American Military University GEOG 101 Week 4 Quiz

Quiz # 4 Week 4 Subsaharan Africa Return to Assessment List Part 1 of 1 - 96.0/ 100.0 Points Question 1 of 25 4.0/ 4.0 Points According to Figure 7.16 on page 376, which nation has the highest percentage of adults infected with HIV/AIDS? • A. Kenya • B. South Africa • C. Mozambique • D. Swaziland Question 2 of 25 4.0/ 4.0 Points The majority of people in Subaharan Africa depend on _______ for their livelihood. • A. public sector jobs • B. service sector jobs • C. farming • D. manufacturing Question 3 of 25 4.0/ 4.0 Points Which of the following countries was not a British colony prior to its independence? • A. Kenya • B. Ethiopia • C. Zimbabawe • D. Zambia Question 4 of 25 4.0/ 4.0 Points A significant legacy of colonialism in Subsaharan Africa is ____. • A. a robust but aging industrial sector • B. modernized farming systems • C. poor connections between African nations • D. English as the only lingua franca Question 5 of 25 4.0/ 4.0 Points Which of the following is true of Rwanda and Burundi? • A. They were former British colonies. • B. They were once a single country. • C. They both border Lake Victoria. • D. They have both driven out their Tutsi populations. Question 6 of 25 4.0/ 4.0 Points All countries in Subsaharan Africa gained their independence by ______. • A. 1970 • B. the late 1950s • C. the mid 1960s • D. the 1990s Question 7 of 25 4.0/ 4.0 Points Most countries in the African Transition Zone have a _____ population in the north and a _____ population in the south. • A. Muslim/Christian-animist • B. relatively large/sparse • C. African/Saharan • D. non-Muslim/Muslim Question 8 of 25 4.0/ 4.0 Points Which of the following countries borders Lake Victoria? • A. Sudan • B. Uganda • C. Malawi • D. Democratic Republic of Congo Question 9 of 25 0.0/ 4.0 Points The European slave trade reoriented African political and economic power structures by _________. • A. empowering Madagascar to become a regional leader. • B. weakening states in North Africa. • C. propelling East Africa to prominence. • D. enriching coastal kingdoms in West Africa. Question 10 of 25 4.0/ 4.0 Points Which of the following statements best describes post-colonial land reforms in Zimbabwe? • A. They had no effect on Zimbabwe's agriculture. • B. They resulted in efficient farms run by knowledge farmers. • C. They were done in a proper legal fashion. • D. They caused a crash in Zimbabwe's agricultural productivity. Question 11 of 25 4.0/ 4.0 Points Which of the following dominates the natural environment of Botswana? • A. The Kalahari Desert. • B. Coastal swamps and deltas. • C. Mountains associated with the Great Escarpment. • D. Tropical rainforest. Question 12 of 25 4.0/ 4.0 Points What West African country is known for both its coffee and cocoa beans exports? • A. Niger • B. Guinea • C. Chad • D. Ivory Coast Question 13 of 25 4.0/ 4.0 Points Madagascar owes its unique flora and fauna to its __________. • A. lack of human habitation • B. strong environmental regulations • C. unique physical environment and long term isolation • D. dry, savanna like climate Question 14 of 25 4.0/ 4.0 Points Once ______ gained independence, Ethiopia became a land-locked state. • A. Somaliland • B. Eritirea • C. Axum • D. South Sudan Question 15 of 25 4.0/ 4.0 Points Which of the following is an element of the informal sector of the economy? • A. Retail store chains. • B. The commercial agricultural sector. • C. Government workers. • D. Street markets. Question 16 of 25 4.0/ 4.0 Points In Nigeria, some groups think that profits from selling _____ aren't being used to help ordinary people. • A. palm oil • B. diamonds • C. cocoa beans • D. oil Question 17 of 25 4.0/ 4.0 Points Uganda has a national park containing one of only two remaining populations of ___________. • A. Bonobo chimpanzees • B. mountain gorillas • C. African elephants • D. one-horned rhinoceroses Question 18 of 25 4.0/ 4.0 Points The Sahel, or southern margin of the Sahara desert, is prone to what environmental hazard? • A. Desertification. • B. Flooding. • C. Earthquakes. • D. Volcanism. Question 19 of 25 4.0/ 4.0 Points Which of the following statements best describes Central Africa? • A. It is among the realm's most stable regions. • B. It is comprised exclusively of highlands. • C. Its most prominent landscape is tropical rainforest. • D. It spans the waist of Africa along the equator from the Atlantic to the Indian Ocean. Question 20 of 25 4.0/ 4.0 Points The largest migration of land animals occurs in what area? • A. The Namib Desert. • B. The Bushveld Basin. • C. The Seregeti. • D. The Sahel. Question 21 of 25 4.0/ 4.0 Points Subsaharan Africa shares which one of the following physical traits with North America? • A. Extensive coastal plains. • B. A cluster of large lakes. • C. Extensive areas of tropical climates. • D. A long mountainous backbone. Question 22 of 25 4.0/ 4.0 Points After independence, _________ became embroiled in a Cold War based civil war, which even involved troops from Cuba. • A. Angola • B. Malawi • C. South Africa • D. Nigeria Question 23 of 25 4.0/ 4.0 Points Which of the following is a unique aspect of Madagascar? • A. It was subject to a South African like apartheid system until 2003. • B. The dominant population is of Malaysian and Indonesian origin. • C. The Great Rift Valley predominates in the central part of the country. • D. It produces exceptional quantities of salt. Question 24 of 25 4.0/ 4.0 Points Which country in Subsaharan Africa has spent the last few decades recovering from its former policy of apartheid, or racial separation? • A. Zimbabwe • B. Malawi • C. Zambia • D. South Africa Question 25 of 25 4.0/ 4.0 Points Some of Africa's challenges are the result of colonial borders having been drawn with no respect for existing __________ boundaries. • A. climatic • B. hydrographic • C. physiographic • D. ethnic