Africa Review pt. 2 2023

Africa has the ___ largest population of all continents

• 2nd

• 3rd

• 4th

• 5th

What drew European countries to the continent of Africa?

• the availability of natural resources

• the large population

• the varied climate

• its access to the Mediterranean Sea

What led to the Atlantic Slave trade?

• discrimination

• racism

• the need for cheap labor in the Americas

• the need for gold in West Africa

the voyage taken by enslaved Africans from their homes to the Americas

• Middle Atlantic Trip

• Middle Passage

• Slave voyage

• Middle Path

What impact did colonization have upon the continent of Africa?

• loss of land

• people forced to work for no or little pay

• forced ethnic groups to live with each other when they had previous conflicts

• all of these are correct

Why was the transition to independence difficult for many countries?

• they were not intelligent enough to govern themselves

• many people did not have experience in governing and they had no control over their economies

• several people on the continent had a lot of experience in business

• all of these are correct

This country experience a terrible genocide due to ethnic conflict after its independence.

• Liberia

• Rwanda

• South Africa

• Egypt

Ethnic discord over control of an oil rich region by the Igbos.

• Kenya

• Tanzania

• Nigeria

• Somalia

The earliest human fossil remains have been found in this area of Africa.

• the Nile

• Great Rift Valley

• the Syrian Desert

• the Amazon

Which of the minerals exist in abundance on the African continent?

• diamonds

• silver

• gold

• all of these are correct