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Unit 6 Test Review
Sub-Saharan Africa
In what country is it projected that the population will increase tenfold between 1950 and 2050?
The ________ areas of East Africa are most at risk for desertification.
What directly relates an economic development issue with an environmental issue?
Using planting pits to reclaim severely dry land is an example of applying ________ agricultural practices to reclaim
severely dry land.
Equatorial Africa’s thick forests and tropical climate have encouraged its population to be __________.
Government ________ is an obstacle to change and economic efficiency in West Africa and has a negative impact on
social and economic development, as well as on the environment and resource management.
As part of the early empire of Mali, ________ became an important center of trade and scholarship.
What is the primary way in which e-commerce has improved the lives of craftspeople that make items such as baskets and jewelry?
How are escarpments and cataracts related?
Which is a factor that has contributed to the lack of proper management of natural resources within East Africa?
As a whole, the region of Equatorial Africa has the ________population on the continent.
The Congo’s first inhabitants, the Mbuti, who were once known as ________, still live in the region today.
What geographical factor(s) led to both Christianity and Islam becoming the two most prominent faiths within East Africa
today?
Its location on and near the Equator give the region its name, but Equatorial Africa is also called
Sao Tome and Principe are two of the many ________ along Equatorial Africa’s west coast.
Which human-made lake that was created by damming a river and flooding some 700 villages?
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The frequent armed conflicts in Equatorial Africa and neighboring countries tend to be primarily _______.
Most people in East Africa live in what area?
The rapid growth of many cities in West Africa has placed a burden on existing ________, such as telephone and
transportation systems.
Violent political conflicts in West Africa have frequently been financed by the unlawful sale of weapons or the illegal sale
of __________________.
Which action has the East African government taken to benefit both the environment and economy?
Because of the significant ethnic diversity of Equatorial Africa, what major trend has started?
The two dominant religions in East Africa are _____________ & ____________.
To reduce the serious problem of indoor air pollution, a variety of organizations are working to provide cleaner-burning or
solar-powered _______________________.
The expert ________ weavers of Ghana are known for kente, a brightly colored cloth consisting of bands of fabric sewn
together.
Which is an example of a way the economy of East Africa is changing?
Lake ________, located along the Great Rift Valley, is the second-largest freshwater lake in the world.
The largest sector in East Africa's economy is _____________.
Which generalization is true of East Africa’s natural resources?
The primary aim of the Global Water Initiative is to _________________________________.
The slaves’ trip from Africa to where they were sold in the Americas was called _________________.
Identify successful actions implemented by some East African governments that have had both environmental and
economic benefits.
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Economic, social, and environmental issues in East Africa are often related or unrelated?
The ongoing border disputes between Sudan and South Sudan are over who owns what key feature/resource?
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Why is English widely spoken in Nigeria and the official language?
The largest, poorest, and perhaps most ethnically diverse and environmentally challenged country in Equatorial Africa is
what area?
Though Equatorial Africa has very little large-scale manufacturing or industrialization that could boost international trade
and support local economies, what is this resource?
About 3,500 square miles of what resource are lost each year?
Which country is heavily investing in East African trade, natural resources, and infrastructure, fundamentally altering the
economy of the sub region?
What has prevented the proper management of East Africa's natural resources?
Properly managing resources for long term sustainability has been a lower priority in Equatorial Africa than what other
major priority?
Equatorial Africa is unusual in that it has what type of diversity?
Deforestation is a problem in West Africa that is caused primarily by logging and _______________.
Habitat loss and poaching are examples of ____________________.
What characterizes the primary population pattern of people in East Africa?
Which geographical factors influenced East Africa’s cultural diversity?
In general, literacy rates in West Africa are _________________.
Which human-caused problem is most directly related to exceeding an area's carrying capacity?
The Democratic Republic of the Congo is recognized as being possibly the ________ country in the world.
West Africa has tropical wet and dry forests, also known as tropical ________ forests, which receive rainfall for several
months followed by dry and hot months.
In Nigeria, the Greater Makurdi Water Works project is intended to address the problem of _______________.
Which type of biome is characterized by tropical grassland with scattered trees and alternates between rainy and dry
seasons?
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The term abundant most closely means __________________________.
What word or phrase best paraphrases the definition of the term carrying capacity?
What has been the impact of the international agreement to ban ivory trade worldwide?
Which environmental issue has been most directly addressed by East African governments?
At the Berlin Conference in 1884 and 1885, what took place?
The Congo River system is a natural highway that is ________, meaning it can traveled by boat.
Internally displaced persons are people who have been relocated __________________.
What was the main impact of European colonial powers in East Africa?
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