West Africa

Which of the following is West Africa's longest and most important river?

• Niger River
• Senegal River
• Nile River
• Black Volta River

In which natural resource is Nigeria especially rich?

• silver
• oil
• manganese
• salt

How did the Sahara of 10,000 years ago differ from the Sahara of today?

• Even fewer plant and animal species lived there?
• Great cities with thousands of inhabitants lived there.
• It had grasslands and was more like a savanna than a desert.
• It was mostly tropical rainforest.

Which is the best explanation for the collapse of the Ghana Empire?

• The regions gold reserves became depleted.
• The conquering Almoravids brought infectious diseases.
• Trading routes shifted to other parts of West Africa.
• The empire grew weak because it could not feed its growing population.

Which of the following statements about languages in West Africa is accurate?

• Most traditional, ethnic languages of West Africa have died out.
• Arabic is almost unheard of in West Africa.
• In some places, people speak a blend of European and African languages.
• In most of West Africa, it is illegal for people to speak a traditional language.

What is animism?

• The belief in only one God.
• The belief in spirits of one's ancestors, the air, the earth and the rivers.
• The belief in a god who is not wholly good and is possibly evil.
• The belief that one's ruler is a god.

Which is the largest city in West Afric?

• Bamako, Mali
• Lagos, Nigeria
• Dakar, Senegal
• Accra, Ghana

What is one way life in rural West Africa differs from life in cities there?

• The nuclear family structure is more common in rural area.
• Rural dwellers are far more likely to deal with a wide variety of people every day.
• Rural West Africans speak English or French almost exclusively (that is the ONLY language they speak).
• Rural dwellers are more likely to wear traditional clothing.

What is the most popular form of recreation in West Africa?

• dance
• music
• sports
• visual arts

A semiarid region between the Sahara desert and the savanna is the __________

• basin
• Sahel
• Ennedi
• pidgin