Sub Saharan Africa Review

Which country contains five different climates?

• Democratic Republic of the Congo

• Ethiopia

• Kenya

• Madagascar

Which of these countries is entirely landlocked?

• Sudan

• Ethiopia

• Somalia

• Kenya

The physical region of Africa that includes the countries of Chad, Niger, & Mali is often called

• the near west

• the Heartlands

• the sub-Sahara

• the Sahel

In the late 1800s, why did European nations “scramble” to control areas of Africa?

• They needed raw materials to support new industries

• Their leaders were afraid of military threats coming from African nations

• Their citizens wanted to move to a place that was less polluted by industry

• They wanted to keep Asians and Americans from getting African resources

Which statement explains why many African countries faced challenges governing themselves after they gained independence?

• People who had suffered under colonial governments wanted no government

• African people had little interest in government and leadership activities

• Agents from the old colonial governments worked against new African leaders

• Colonial governments did not prepare African people for leadership roles

In what way have diseases like malaria, cholera, and polio contributed to making multiple generations of people poor in Africa?

• Sick Africans are forced to leave their homes and live alone

• When people are debilitated by disease, their children are left to grow up in poverty

• Young parents are more likely to become sick through contact with their young children

• Medical care in Africa is more expensive than in more developed regions

What was the strongest obstacle to European exploration of Central Africa?

• wars in Europe

• a lack of rivers and other water routes

• the large size of the continent

• agreements with Islamic nations to stay away

Which has been an effective method for slowing poaching?

• supporting the growth of tourism that depends on wildlife conservation

• enforcing laws and punishments for hunters caught poaching

• arresting and punishing tourists who illegally buy parts of poached animals

• placing ads in the media to tell people about the dangers of poaching

Hydroelectric dam projects in Africa have unintentionally harmed

• construction workers who suffered disease while building the dams

• people who have to pay more for electricity

• small farmers who lost their land when it was flooded for reservoirs

• electric companies who spent more to build the dams than they make from selling the electricity

Which is most likely to happen to people who live in an area with increasing desertification?

• migration

• corruption

• genocide

• subsistence