GEOG 100 Quiz 4 - Some of Africa's challenges are the result of colonial

American Military University GEOG 100 QUIZ 4 Week 4

Quiz # 4 Week 4 Subsaharan Africa

96.0/ 100.0 Points

Question 1 of 25

Some of Africa's challenges are the result of colonial borders having been drawn with no respect for existing __________ boundaries.

•             A. ethnic

•             B. physiographic

•             C. hydrographic

•             D. climatic

 

Question 2 of 25

Which county in Southern Africa also has the largest economy in all ofSubsaharan Africa?

•             A. South Africa

•             B. Zambia

•             C. Malawi

•             D. Zimbabwe

 

Question 3 of 25

Which of the following statements best describes post-colonial land reforms in Zimbabwe?

•             A. They resulted in efficient farms run by knowledge farmers.

•             B. They had no effect on Zimbabwe's agriculture.

•             C. They were done in a proper legal fashion.

•             D. They caused a crash in Zimbabwe's agricultural economy.

 

Question 4 of 25

What country once had a thriving tourism industry but now struggles to keep it viable?

•             A.Liberia

•             B.Kenya

•             C.Uganda

•             D. Burkina Faso

 

Question 5 of 25

A large education campaign made Uganda a leader in the fight against ___________.

•             A. religious extremism

•             B. corruption

•             C. foreign intervention

•             D. HIV/AIDS

 

Question 6 of 25

Africa shares which one of the following physical traits with North America?

•             A. A long mountainous backbone

•             B. Extensive coastal plains

•             C. Extensive plateau areas

•             D. A cluster of Great Lakes

 

Question 7 of 25

Most countries in the African Transition Zone have a _____ population in the north and a _____ population in the south.

•             A. non-Muslim/Muslim

•             B. Muslim/Christian-animist

•             C. relatively large/sparse

•             D. African/Saharan

 

Question 8 of 25

Which of the following is true of Rwanda and Burundi?

•             A. They have both driven out their Hutu populations.

•             B. They were former British colonies.

•             C. They are Africa's most densely populated countries.

. D. They both border Lake Victoria

 

Question 9 of 25

Which of the following countries borders Lake Victoria?

•             A. Sudan

•             B. Uganda

•             C. Malawi

•             D. Democratic Republic of Congo

 

Question 10 of 25

After independence, _________ became embroiled in a Cold War based civil war.

•             A. Malawi

•             B. Nigeria

•             C. Angola

•             D. South Africa

 

Question 11 of 25

Madagascar owes its unique flora and fauna to its __________.

•             A. strong environmental regulations

•             B. long-term isolation

•             C. lack of human influence until the 1500s

•             D. dry, savanna like climate

 

Question 12 of 25

Which of the following is an element of the informal sector of the economy?

•             A. mass-produced industrial goods

  B. government workers

•             C.unlicensed sellers of homemade goods

•             D. the commercial agricultural sector

 

Question 13 of 25

Which of the following statements best describes Equatorial Africa?

•             A. It is among the realm's most stable regions.

•             B. It spans the waist of Africa along the equator from the Atlantic to the Indian Ocean.

•             C. It is comprised exclusively of highlands.

•             D. It is dominated by warm, moist lowlands.

 

Question 14 of 25

The European slave trade reoriented African political and economic power structures by _________.

•             A. strengthening coastal states at the expense of interior states.

•             B. empowering Madagascar to become a regional leader.

•             C. propelling East Africa to prominence.

•             D. weakening states in North Africa.

 

Question 15 of 25

The Sahel, or southern margin of the Sahara desert, is prone to what environmental hazard?

•             A. Desertification.

•             B. Flooding.

•             C. Earthquakes.

•             D. Volcanism.

 

Question 16 of 25

The early state of __________ gave rise to the modern state of Ethiopia.

•             A. Nubia

•             B. Axum

•             C. Kush

•             D. Buganda

 

Question 17 of 25

The main economic legacy of colonialism in Subsaharan Africa is ____.

•             A. a robust but aging industrial sector.

•             B. modernized export oriented farming systems.

•             C. poor transportation connections between African nations.

•             D. English as the only lingua franca.

 

Question 18 of 25

The majority of people in Subaharan Africa depend on _______ for their livelihood.

•             A. farming

•             B. manufacturing

•             C. public sector jobs

•             D. service sector jobs

 

Question 19 of 25

Which of the following is a unique aspect of Madagascar?

•             A.The dominant population is of Malay origin.

•             B. It was controlled by a South African apartheid system until 2003.

•             C. It produces exceptional quantities of salt.

•             D. The Great Rift Valley predominates in the central part of the country.

 

Question 20 of 25

Most countries in Subsaharan gained their independence by ______.

•             A. 1958

•             B. 1994

•             C. 1970

•             D. 1950

 

Question 21 of 25

What West African country built a Roman Catholic basilica in Yamoussoukro to rival St. Peter’s in Rome?

•             A.Ivory Coast

•             B. Chad

•             C. Guinea

•             D. Niger

 

Question 22 of 25

Which of the following dominates the natural environment of Botswana?

•             A.coastal swamps and deltas

•             B. mountains associated with the Great Escarpment

  C.the Kalahari Desert

•             D. tropical rainforest

 

Question 23 of 25

Which of the following countries was not a British colony prior to its independence?

•             A.Ethiopia

•             B. Kenya

•             C.Zimbabawe

•             D. Zambia

 

Question 24 of 25

Recent economic growth in Nigeria has been offset by ______.

•             A. widespread Ebola outbreaks

•             B. expensive environmental regulations

•             C. rapid population growth

•             D. increased international conflicts

 

Question 25 of 25

What percentage of the world's HIV positive people were living in Subsaharan Africa in 2012?

•             A. 27%

•             B. 69%

•             C. 79%

•             D. 42%