Transcript Sub-Saharan Africa - Harrison County Schools

Sub-Saharan Africa
Are you ready?
What phrase best defines basin?
A.
B.
C.
D.
Land area away from the coast
Tropical grasslands
Region drained by a river system
Area of higher mountainous land
The steppes of Sub-Saharan Africa are
becoming less fertile. Which reason
does not explain why this is
happening?
A.
B.
C.
D.
Climate changes
Plate tectonics
Human activities
Overusing water resources
Which of the following is NOT an effect
of population growth in West Africa?
A.
B.
C.
D.
Shortened rainy season
Increased demand for food crops
Deforestation
Desertification
Which statement best explains why
Southern Africa has the highest
standard of living in Sub-Saharan
Africa?
A. Southern Africa has abundant wildlife.
B. Southern Africa has many deep lakes.
C. Southern Africa can export its many natural
resources.
D. Southern Africa has many plateaus.
What Sub-Saharan Africa country
produces more oil than any other SubSaharan Africa country?
A.
B.
C.
D.
Zambia
Tanzania
South Africa
Nigeria
What has been the result of farmers
growing cash crops rather than food
crops?
A.
B.
C.
D.
Less food is grown to feed Africans
More farmers are growing legumes
Many farmers are going out of business
Farmland is more susceptible to drought
What is a pandemic?
A. An outbreak of disease that spreads only
within a particular community
B. A disease that is spread by mosquitoes
C. A disease that is spread by poor sanitation
D. An outbreak of disease that spreads over a
large area, even over much of the world
What happened to the Lost Boys of
Sudan who were taken in by the US?
A.
B.
C.
D.
Most were homesick and returned home
Many attended high school and college
Many moved to other countries
Many contracted diseases
What is a coup?
A.
B.
C.
D.
The legal takeover of a government
An illegal takeover of the government
A democratic takeover of a government
The takeover of a government by a religious
group
Which of the following has blocked
economic success in many SubSaharan African nations?
A.
B.
C.
D.
Overuse of natural resources
Poor soil
Conflict within countries
Lack of rainfall
What is the greatest challenge to
farmers in Sub-Saharan Africa?
A.
B.
C.
D.
Too much rainfall
Lack of technology
Scarcity of freshwater
Land at high elevation
How did Europeans decide where to
put the borders of their colonies?
A. They used Africa’s natural features such as
rivers.
B. They divided Africa to meet their own
resource needs.
C. They asked Africans to identify their cultural
borders.
D. They researched the borders of ancient
African empires.
Who has benefited from oil wealth in
Nigeria?
A.
B.
C.
D.
All citizens of the country
Only the people who live in the Delta
Mainly the people in power
Just the workers in oil refineries
Why has Somalia had difficulty
receiving unity?
A. Conflict between Muslim north and Christian
south
B. Conflict between rival clans
C. Conflict between military forces and
democratic rebels
D. Conflict among pirate groups
Why haven’t African nations benefited
more from their mineral wealth?
A. They didn’t discover the mineral resources
until very recently
B. Corrupt governments took much of the
profits from mining
C. People with traditional beliefs oppose
digging the land
D. A lack of universities led a shortage of
engineers
How did farming in Africa change after
colonization?
A. Villages farmed as a community to feed
everyone
B. People switched from growing grain to
raising livestock
C. Colonial rulers distributed the land more
fairly
D. People began to grow cash crops rather than
food crops
What is one reason the average life
expectancy for women in Sub-Saharan
Africa is lower than in North America?
A.
B.
C.
D.
Cancer
Heart attacks
Pneumonia
Tropical diseases
What was the Middle Passage?
A. A voyage carrying enslaved Africans from
island to island in the Caribbean
B. A voyage carrying enslaved Africans across
the Atlantic
C. A caravan carrying enslaved Africans from
Central africa to the coast
D. A caravan taking enslaved Africans across the
Sahara
Which countries in the region have the
greatest economic wealth?
A.
B.
C.
D.
In the north
Those with natural resources
Those in the interior
Those with deepwater lakes