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SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 11mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The only area in the world where

poverty has increased over the last 25

years is Sub-Saharan Africa.

a)

T

b)

F

2.

80 percent of people living in Sub-

Saharan Africa are malnourished.

a)

T

b)

F

3.

Sub-Saharan Africa has the highest

population growth rate in the world.

a)

T

b)

F

4.

It is estimated that by the end of this

century 50 percent of the world’s

population will live in Sub-Saharan

Africa.

a)

T

b)

F

5.

Most countries in this area of the world

are very politically stable but suffer from

a lack of natural resources and

professional people.

a)

T

b)

F

6.

Which of the following could be another

title for this passage?

a)

Sub-Saharan Africa and Potential

b)

The Future of Sub-Saharan Africa

c)

Life Expectancy and Sub-Saharan Africa

d)

Africa Breakdown

e)

Poverty, Population and Politics in Sub-

Saharan Africa

7.

The meaning of the word “

absolute” in this passage is ----.

a)

partial

b)

total

c)

certain

d)

controlling

e)

rough

8.

The word “disputes” is

closest in meaning to ----.

a)

disagreements

b)

arguments

c)

fights

d)

wars

e)

violence

9.

What does the pronoun “it” in

this passage refers to?

a)

54 years

b)

malnutrition

c)

the average

d)

health

e)

average life expectancy

10.

This paragraph is mostly about ----.

a)

regional differences in Africa and

population growth forecasts

b)

the causes of instability in

Sub-Saharan Africa and the steps

being taken to resolve social and

political issues

c)

the population growth, persistent poverty,

and political instability that are occurring

in Sub- Saharan Africa

d)

poverty in Sub-Saharan Africa and

the situation and events that caused

poverty ensure that it continues

e)

changes towards increasingly positive

and stable democratic forms of

government in Sub-Saharan Africa

11.

The passage mentions each of the

following EXCEPT ----.

a)

in every single country in Sub-Saharan Africa

there have been free and fair elections

b)

since the 1990’s Sub-Saharan Africa has

changed quite dramatically in terms of the

political landscape

c)

currently, there are many groups trying to

achieve cooperation across borders in the

hope of achieving more shared values

d)

in most countries in the region there have

been elections with multiple candidates

running for office

e)

joint organisations have been formed to try

and promote conflict resolution

12.

The passage states that democratic

instability persists because ----.

a)

people in Sub-Saharan Africa are not used to

a centralised form of government but are

happy with tribes and warlords

b)

of the simple reason of money corrupting the

political system and people not being able to

access wealth

c)

a variety of very complex reasons, all of

which come from foreign powers interfering in

Sub-Saharan Africa

d)

most people leave the region and try to

escape to Europe

e)

of a variety of reasons such as war,

corruption, unstable institutions, and ethnic

problems to name just a few issues

13.

According to this paragraph, ----.

a)

the people of Sub-Saharan Africa are one of

the world’s poorest places after India and

South-East Asia

b)

Sub-Saharan Africa is the world’s poorest

region with the number of poor people at 100

million

c)

the rates of poverty have been decreasing

since the 1990’s when new health policies

were introduced

d)

in Sub-Saharan Africa the rates of per capita

income and poverty are both decreasing due

to political instability

e)

about 50 percent of the population live on less

than five dollars a day

14.

According to the passage, life

expectancy ----.

a)

is at a basic universal level of approximately

74 years globally

b)

in Sub-Saharan Africa is the same as the rest

of Africa and even higher in some countries

c)

in Sub-Saharan Africa is slowly closing in on

modern countries at 78 years life expectancy

d)

is a mere 54 years of age in Sub-Saharan

Africa

e)

is a very low for men in Sub-Saharan Africa

quite much higher for women

15.

It can be inferred from the passage that

----.

a)

there are multiple factor facing Sub-Saharan

Africa and that they will only be solved with

time, assistance, leadership and cultural

sensitivity

b)

the challenges facing Sub-Saharan Africa can

not be solved and that it may be best to forget

the concept of democratic countries in that

area

c)

the future of Sub-Saharan Africa will have to

be fixed by outside forces and military groups

taking over the countries

d)

eventually the countries in that region will

band together to form a super state like the

European Union

e)

if people are not extremely careful the entire

region may be destroyed by disease and

become a desert