GEO Test Bank

Question 1

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The deadliest disease in Subsaharan Africa is _____.

HIV/AIDS

malaria

sleeping sickness

hepatitis

Ebola

IncorrectQuestion 2

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What is the most widely spoken African language in Subsaharan Africa?

Yorubu

Ibo

Hausa

Swahili

Zulu

IncorrectQuestion 3

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How many world top 10 GDP growth rate economics did Subsaharan Africa have in 2017?

zero

1

3

6

10

Question 4

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This small country gains much of its importance because of its location on the Bab-el- Mandeb Strait at the mouth of the Red Sea:

Ethiopia

Swaziland

Oman

Uganda

Djibouti

IncorrectQuestion 5

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Which of the following was a leading factor in Subsaharan Africa’s economic slowdown in the 2010's?

regional wars

declining commodity prices

interference from Russia

interference from China

drought

Question 6

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Of the following, which European country was the last to give up its African colonies?

Italy

Germany

the Netherlands

Belgium

Portugal

Question 7

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The ethnic group exerting the greatest political influence in Kenya is the ________________.

Hutu

Kikuyu

Swahili

Tutsi

Xhosa

Incorrec

tQuestion 8

T or F: The Bulge of Africa is in the west, the Horn is in the east.

True

The physical geography of the African land mass is unusual because:

the landmass is cut by a system of rift valleys that extends from the northern end of the Red Sea to Swaziland in Southern Africa

The fault system in East Africa is the?

Rift Valley

The Sudd area of southern Sudan is traversed by which of the following rivers?

Nile

Which of the following associations is incorrect?

Orange River, Kenya

The landform term that best describes the African continent as a whole is?

plateau

Which of the following is associated with the concept of continental drift?

Gondwana

T or F: Due to Africa's difficult agricultural environment, numerous environmental hazards, diseases, and periodic food shortages, the continent's population growth rate is below the worldwide average.

True

The major reason that Africa contains no continental-scale mountain range is that?

Africa was once the center of the landmass from which all other continents broke off, with Laurasia in the north and Gondwana in the south

Africa's climate and vegetation regions are symmetric around the?

Equator

One of the problems with Africa's rainfall is?

it's variability from year to year in some of the marginal zones

The Congo River basin supports what type of vegetation?

tropical rainforest

In general, soils in Africa?

are leached and thus not very fertile

The carrier of a disease is known as a(n)?

vector

A disease that spreads worldwide is known as a(n)?

pandemic

Life expectancy in Africa is?

higher than in most less developed countries

Which disease does not severely affect Africa's peoples?

orontosis

The worst of the endemic African diseases is?

malaria

The vector for African sleeping sickness is the?

tsetse fly

The most important sector of the African economy is?

agriculture

Land tenure refers to?

the way people own, occupy, and use land

When the Europeans came to Africa they changed the system of land tenure in Africa with a system the Africans called?

land alienation

the vast majority of African families still depend upon?

commercial agriculture

Planting several types of crops in one field is known as?

intercropping

West Africa showed a high degree of regional complementarity between?

the peoples of the tropical forest and the people of the dry interior

The West African state that played an important role for at least 1,000 years was

ghana

Much of the slave trade out of East Africa (Kenya) was carried on by the?

Arabs

Berlin Conference

in 1884 divided up most of Africa among the colonial powers

The colonial ruler of Ghana was?

British

Before independence, the modern state of The Congo was a colony of?

Belgium

Which of the following countries played no role in the colonization of Africa?

United States

france was associated with

assimilation

great britain was associated with

indirect rule

portugal was associated with

exploitation

belgium was associated with

paternalistic

the largest river river in south africa

the orange river

The current capital of the congo?

Brazzaville

The capital of the congo when controlled by belgium was?

Kinshasa

Africa is one of only two continents containing a cluster of

africa is one of the only two continents containing a cluster of great lakes, and the only one whose lakes result from tectonic forces.

Which of the following states was not a colony of France prior to its independence?

Ghana

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

Ethiopia

People of Dutch ancestry in South Africa are called?

Afrikaners

The last country to give up its African colonies was

south africa

The great river of Southern Africa is the?

