Globalization and Diversity, 5e (Rowntree et al.)
Chapter 6 Sub–Saharan Africa
1) In what region of Sub-Saharan Africa is desertification most severe?
A) the Sahel
B) the Kalahari
C) South Africa
D) the Horn of East Africa
E) the Congo
2) What is transhumance?
A) the seasonal movement of animals and their tenders between wet- and dry-season pastures
B) the political uprisings that took place in many African nations after they were released from
colonial rule
C) the zone of ecological transition between the Sahara to the north and the wetter savannas and
forests to the south
D) the shifting seasonal climate pattern experienced in southern Africa
E) a grass–roots environmental policy emphasizing planting trees
3) As a region, what is the unifying theme of Sub-Saharan Africa?
A) common religious experience
B) similar livelihood systems and shared colonial experience
C) shared language
D) unified political system
E) similar philosophy
4) What are the primary biofuels in Sub-Saharan Africa?
A) non-renewable resources such as coal and oil that are used to power industrial operations in
African factories
B) wood and charcoal used for household energy needs
C) a new form of synfuel that has been created to solve Sub-Saharan Africa’s energy problems
D) wood chips that are compacted together into log form and then sold at African markets for
heating fuel
E) fuels manufactured from food and lawn wastes
5) The Sahel
A) is a cultural group that is struggling for political independence in Nigeria.
B) is a zone of ecological transition between the Sahara to the north and the wetter savannas and
forests to the south.
C) is the African term for Sub–Saharan Africa.
D) is a species of domesticated cattle from which many Africans make their livelihood.
E) is an ethnic group in Chad.
6) What parts of Sub-Saharan Africa are most vulnerable to global climate change?
A) highland regions
B) the cities
C) the temperate zones
D) the tropical rainforests
E) the arid and semi–arid regions
7) Looking at the graphic below, which of the following countries has the highest risk of food
insecurity?
A) Niger
B) Chad
C) Mali
D) Mauritania
E) Burkina Faso
8) What river is a critical source of water for West Africa, especially Mali and Niger?
A) the Nile
B) the Congo
C) the Niger
D) the Zambezi
E) the Orange
9) Where in Sub-Saharan Africa can you find a Mediterranean–type climate?
A) southern Africa
B) central Africa
C) western Africa
D) eastern Africa
E) directly below the Sahara Desert
10) Africa’s largest tropical rainforest, the Ituri rainforest, is located in the watershed of what
river?
A) the Nile
B) the Congo
C) the Niger
D) the Zambezi
E) the Limpopo
11) What plant is being used to slow down deforestation in Africa?
A) cactus
B) pine trees
C) teak
D) bamboo
E) chaparral
12) The CITES treaty from 1989 helped stop what?
A) offshore oil drilling
B) desertification
C) illegal occupation of farmland by foreigners
D) elephant herds that had grown too large
E) the illegal trade in ivory
13) What animal is especially threatened in today’s Africa?
A) elephants
B) tigers
C) rhinoceros
D) lions
E) snakes
14) One of the possible outcomes of climate change would be increased rainfall in
A) equatorial Central Africa
B) the east coast of southern Africa
C) the deserts of southern Africa
D) the West African Coast
E) the Sahel
15) The Famine Early Warning Systems (FEWS) network uses all of the criteria below to
monitor food insecurity EXCEPT
A) rainfall.
B) food production.
C) total fertility rates.
D) food prices.
E) vegetation cover.
16) What is the only country in Africa with an extensive area of mountainous topography?
A) Congo
B) Liberia
C) Angola
D) Cameroon
E) Ethiopia
17) In which Sub-Saharan African country is tropical deforestation the most prevalent?
A) Madagascar
B) the Democratic Republic of Congo
C) Republic of the Congo
D) Gabon
E) Djibouti
18) What is the international policy regarding the sale of ivory?
A) A worldwide ban on ivory sales was imposed in 1989.
B) A worldwide ban on ivory sales was imposed in 1989, then in the late 1990s the ban was
lifted.
C) A worldwide ban on ivory sales was imposed in 1989, then in the late 1990s the ban was
lifted to allow some southern African states to sell down their inventories of ivory confiscated
from poachers, and now only limited sales are permitted.
D) Sale of ivory is restricted, but not entirely eliminated.
E) No action has been taken on the sale of ivory.
19) What is the Great Escarpment?
A) a landform that rims northern Africa, from Morocco to Algeria
B) a landform that rims the Horn of Africa, from Somalia to Eritrea
C) a landform that rims southern Africa from Angola to South Africa
D) a landform that rims eastern Africa, from Kenya to Tanzania
E) a landform that rims the bulge of Africa, from Liberia to Ghana
20) The Congo River
A) is also known as the Zambezi River.
B) drains into the Atlantic Ocean.
C) originates in Ethiopia.
D) is navigable for most of its length.
E) is the smallest watershed in the region.
21) Which of the following is NOT a problem associated with deforestation in the woodlands of
the savannas in Sub-Saharan Africa?
A) soil erosion
B) shortage of biofuels
C) moisture loss
D) flooding
E) extreme economic hardship
22) Why did Professor Wangari Maathai of Kenya win the Nobel Peace Prize in 2004?
A) She brought an end to Apartheid in South Africa.
B) She established the “Doctors Without Frontiers” program.
