Unit 7 Sub-Sahara Africa

Is it true that experts say that clearing land through slash-and-burn agriculture may have increased the expanse of savanna in Central Africa?

• True

• False

• Only sometimes

How do most people in Mozambique make their living?

• Divers

• Fishermen

• Hunters

• Farmers

What mineral is taken from Djibouti's Lake Assal?

• Water

• Gold

• Iron Ore

• Salt

Is the life expectancy shorter for the population of West Africa as it compares to most of the rest of the world is accurate?

• True

• False

Portugal had the greatest colonial presence in Central Africa.

• True

• False

Even though gold first attracted Europeans to the region, gold mining is no longer important to West Africa?

• True

• False

What is the meaning behind 'blood diamonds' ?

• diamonds sharp enough to cut the miners

• diamonds that are red in color

• diamonds mined to pay for rebellions and other conflicts

• diamonds workers bled on while working

French become the most common trade language in Central Africa & the language is a remnant of French and Belgian colonialism.

• True

• False

In 1970s Rhodesia had guerilla warfare. What was the main reason this was happening?

• The government refused to give the African population the right to vote.

• The Portuguese wanted control of the mining industry.

• The Zulus wanted to reclaim their land.

• The British stole their lands and natural resources.

There was a group that brought Christianity to Ethiopia. Which below is it?

• Portuguese missionaries in the late 1400s

• Italian diplomats in the late 1880

• Greek soldiers in the AD 100s

• Traders and missionaries from the Mediterranean region in the AD 300s