Zambezi

The Boer War took place in?

south africa

Which of the following countries is not a major oil producer?

turkey

The Aswan High Dam is located on the_______ .

nile river

Shi'ite Muslims constitute the great majority of the population of _____ .

Iran

Syrians lost what territory to Israel?

Golan

Which of the following countries is not located in Equatorial Africa?

ivory coast

T or F: South Africa contains significant untapped petroleum reserves.

false

The natural environment of Botswana is dominated by?

the Kalahari Desert

The now-independent political entity that once was a German colony named South West Africa is today known as

Nambia

Cabinda is a(n):

enclave of angola

Which of the following countries is not located in East Africa?

Nigeria

Tourism, once a particularly important business in _____, struggles to remain viable in the face of numerous challenges:

Kenya

Which of the following countries borders Lake Victoria?

kenya, tanzania, uganda

Dar es Salaam is the capital of:

Tanzaneia

Which of the following is a lingua franca?

Swahili

Two countries which were originally part of German East Africa, but were given to the Belgians after World War I are:

rwanda and bruundi

Which country has no dominant ethnic groups?

the congo

The country in Equatorial Africa with significant oil supplies and the only coastal capital is:

Gabon

The country in Equatorial Africa that had a border dispute with Nigeria over an oil-rich area is:

Cameroon

What coincides with the border between british nigeria and french cameroon

Adamawa Highlands

Which of the following countries is located in the Bulge of Africa?

Liberia, Senegal,

The capital of The Congo, called Leopoldville in colonial times, is _____

Kinshasa

Prior to their independence, Moçambique and Angola were both colonies of ____

Portugal

The major difference between an endemic and a pandemic disease is that:

...

The country of Lesotho is completely encircled by South Africa

True

Most African families still depend on subsistence agriculture.

True

A unique aspect of Madagascar is that:

...

Which of the following statements is false?

South Africa contains significant untapped petroleum reserves.

A disease that spreads worldwide is known as a(n)

pandemic

This small country gains much of its importance because of its location on the Bab el Mandeb Strait at the mouth of the Red Sea

Djibouti

Tourism, once a particularly important business in _____, struggles to remain viable in the face of numerous challenges:

Kenya

Which of the following is not one of the republics of Turkestan?

Azerbaijan

Which of the following countries is not located on the Arabian Peninsula?

Syria

Jordan has absorbed large numbers of:

Palestinians

Which of the following rivers flows through Iraq?

Eurphrates

Iraq's oil cities of Kirkuk and Mosul are located within the area of _____ population

Kurdish

The state of Israel:

was created from territory that was formerly administered by the British

The Vakhan Corridor is found within the country of:

Afghanistan

Libya is one of the three countries that constitutes the Maghreb region

False

The Garagum (Kara Kum) Canal project irrigates large parts of Turkmenistan

True

Afghanistan was created in the 19th century as a buffer between Russian and British spheres of influence.

True

The major mountain range in North Africa is the

Atlas Mountains

About 85 percent of Muslims consider themselves

Sunni

NASWA is never referred to as the Middle East.

False

The Islamic Front is most correctly located within the African Transition Zone.

True

What is meant by the term jihad? Explain in text according to the textbook.

...

In Saudi Arabia:

annual rainfall is almost everywhere under 10 inches

The spread of Islam provides an example of expansion diffusion

True

West Africa showed a high degree of regional complementarity between:

the peoples of the tropical forest and the people of the dry interior

About 50 percent of Egypt's population lives in the Nile River Valley.

False

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

Muslim/Christian-animist

Jordan lost its West Bank in the 1967 Six Day War with Israel.

True

The Gulf of Sidra is located adjacent to Libya

True

The ancient capital of Turkey was Ankara.

False

A market that is set up only on certain days of the week is known as a _____ market

periodic

The ethnic group exerting the most control in Kenya is the:

Kikuyu

Africa is one of only two continents containing a cluster of:

Great Lakes

The largest oil reserves in the realm are located in:

Saudi Arabia

Zambia, Sierra Leone, and Malawi were all British colonies.

True

Which of the following statements is false?

