Which of the following physical features is identified by letter C?

• Lake Victoria

• The Nile River

• Lake Chad

• The Niger River

Lake Chad (like the Aral Sea) is experiencing

• desertification

• deforestation

• poaching

• flooding

Choose 3 impacts of desertification

• forced migration

• flooding

• shrinking water supply

• conflicts over natural resources

What type of population growth is sub-Saharan Africa experiencing?

• rapid

• zero

• negative

• slow

When literacy rate increases in a country, what happens to infant mortality rates?

• They increase

• They decrease

• They are unchanged

• Nothing

Africa's population densities are highest

• near rivers and coasts

• in the Sahara Desert

• in the mountains

• in the Congo Basin

Choose 3 causes of European imperialism in Africa

• An abundance of resources in Africa

• Belief that Europeans were superior to Africans

• The desire to convert Africans to Christianity

• The desire to learn about new cultures

All of the following were impacts of European imperialism in Africa EXCEPT

• Africans lost land

• Africans lost culture

• Europeans caused peace and unity

• Divisions created tension and fighting