Sub Saharan Africa Test Review

The ancient and powerful Mali Empire adapted to their environment by...

• building irrigation systems throughout the Sahel

• building homes higher off the ground to avoid flooding

• using camels to transport goods across the Sahara

• creating and using the first sunscreen lotions

The major religions in Sub Saharan Africa include...

• Taoism

• Islam

• Hinduism

• Christianity

• Judaism

In rural areas, stories and poems are often passed down to the next generation through...

• sculptures

• word of mouth

• a tribal book

• facial tatoos

What is the name of the country shaded in?

• Zimbabwe

• Kenya

• Nigeria

• South Africa

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

• Level 1- developed

• Level 2- developing

• Level 3 - underdeveloped

• Level 4- non-existent

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

• French missionaries

• a war with the U.S.

• European Colonization

• trade with Australia

1 South Africa is a country of minorities. Its people speak at least twenty languages, none of which is the first language of a majority of the population. 2 The implementation of apartheid created divisions between groups of people to an extreme degree by legally classifying South Africa’s people into exclusive racial and ethnic groups and restricting contact between them whenever possible. According to the system of racial classification formalized by apartheid, South Africa’s population was divided into four major racial groups: “white,” “coloured,” “Indian,” and “African”. 3 Even as apartheid began to be done away with in the mid 1980’s, divisions within the white minority and the Black majority were apparent. 4 In 1983, a new constitution allowed certain groups to vote in national elections, but limited the ways in which these groups could participate. Laws were passed providing more freedoms and lifting a ban on “interracial marriages” but racial classifications remained.

Determine which part of the except BEST describes the concept of apartheid.

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____________________ has been a global advocate for human rights. He was a leader of both peaceful protests and armed resistance against the white minority’s [unfair rule] in a racially divided South Africa.

• Nelson Mandela

• Malcolm X

• Martin Luther King JR

• John Lewis

His actions landed him in prison for nearly three decades and made him the face of the anti-apartheid movement both within his country and internationally. Released in 1990, he participated in the eradication of ______________ and in 1994 became the first Black president of South Africa.

• genocide

• trade in Europe

• The Holocaust

• apartheid

What is being described in the excerpt?

• The Lost Boys of Sudan

• Apartheid

• The Holocaust

• Hotel Rwanda