Sub Saharan Africa Unit Test

LAST NAME

FIRST NAME

Class Period

• 1
• 2
• 3
• 4
• 5

What conclusion can be drawn about Somalia’s economic development?

• Level 1 - developed
• Level 2 - developing
• Level 3 – underdeveloped
• Level 4 – non-existent

Compared to urban areas of Sub Saharan Africa, many rural areas’ economies are -

• free enterprise
• command
• traditional
• non-existent

English and French are languages spoken in many parts of Sub Saharan Africa due to -

• war with the U.S.
• trade with Australia
• French missionaries
• European colonization

What event is being described?

• Apartheid
• Kente
• Assal
• Kraal

Which of the following best replaces the question mark?

• Genocide in urban areas
• In severe debt to other countries
• Refugees flee the region
• Increase in civil war

The ancient and powerful Ghana Empire adapted to their environment by -

• using camels to transport goods across the Sahara
• building homes higher off the ground to avoid flooding
• creating and using the first sunscreen lotions
• building irrigation systems throughout the Sahel

What is being described in the excerpt below?

• The Holocaust
• Hotel Rwanda
• Apartheid
• The Lost Boys of Sudan