Africa Test Review (test is Wed)

Settling in another country and taking it over politically (ex. Britain taking over South Africa)

• democracy

• Jim Crow

• colonization

• apartheid

What problems in South Africa did Nelson Mandela and the ANC (African Nation Congress) protest?

• apartheid

• white minority government where blacks could not vote and had to use passports

• inequality in jobs, housing, and education

• all the above

How many years was Nelson Mandela in prison before he became president of South Africa?

• 5 years

• 27 years

• 1 year

• 10 years

Which of the following are challenges people in developing Africa are facing?

• lack of food and basic needs

• civil war

• disease and natural disasters

• all the above

Someone who starts thier own small business is called a

• informal economy

• business executive

• micro-entrepreneur

• CEO

Most of Africas businesses are part of the

• formal economy

• giant cooperations

• global stock exchange

• informal ecomomy

What is gender based division of labor

• When the division of labor is based on gender roles (men and women have distinct tasks)

• When the division of labor is based on preferred task (everyone does what they want to do when they grow up)

Which of the following do you think is a benefit for having women micro-entrepernures in a community. 

• Women hire more workers.

• Women can afford to send their children to school.

• Women can afford to meet their families basic needs.

• all the above

Which best describes the Sahel?

• semi-arid

• tropical grasslands

• rainforest

• complete desert

What is the term for land that slowly gets drier and drier?

• climate change

• grassland

• arid

• desertification