What is the main reason as to why the population of the Sahara is very low?

• Not enough government assistance

• Few jobs

• High levels of crime

• Limited access to water

What landform lies along the Atlantic Coast near the equator?

• Sahel

• Tropical Rainforest

• Atlas Mountains

• Savannah

Who has been benefiting the most from Africa's wealth of petroleum and mineral resources?

• Local governments distribute wealth to local people, so international companies do not profit much

• Small local entrepreneurs have been successful trading using the environment

• Foreign mine owners and corrupt government officials mismanage income and leave the people with little direct benefit.

• Nobody has benefitted much because the region locks the ability to extract the resources

What was the purpose of the Berlin Conference of 1884?

• To regulate European colonization in Africa

• To send humanitarian aid to drought stricken Africa

• To train Africans in water management and agricultural practices

• To intervene in a civil war between warring ethnic groups in Africa

What is the definition of assimilation?

• • Refusing to give up one's language for another

• • Demanding the return of a king as a natural leader

• • Refusing to change religions even when ordered

• • Giving up one's customs and adopting another culture

Language, religious beliefs, values, customs, and other ways of life that are shared by a group of people all create that groups ________

• Way of life

• Standard of living

• Culture

• Identity

What is the dominant religion in North Africa?

• Christianity

• Islam

• Judaism

• Hinduism

Which of the following is NOT a language found in North Africa?

• French

• Spanish

• Arabic

• Berber

Muslims worry about the impact of _____ in the region

• • Eastern Culture

• • Western Culture

• • Christian Culture

• • South American Culture

Islamic culture wants to limit women's ability to which of the following?

• Have children

• Read books

• Travel

• Get a job outside the home