C) She negotiated a peace agreement in Darfur, Sudan.
D) Her Greenbelt Movement led to the planting of millions of trees.
E) all of the above
23) In what part of Sub-Saharan Africa are the most secure wildlife reserves located?
A) the northern portion of the region
B) the southern portion of the region
C) the eastern portion of the region
D) the western portion of the region
E) Djibouti
24) In Sub-Saharan Africa, at about what age do most women marry?
A) when they are teenagers
B) at an average age of 22
C) at an average age of 24
D) at an average age of 27
E) at an average age of 30
25) What disease is a major problem in Sub-Saharan Africa, causing death and leaving many
children orphaned?
A) cholera
B) HIV/AIDS
C) cancer
D) heart disease
E) tuberculosis
26) Which country in Sub-Saharan Africa has the largest population in the region?
A) Nigeria
B) South Africa
C) Angola
D) Kenya
E) Ethiopia
27) The population of Sub-Saharan Africa is characterized by
A) a relatively low percentage of children under the age of 15.
B) a doubling time of just over 100 years.
C) large families.
D) low infant mortality rates.
E) low rate of natural increase.
28) Family size is large in much of Sub-Saharan Africa for all of the following reasons,
EXCEPT
A) large family size increases prestige.
B) infant and child mortality rates are low.
C) most women do not have high levels of education.
D) birth control methods are neither readily available nor universally accepted.
E) rural lifestyle.
29) What is the racial category used in the country of South Africa to define people of mixed
European and African ancestry?
A) biracial
B) coloureds
C) mulatto
D) mixed–race
E) negro
30) Which country of Sub-Saharan Africa is the LEAST densely settled in the region?
A) Namibia
B) Burundi
C) Angola
D) Ethiopia
E) Nigeria
31) Sub-Saharan Africa
A) contains more than a billion people.
B) has a young population in comparison with western countries.
C) has a relatively high GNI per capita.
D) has seen declining population numbers in recent years due to AIDS.
E) is a region of middle-income countries.
32) On average, about how many children does a woman in Africa have during her lifetime?
A) 1 or 2
B) 3
C) 4
D) 5 or 6
E) 8 or more
33) In what part of Sub-Saharan Africa are the highest rates of HIV/AIDS found?
A) the northern portion of the region
B) the southern portion of the region
C) the eastern portion of the region
D) the western portion of the region
E) the Horn of Africa
34) Why is there concern about the tsetse fly in Sub-Saharan Africa?
A) The tsetse fly spreads HIV/AIDS.
B) The tsetse fly is an important part of the food chain in Sub-Saharan Africa; without it, African
wildlife could not exist.
C) The tsetse fly spreads sleeping sickness to humans, cattle, and some wildlife.
D) The tsetse fly is an endangered species, found only in a small corner of Cameroon.
E) The tsetse fly exists in vast numbers, laying its eggs in the rainforests of Sub–Saharan Africa,
and contributing to deforestation.
35) What country was most impacted by the 2014-15 Ebola outbreak?
A) Guinea
B) Sierra Leone
C) Mali
D) Liberia
E) Burkina Faso
36) South Africa has a smaller number of women in their 30s and 40s compared to men of the
same age. Why?
A) war
B) emigration for work
C) high suicide rates
D) high birth rates leading to high death rates for women
E) HIV/AIDS
37) What city is the region’s only megacity?
A) Cape Town
B) Lagos
C) Nairobi
D) Luanda
E) Kinshasa
38) What is Sub-Saharan Africa’s most troubling demographic indicator?
A) high birth rates
B) HIV/AIDS rates
C) migration
D) low life expectancy
E) child mortality rates
39) What nontraditional agricultural product has become an important part of African export
economies?
A) flowers
B) papayas
C) melons
D) peanuts
E) palm oil
40) What African city has been a major trans–Saharan trade center for over a millennium?
A) Nairobi
B) Axum
C) Tombouctou
D) Dakar
E) Lagos
41) Soweto and Gugulethu in South Africa are examples of
A) postapartheid housing projects.
B) townships.
C) large metropolitan areas.
D) global central business districts.
E) upper income gated communities.
42) What influence does religious affiliation have on birthrates in Sub-Saharan Africa?
A) Religious affiliation plays a key role in fertility rates in the region, with Catholics and
Muslims having the highest rates.
B) Religious affiliation has little effect on fertility rates in the region.
C) Religious affiliation plays a key role in fertility rates in the region, with Catholics having
slightly higher rates than Muslims, and Animists having the lowest rates.
D) Religious affiliation plays a key role in fertility rates in the region, with Animists having the
highest fertility rates in the region.
E) Religious affiliation plays a key role in fertility rates in the region, with Muslims having the
highest fertility rates in the region.
43) Which of the following countries would have the lowest HIV prevalence?
A) Ethiopia
B) Botswana
C) Lesotho
D) Swaziland
E) South Africa
44) The AIDS crisis in Sub-Saharan Africa
A) could not have been anticipated in the late 1980s.
B) will lead to a significant decline in the population of the region within ten years.
C) is particularly concentrated among the working-age segment of the population.
D) has not really been addressed by the region’s governments.
E) is nearing an end due to the availability of a vaccine.
45) Which of the following is NOT a staple crop in most of Sub-Saharan Africa?
A) rice
B) corn
C) millet
D) sorghum
E) yams