Chapter 13 West & Central Africa

Why do most people live in southern Chad?

• the north is covered in desert

• the south was once covered in rainforest

• the area is most suited for farming

• all of the choices

Why does Nigeria remain a poor country when it has a lot of oil resources?

• lack of leadership

• corruption

• war

• bad business deals

What is the name of Africa's flat grasslands?

• taiga

• pampas

• savanna

• steppes

What are some of the effects that war has had in West & Central Africa?

• child soldiers

• poverty and disease

• refugees

• all of the choices

True or False: The environment affects where and how people live in West & Central Africa.

• True

• False

What is the name of a West African storyteller?

• narrator

• bard

• griot

• chronicler

True or False: Microcredit loans help businesses in this region grow.

• True

• False

What two resources improved Ghana's economy in the 1990's?

• fishing and timber

• coal and oil

• gold and salt

• cacao and gold

What negative impact have humans had in this region that have made it difficult for farming?

• desertification

• pollution

• deforestation

• answers a and c

True or False: West Africans traded gold for Arab salt.

• True

• False