Geography: Chapter 6 (Sub-Saharan Africa) – Flashcards
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Islam began to advance into Sub-Saharan Africa 2,000 years ago.
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False
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By the early 1990s, the Sub-Sahara Africa's foreign debt was around
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$200 billion
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In which Sub-Saharan African country is tropical deforestation the most prevalent?
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Madagascar
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Ghana is the only African state with a full developed modern road network
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False
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What disease is a major problem in Sub-Saharan Africa, causing death and leaving many children orphaned?
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HIV/AIDS
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What is the term for a person who has fled from a conflict, but who still resides in his or her country of origin?
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an internally displaced person
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A long pattern of seasonal male labor migration helped spread the HIV disease in the region
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True
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Looking at Figure 6.14, which of the following countries has the least food security?
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Somalia
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Economic aid is extremely important for many African states, and foreign direct investment in the region substantially increased from only $4.5 billion in 1995 to $________ billion in 2010.
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25
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What influence does religious affiliation have on birthrates in Sub-Saharan Africa?
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Religious affiliation has little effect on fertility rates in the region
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What Sub-Saharan African territory declared its independence in the 1990s, but has yet to be recognized as independent by any other nations?
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Somaliland
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Tribalism, or loyalty to the ethnic group rather than to the state, has emerged as the savior of African political life.
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False
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Most African women still live in remote villages where educational and wage-earning opportunities remain limited and caring for large families is time-consuming and demanding labor.
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True
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What parts of Sub-Saharan Africa are most vulnerable to global climate change?
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the arid and semi-arid regions
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Which European country had lost all its African colonies by the end of WWI?
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Germany
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What form of Christianity is most common in Ethiopia?
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Coptic Christianity
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What is the only country in Africa with an extensive area of mountainous topography?
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Ethiopia
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Which of the following regions in Sub-Saharan Africa seceded from its parent country, Ethiopia?
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Eritrea
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Life expectancy in Sub-Saharan Africa is _______ years?
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55
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The AIDS crisis in Sub-Saharan Africa
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is particularly concentrated among the working-age segment of the population.
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Sharia laws, such as those imposed in seven Nigerian states in 2000, are most closely associated with Judaism.
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False, Islam
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From the 1500s until 1870, about how many Africans were transported to the Americas as slaves?
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12 million
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In Sub-Saharan Africa, desertification is most severe in South Africa.
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False, Sahel
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The Millennium Development Goals is a global UN effort to reduce extreme poverty by focusing on basic education, health care, and access to clean water.
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True
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Family size is large in much of Sub-Saharan Africa for all of the following reasons, EXCEPT
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infant and child mortality rates are low.
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Germany was the first to lose its African colonies, and did so at the end of World War I.
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True
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The most secure wildlife reserves in Sub-Saharan Africa are located in the southern and eastern part of the region.
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True
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What country has begun offering African nations money for roads, railways, and schools with relatively few strings attached in order to secure oil from African countries to fuel its development?
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China
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Two vast blocks of European language exist in Africa today: Francophone Africa, and Anglophone Africa.
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False
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Female traders in West Africa have considerable political and economic power
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True
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What is the racial category used in the country of South Africa to define people of mixed European and African ancestry?
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coloureds
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At present, roughly half of the population in both Ethiopia and Eritrea is Coptic Christian
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True
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According to the World Bank, what percentage of Sub-Saharan Africans lived on less than $2 a day?
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69
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Which country in Sub-Saharan Africa has the largest population in the region?
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Nigeria
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Which of the following is NOT a problem associated with deforestation in the woodlands of the savannas in Sub-Saharan Africa?
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flooding
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What is a kleptocracy?
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a state where corruption is so institutionalized that large percentages of the country's wealth is siphoned off by politicians and government bureaucrats
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On average, about how many children does a woman in Africa have during her lifetime?
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5 or 6
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What is the international policy regarding the sale of ivory?
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A worldwide ban on ivory sales was imposed in 1989, then in the late 1990s the ban was lifted to allow some southern African states to sell down their inventories of ivory confiscated from poachers, and now only limited sales are permitted.
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In what part of Sub-Saharan Africa are the highest rates of HIV/AIDS found?
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the southern portion of the region
