Question 1

The most secure wildlife reserves in Sub-Saharan Africa are located in the southern and eastern part of the region.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 2

What Sub-Saharan African territory declared its independence in the 1990s,but has yet to be recognized as independent by any other nations?

Accepted Answer

A)   Soweto
B)   Somaliland
C)   Swaziland
D)   Rwanda
E)   BurundiF) A) and B)
G) C) and D) B

Question 3

Tropical deforestation in Sub-Saharan Africa is most prevalent in Madagascar.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 4

Several African countries rely heavily on one or two export crops

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 5

Tribalism,or loyalty to the ethnic group rather than to the state,has emerged as the savior of African political life.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 6

European colonization was effective throughout Sub-Saharan Africa,with the exception of one country. What was that exception?

Accepted Answer

A)   Algeria
B)   Ethiopia
C)   Nigeria
D)   Sudan
E)   UgandaF) None of the above
G) A) and B)

Question 7

What is the most important of the indigenous language groups of Sub-Saharan Africa?

Accepted Answer

A)   Niger-Congo
B)   Khoisan
C)   Austronesian
D)   Nilo-Saharan
E)   Indo-EuropeanF) C) and E)
G) A) and D)

Question 8

From the 1500s until 1870,about how many Africans were transported to the Americas as slaves?

Accepted Answer

A)   500,000
B)   1 million
C)   5 million
D)   7 million
E)   12 millionF) D) and E)
G) A) and B)

Question 9

Amid the poorer tropical soils of Sub-Saharan Africa,farming usually entails shifting cultivation (or swidden).

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 10

Two vast blocks of European language exist in Africa today: Francophone Africa,and Anglophone Africa.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False  False

Question 11

By the early 1990s,the Sub-Sahara Africa's foreign debt was around

Accepted Answer

A)   $30 billion.
B)   $70 billion.
C)   $100 billion.
D)   $200 billion.
E)   $400 billion.F) A) and C)
G) B) and C)

Question 12

Which of the following is NOT a staple crop in most of Sub-Saharan Africa?

Accepted Answer

A)   rice
B)   corn
C)   millet
D)   sorghum
E)   yamsF) A) and C)
G) A) and D)

Question 13

Female traders in West Africa have considerable political and economic power.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 14

As a region,what is the unifying theme of Sub-Saharan Africa?

Accepted Answer

A)   common religious experience
B)   similar livelihood systems and shared colonial experience
C)   shared language
D)   unified political system
E)   similar philosophyF) All of the above
G) C) and D)

Question 15

Write an essay in which you discuss the ethnic tensions and some of the current hot spots of conflict in the region.Be certain to cite the major players in this conflict as well as the reason for these tensions.

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Question 16

What is the racial category used in the country of South Africa to define people of mixed European and African ancestry?

Accepted Answer

A)   biracial
B)   coloureds
C)   mulatto
D)   mixed-race
E)   negroF) B) and C)
G) B) and D)

Question 17

At present,roughly half of the population in both Ethiopia and Eritrea is Coptic Christian

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False  True

Question 18

Senegal has the largest oil reserves in Sub-Saharan Africa,and it is a member of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC).

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 19

Of the following countries of Sub-Saharan Africa,which one saw the least political strife in the 1990s?

Accepted Answer

A)   Kenya
B)   Rwanda
C)   Zaire/Democratic Republic of Congo
D)   Liberia
E)   SudanF) A) and D)
G) B) and C)

Question 20

One positive change in the region is the decline in child mortality due to greater access to primary
health care.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Exam 6: Sub-Saharan Africa

The most secure wildlife reserves in Sub-Saharan Africa are located in the southern and eastern part of 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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Tropical deforestation in Sub-Saharan Africa is most prevalent in Madagascar.

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Several African countries rely heavily on one or two export crops

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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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European colonization was effective throughout Sub-Saharan Africa,with the exception of one country. What was that exception?

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What is the most important of the indigenous language groups of Sub-Saharan Africa?

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From the 1500s until 1870,about how many Africans were transported to the Americas as slaves?

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Amid the poorer tropical soils of Sub-Saharan Africa,farming usually entails shifting cultivation (or swidden).

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Two vast blocks of European language exist in Africa today: Francophone Africa,and Anglophone Africa.

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By the early 1990s,the Sub-Sahara Africa's foreign debt was around

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Which of the following is NOT a staple crop in most of Sub-Saharan Africa?

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Female traders in West Africa have considerable political and economic power.

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As a region,what is the unifying theme of Sub-Saharan Africa?

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Write an essay in which you discuss the ethnic tensions and some of the current hot spots of conflict in the region.Be certain to cite the major players in this conflict as well as the reason for these tensions.

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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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At present,roughly half of the population in both Ethiopia and Eritrea is Coptic Christian

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Senegal has the largest oil reserves in Sub-Saharan Africa,and it is a member of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC).

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Of the following countries of Sub-Saharan Africa,which one saw the least political strife in the 1990s?

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One positive change in the region is the decline in child mortality due to greater access to primary health care.

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