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- 1. Multiple Choice
What is the dominant landform of Central Africa?
Congo River watershed/basin
Nile River watershed/basin
Niger River watershed/basin
Kinshasa watershed/basin
- 2. Multiple Choice
What is one way the northern and southern areas of Central Africa differ from the central area of the region?
These areas are mostly covered with savannas rather than rainforests.
These areas receive much more rainfall than the rest of Central Africa.
Unlike the rest of Central Africa, these areas do not have a dry season.
These areas can not support wildlife and human habitation.
- 3. Multiple Choice
The eastern part of Central Africa runs along the ______________, a place on earth that stretches until it breaks.
Ethiopian Highlands
Great Rift Valley
Atlantic Ocean
Mozambique Rift Valley
- 4. Multiple Choice
Experts say that clearing land using ______________________ may have increased the expanse of savanna in Central Africa.
commercial farming
subsistence agriculture
slash and burn farming
gold mining
- 5. Multiple Choice
Why is the Congo River not navigable for its entire course?
Rebel groups have blocked portions of the river to ship traffic.
The river is severely polluted in many areas.
Several series of cataracts and rapids occur along the river.
Parts of the river are too narrow to allow for ship traffic.
- 6. Multiple Choice
_________ is about twice the width and height of Niagara Falls and is known to locals as Mosi-oa-Tunya, or “The Smoke That Thunders”?
Botswana Falls
Okavango Falls
Travesse Falls
Victoria Falls
- 7. Multiple Choice
Which country covers the largest amount of land in Central Africa?
Democratic Republic of Congo
Central African Republic
Ethiopia
Nigeria
- 8. Multiple Choice
Lesotho is an example of a/an ______ , countries that are completely surrounded by another country.
exclave
provincial
enclave
peninsula
- 9. Multiple Choice
What are “blood diamonds”?
diamonds that are red in color
diamonds that cost many lives when a mine caves in
diamonds that are used for industrial purposes
diamonds that are mined to pay for rebellions and other conflicts
- 10. Multiple Choice
In what country was apartheid written into law?
South Africa
Central African Republic
Democratic Republic of the Congo
Malawi
- 11. Multiple Choice
Which of the following was an effect of apartheid?
The Black, Asian, and Coloured majority all had protected rights including the right to vote but White minority did not.
Only the white minority had the right to vote and protections under a constitution.
Only Blacks had protected rights under a constitution including the right to vote.
Only men had the right to vote and protections under a constitution.
- 12. Multiple Choice
What was the international response to influence change to the laws of apartheid?
They began a campaign of civil disobedience.
They gave citizens money and weapons
They placed embargoes, or bans, on trade.
There was no international push for changing the laws.
- 13. Multiple Choice
Which individual was influential in helping to end apartheid in his country and was later voted President in the country’s first open election after spending many years in jail for protesting?
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
Shaka Zulu
Nelson Mandela
David Livingstone
- 14. Multiple Choice
What disease carried by mosquitoes kills over a million Africans a year?
AIDS
Malaria
Influenza
Ebola
- 15. Multiple Choice
Why has modernization and industrialization NOT come easily to Central and Southern Africa?
the region is under military control and currently the modernization is actually coming along very easily.
the region has little infrastructure, poor transportation and educational systems are hindrances to modernization.
the region is entirely Muslim and is according to Islamic law they are not allowed to modernize.
the region has no resources and low population growth that slow modernization.
- 16. Multiple Choice
Which natural resource has most helped the Republic of South Africa to build a strong economy?
oil
diamonds
forests
wildlife
- 17. Multiple Choice
Which health issue has a higher rate in Southern Africa than in any other region in Africa?
HIV/AIDS
Influenza
Ebola
Malaria
- 18. Multiple Choice
The word "Apartheid" means...
Ethnocentric
Separateness
Equality
Liberation
- 19. Multiple Choice
Most people in Central Africa live in ___________ areas.
Rural
Urban
Desert
Abandoned
- 20. Multiple Choice
Which of the following is a source of hydroelectric power in Southern Africa?
Orange River
Nile River
Congo River
Niger River
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