The United Nations gave Jerusalem to the Israelis under the 1947 partition resolution

Nigeria's dominant export commodity, produced in large quantities is _____.

oil

Under the terms of the separate development program, South Africa's land was divided equally between the majority Africans and the minority whites.

False

The dominant form of Islam in Saudi Arabia is:

Dubayy (Dubai)

What is the difference between expansion diffusion and relocation diffusion?

In the case of expansion diffusion, a phenomenon originates in an area, remains strong there, and spreads outward; in relocation diffusion, the phenomenon is carried by migrants to a distant location and diffuses from there.

The Bab el Mandeb Strait is a choke point at the outlet of the Persian Gulf.

False

Which of the following statements is false?

Algeria has been a nation into which many people have been migrating over the past 10 years.

Which of the following is located in the African Transition Zone?

the Islamic Front

Discuss the diseases affect Africa's populations and why the realm has yet to get control of this situation.

...

NASWA is not entirely Muslim

True

The Rub al Khali (Empty Quarter) lies near the border between Saudi Arabia and:

Yemen

Kemal Atatürk is most closely identified with the city of

Ankara

Which of the following does not lie within the presently delimited country of Somalia:

the Ogaden area

Hydraulic civilization theory holds that:

cities able to control irrigated farming over large hinterlands hold power over other cities

Zambia, Sierra Leone, and Malawi were all British colonies

True

Five of the six countries in the North Africa/Southwest Asia region of _____ were under Soviet control before 1992.

...

Land tenure refers to:

the way people own, occupy, and use land

Which of the following countries is not a major oil producer?

Turkey

What is the difference between expansion diffusion and relocation diffusion?

In the case of expansion diffusion, a phenomenon originates in an area, remains strong there, and spreads outward; in relocation diffusion, the phenomenon is carried by migrants to a distant location and diffuses from there.

Which of the following is not included in the North Africa/Southwest Asia realm?

Pakistan

Which of the following is not one of the republics of Turkestan

Azerbaijan

The Boer War took place in:

South Africa

In Saudi Arabia:

annual rainfall is almost everywhere under 10 inches

Ivory Coast and Ghana were both French colonies.

False

Discuss the role of the Berlin Conference in creating problems for Africa today.

...

The country in Equatorial Africa with significant oil supplies and the only coastal capital is:

Gabon

Which of the following is a lingua franca?

Swahili

Cabinda is an

Exclave of angola

This West African country borders Liberia, is a former French colony, and built a Roman Catholic basilica in Yamoussoukro to rival St. Peter's in Rome:

Ivory Coast

Which of the following countries is not located in The African Transition Zone?

Tanzania

The ancient name of Iran was Persia, whose pre-1979 monarchy was more than 2,500 years old.

True

The Muslim sect that dominates life in Iran today is the _____

...

Africa's distributions of climate and vegetation are almost symmetrical about the equator

True

Ivory Coast and Ghana were both French colonies

False

A local or regional outbreak of a disease is known as an epidemic.

True

Equatorial Africa is the most developed region of the realm

False

Southern Africa's mineral wealth is matched by its agricultural diversity

True

The country in Equatorial Africa with significant oil supplies and the only coastal capital is

Gabon

Rwanda and Burundi:

...

The majority population in the north of Kazakhstan is:

Russian

The wealth from oil income has been distributed evenly among the different subregions of the Middle East.

False

Israel regards which city as its capital?

Jerusalem

Saudi Arabia, the largest country on the Arabian Peninsula, contains only about 25 million people.

False

The upstream country that could control the flow of the Nile River into Egypt is:

Sudan

A country that can be identified as a classic buffer state is

Afghanistan

Iran is today the most important Shi'ite state

True

Hydraulic civilization theory holds that:

cities able to control irrigated farming over large hinterlands hold power over other cities

___ is the name for the land between the rivers

Mesopotamia

Which two colonial powers dominated West Africa?

Britain and France

Nigeria's old capital of Lagos was situated within the culture area of the people known as the:

Yoruba

Which of the following countries was established by former American slaves?

