SWANA/SSA Review

Sub-saharan Africa is

• The countries in Africa.
• The countries below the Sahara Desert in Africa.
• The countries above the Sahara Desert in Africa

Which two oceans surround SSA?

• Atlantic and Pacific
• Atlantic and Artic
• Atlantic and Indian

GDP stands for

• Gross Domestic Product
• Gross Domestic Produce
• Gross Domino Pizza

When cash crops fail

• it causes a food shortage.
• farmers plant again.
• diversity fails.

Which minority group from Turkey, Syria, and Iraq has experienced a lot of conflict and war?

• Kurds

• Arabs

Iraq, Kuwait, and Iran all border which body of water?

• Persian Gulf

• Nile River

• Mediterranean

The two branches of Islam.

• Sunni and Shi'ite

• Sikh and Hindu

• Protestant and Catholic

The belief in only one god.

• polytheistic

• monotheistic

• nontheistic

• atheistic

The goal of OPEC.

• set worldwide oil prices

• spread Arabic

• spread Islam

Man made feature that allows easy transfer of goods between the Middle East and Europe.

• Suez Canal

• Panama Canal

• Nile River

• Mediterranean