Post-Colonial Sub-Saharan Africa, 1945-Present

What cultural trait led to the split of Sudan? 

• Clothing
• Lack of food
• Religious conflict
• Limited government

What is desertification?

• when a desert takes over the rainforest
• the process by which fertile land becomes desert
• eating as much dessert as you want
• lack of rainfall

What is apartheid?

• a genocide that occurred in Rwanda in 1994

• religious conflict in Sudan

• a terrorist group operating in Somalia today

• a system of brutal and oppressive racial segregation in South Africa

Farmers who practice SUBSISTENCE FARMING farm:

• for profit, like cash crops

• for commercial sale on the global market

• to provide for a village or large city

• to provide for their family's basic needs

Why do many countries still struggle economically even though they have a wide variety of natural resources?

• The end of European colonization left their economies unstable 
• The supply of petroleum is decreasing
• Demand for diamonds is low
• The slave trade ended

Which word means "a person who has been forced to leave their country due to war, natural disaster, etc."?

• migrant
• genocide
• refugee
• escarpment 

Who never gave up the fight for equal rights and was elected president after decades of imprisonment and struggle?

• Wangari Mathaai

• Nelson Mandela

• Abdi Nor

• Omar al-Bashar

4. Why did European countries colonize in Africa?

• they do not have any resources in their countries
• traditional tribes asked for help
• Africa was never colonized
• land, power, and natural resources

How has the history of Sub-Sahara Africa contributed to political instability in some nations of the region?

• The devastation of the Second World War has left some nations struggling to recover

• The end of foreign aid to the region is leaving many without proper food and medicine

• The end of European colonization left some nations struggling to form effective governments

• The migration of the Bantu-speaking people across national boundaries has caused a clash of cultures

English and French have become common languages spoken in Sub-Sahara Africa because of -

• a history of European colonization in the region

• the migration of man missionaries to the region

• a tradition of learning multiple languages in the region

• an established system of Christian schools in the region