Liberia

The first West African state to gain its independence, formerly called the Gold Coast, is:

Ghana

The country that moved its capital from Lagos to the new centrally-located city of Abuja is:

Nigeria

This West African country borders Liberia, is a former French colony, and built a Roman Catholic basilica in Yamoussoukro to rival St. Peter's in Rome:

Ivory Coast

A market that is set up only on certain days of the week is known as a _____ market.

periodic

Which of the following countries is located in the Horn of Africa?

Ethiopia, Eritrea, Djibouti, and somali

What boundaries define the african transition zone?

atlantic ocean to the african horn

Countries in the African Transition zone

Senegal, Mauritania, Mali, Burkina Faso, Niger, Nigeria, Chad, Sudan,Ethiopia, Eritrea, Djibouti, and Somalia

Which of the following countries is not in The African Transition Zone?

the congo

Which of the following countries is not located in The African Transition Zone?

tanzania

River blindness, caused by a parasitic worm transmitted by a small fly, is endemic in the savanna belt south of the Sahara from Senegal to Kenya.

true

An endemic is a disease which saps energy and shortens lifetimes.

true

A pandemic disease occurs at a metropolitan level.

false

The country in which Idi Amin ruled is:

Uganda

West Africa is Subsaharan Africa's most populous region.

True

The bulk of West Africa's population is concentrated in the Sahel.

false

During the 1980s, Kenya had the highest rate of population growth in the world.

true

Over 90 percent of Nigeria's export revenues were derived from the sale of petroleum and petroleum products in the 1980s.

false

The Congo, with a population of almost 50 million, has no dominant ethnic group.

true

The Yoruba are a major ethnic group in The Congo.

false

The ethnic group exerting the most control in Kenya is the:

Kikuyu

The Yoruba of Nigeria, the Zulus of South Africa, and the Kikuyu of Kenya are major African ethnic groups.

true

Which of the following is located in the African Transition Zone?

the Sahel

Which of the following countries is not in The African Transition Zone?

egypt

The newest independent country in northern Africa is

Eritrea

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

Muslim/non muslims

The Sahel is a semiarid transition zone located immediately south of the Sahara Desert.

true

T or F: Eritrea is a region located in Sudan that has been fighting a war of independence since 1956.

false

This small country gains much of its importance because of its location on the Bab el Mandeb Strait at the mouth of the Red Sea. This is a choke point.

Djibouti

T or F: The Kalahari Desert is found in the central part of The Congo.

False

T or F: Most African families still depend on subsistence agriculture.

true

T or F: the Berlin Conference took place immediately after WWI and was attended by 8 colonial powers intersted in African spheres.

false

T or F: Congo, Central African Republic, Gabon, and Equatorial Guinea all are in Equatorial Africa.

True

Which religion has taken hold most strongly in Africa in recent years?

islam

almost all african countries are

plural societies

The system of racial separation in the Republic of South Africa was known as:

Apartheid

The country in which Idi Amin ruled is

Uganda

The poorest country in southern Africa, and one of the world's poorest states is

zimbabwe

The Copperbelt region is a vital producing area of:

zambia

The natural environment of Botswana is dominated by

chronic water shortages

The now-independent political entity that was called South West Africa is today renamed

Namibia

T or F: The Bulge of Africa is in the west.

true

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The country in Equatorial Africa with significant oil supplies and the only coastal capital is _______.

Congo

Cameroon

Central African Republic

Gabon

Angola

IncorrectQuestion 9

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What are SubsaharanAfricas three main world views?

Christian, Islamic, and Judaic

Christian, Hindu, and Islamic

Confucian, Islam, Judaic

animism, Christian, and Islamic

animism, Buddhism, Islamic

IncorrectQuestion 10

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The African country containing one of the worlds’ most famous cultural hearths is __________.

Mesopotamia

South Africa

Ghana

Kongo

Rwanda

Question 11

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The rifts shown on the map in Figure 8-2 are found predominantly near this feature:

the Niger River

Lake Victoria

the Namib Desert

the Kalahari Basin

the Cape of Good Hope

Question 12

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Which of the following states was not a colony of France prior to its independence?

Ivory Coast

Chad

Ghana