African Geography Study Guide 2017 – You Create The Questions from your Notes.
1. ______
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A. The economies of these countries are based on technology.
B. The majority of people have left these countries.
C. Natural resources are abundant so water isn't an issue.
D. Trade and industry did not develop adequately.
2. ______
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A. The lack of water leads to fewer cars on the road.
B. Educational opportunities are decreased for women and children.
C. More land is cleared for farms.
D. There are few waterborne illnesses.
3. Use the list below to answer the question.
-Less arable soil
-Slash and burn
-Conflict over land use in the Sahel
- Deforestation
______
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A. Water Pollution
B. Oil Pollution
C. Desertification
D. Overpopulation
4. ______
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A. Arabian
B. Kalahari
C. Sahara
D. Gobi
5. ______
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A. Sahel
B. Savanna
C. Sahara
D. Tropical rain forest
6. ______
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A. farmers to become angry.
B. desertification.
C. irrigation problems.
D. soil to become compacted.
7.______
A. tourists come to the region to enjoy the warm climate
B. as the soil blows away; it is easier to mine gold
C. a lack of adequate food production for the people
D. the development of new clean technologies to provide jobs
8. ______
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A. reduced the amount of drinking water
B. increase in population
C. more deforestation and air pollution
D. decrease in government stability
9. ______
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A. Poor soil is killing most of the rainforests in Africa.
B. Deforestation is increasing the amount of oil pollution in Africa.
C. Deforestation means fewer people live in an area which leads to poor soil.
D. Poor soil causes farmers to use slash and burn techniques to create fertile soil, which increases deforestation.
10. ______
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A. Increased the size of Sudan
B. Decreased economic growth
C. Increased population growth
D. Decreased the size of the rainforest
11. ______
A. famine
B. deforestation
C. embargo
D. Quran
12. ______
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A. Tropical rain forests have grown quickly to fill in the cleared areas.
B. People have begun to move to other countries with more forests.
C. Erosion has made much of the cleared land barren and unable to support farming
D. The presence of so many farms has caused the Sahara Desert to shrink dramatically.
13. ______
A. These ethnic groups all speak the same language.
B. There is a large amount of religious diversity among the groups.
C. None of these groups are native to Africa and have immigrated to Africa from the Middle East.
D. All of these ethnic groups live in the same region of Africa.
14. ______
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A. Sahara
B. Sahel
C. Savanna
D. Tropical Rainforest
15. ______
A. require a common ancestry.
B. do not exist in Africa.
C. are not dependent on ancestry.
D. have more shared culture than ethnic groups.
16. ______
A. Bantu
B. Twi
C. Yoruba
D. English
17. ______
A. nationalism
B. language
C. region
D. religion
18.______
A. Too much water
B. Too much oil
C. Limited access to oil
D. Limited access to water
19. ______
A. African traditional religions are based on Christianity.
B. Africa has hundreds or perhaps thousands of traditional religions.
C. African traditional religions are based on Islam.
D. Very few Africans practice traditional religions.
20. ______
A. Arab and Ashanti
B. Bantu and Ashanti
C. Bantu and Arab
D. Arab and Swahili
21. ______
A. Arab
B. Ashanti
C. Bantu
D. Swahili
22. ______
A. Swahili
B. Ashanti
C. Muslim
D. Persian
23. ______
A. Persian
B. Kurds
C. Ashanti
D. Arab
24. ______
A. their numbers decreased as they migrated
B. their culture and religion changed as they migrated
C. their culture and religion remained the same as they migrated
D. the Bantu people refused to migrate
25. ______
A. The use of cartoons to tell a story.
B. The religious practice that inanimate objects and animals have a spiritual essence.
C. The harvesting of wild animals to feed impoverished people.
D. The use of animal sacrifice in ceremonies
NAME THE FOLLOWING:
6 AFRICAN COUNTRIES WE STUDIED
3 RIVERS + 2 LAKES
MOUNTAIN RANGE
4 CLIMATE ZONES