Africa and Asia Review

What was a negative impact of European partitioning across Africa?

• The European economy worsened as a result of exporting Africa's raw materials.

• Technology in communications was installed throughout Africa.

• European division of Africa caused conflict and destroyed many African traditions.

• Europeans constructed railroads and roads as well as introduced new feeds and fertilizers to improve farming.

Which statement explains why the Pan African movement is recognized as one of the driving forces behind African independence?

• It endorsed revolutionary practices and violence to be used as a means to independence.

• It promoted nationalism and encouraged all Africans to recognize their common heritage.

• It taught Africans to accept the practice of imperialismput upon them by European countries.

• It encouraged Africans to leave Africa and move to countries not under European control.

What do Nelson Mandela and F.W. Klerk have in common.

• They both started apartheid.

• They both spent time in prison.

• The both won the Nobel peace prize.

• They both supported racial segregation.

Why is it MOST important for citizens in a democratic governments such as Nigeria and Kenya to vote?

• Most democratic governments have made voting mandatory for citizens.

• Democracies use citizens votes to determine leaders who will put policies into place.

• Low voter turnout at elections will eventually lead to the country becoming an oligarchy.

• Voting increases citizens' patriotism and sense that they are important to their countries.

Which statement best describes the difference between a presidential democracy and a parliamentary democracy in Africa?

• The leader of a parliamentary democracy has more power than the leader of a presidential democracy.

• The leader of a presidential democracy is a member of the legislature, while the leader of a presidential democracy belongs to a separate branch of government.

• The leader of a parliamentary democracy has to be elected directly by citizens while the leader of a presidential democracy is elected by the dominant political party.

• The leader of a presidential democracy belongs to a separate branch of government, while the leader of a parliamentary democracy is a member of the legislature.

What do these statements describe:

1. Held accountable by own political party.

2. Selected from members of the leading political party.

3. President enforces executive power.

• Characteristics of the head of government in Kenya.

• Characteristics of the head of government of Sudan,

• Characteristics of the head of government in Nigeria.

• Characteristics of the head of government of South Africa.

Which explains the relationship between access to education and access to medicine across Africa?

• Many African Governments will not give healthcare to people who do not send their children to school.

• Access to education and access to medicine are both related to how closely a person in Africa lives to a city.

• Many African governments are too unstable to support safe schools or effectively distribute medicine.

• Access to education and access to medicine are both available to most people in Africa who do not live in the desert.

Nigeria's system is closer to pure command than South Africa's system.

How could Nigeria's economic system answer the economic question of "how to produce" MORE similarly to South Africa's economic system?

• Nigeria could rely more on their profits to answer the question "how to produce."

• Nigeria could rely less on positive incentives to answer the question, "how to produce."

• Nigeria could rely less on custom and habit to answer the question of "how to produce."

• Nigeria could rely more on government quotas to answer the question "how to produce".

Why would African countries be located somewhere between the two far ends of the economic continuum?

• Many countries usually have a limited number of resources.

• Many countries usually have some traditions they must follow.

• Many countries usually do not have enough money to do everything they want.

• Many countries usually have some government control and some market control of their economy.

South Africa has only recently begun to produce tea for sale. Kenya is one of the biggest tea growing nations in the world.

Which TWO statements explain why South Africa might place a tariff on tea from Kenya instead of passing an embargo.

• A tariff would allow the government of South Africa to control how much Kenyan tea is on the market so there is never more Kenyan tea than South African tea.

• A tariff would protect the people of South Africa starting tea production and an embargo would end all tea trade with Kenya.

• A tariff would allow the new South African tea industry to compete sooner and an embargo against Kenyan tea might result in an increased demand exceeding the supply.

• A tariff would discourage other tea producing countries from trading tea with South Africa, which would force more South Africans to buy South African tea and make the tea industry grow faster.

• A tariff would make Kenyan tea more expensive than South African tea, while an embargo would only limit the amount of Kenyan tea in South Africa.