Question 18 2 points Save
Which sentence below is a cause-effect statement?
Nigerian students and workers often protested during the structural adjustment period.
One of the surprising facts about West Africa is that the Sahara was not always a desert.
Because of their location, the coastal countries of West Africa have many advantages.
The continent of Africa consists of a group of basins set in a vast plateau.
Question 19 2 points Save
What effect has the herding of animals had on the Sahel?
Grazing has removed the forage, allowing larger plants to grow.
Herding has helped to reverse the desertification of the Sahel.
Overgrazing has destroyed the plants that hold the soil in place.
The Sahel has become the center of western Africa's cattle industry.
Question 20 2 points Save
What role do West African women play in the region's economy?
Tradition will not allow women to work outside the home.
Women make most of the economic decisions in West Africa's matriarchal society.
Women help grow crops and run local markets.
Women own and run most of the small businesses.
Question 21 2 points Save
Why is there little movement through the Congo River basin?
The center of the basin is a dense rain forest.
The terrain in the basin is too rugged for easy passage.
Wildlife on the savanna makes it too dangerous to travel.
The basin is covered by a desert.
Question 22 2 points Save
What factor explains why The Democratic Republic of Congo has been economically unsuccessful?
corrupt national leadership and inefficient use of resources
a lack of natural resources
a lack of rivers that could be used for transportation
poor soil and a dry climate
Question 23 2 points Save
Kenya's social and political unrest is due largely to
rapid industrialization.
the country's move toward democracy.
the country's inability to supply enough food or jobs for its rapidly growing population.
the country's cash crop economy, which requires few farmers.
Question 24 2 points Save
The South African government changed its policy of apartheid in 1990 and 1991 because of
the policy's failure to eliminate racial discrimination.
promises of economic aid from major industrial nations.
international sanctions and an increase in protests by black South Africans.
an economically devastating civil war between black South Africans and whites.
Question 25 2 points Save
One problem that the countries of Rwanda and Burundi share is
a lack of means for moving their goods to foreign buyers.
a lack of a fresh water supply.
the absence of fertile soil.
very small populations.
Question 26 2 points Save
There is enough information given in your textbook to conclude that
Angola and Mozambique would have been world economic powers if they had not adopted a communist system after independence.
Namibia, on the west coast of southern Africa, has proven to be the most economically independent nation of the region.
Zambia and Zimbabwe would have had more economic success if they had adopted a communist economy after independence.
the countries of southern Africa are affected by the wealth and policies of the Republic of South Africa.
Question 27 2 points Save
Ethiopia's relative location changed because
Somalia occupied its coastline.
Eritrea's independence left Ethiopia landlocked.
its GNP fell.
its soil eroded.
Question 28 2 points Save
All of the following have contributed to South Africa's economic growth from 1950 to 1980 except
the country's reliance on coal as a source of energy.
the availability of investment capital.
an economic policy that rewarded its workers.
a vast pool of inexpensive black South African labor.
Question 29 2 points Save
One major difference between the economies of Zambia and Zimbabwe is that in Zimbabwe
the economy was dependent on only one product, copper.
no infrastructure was ever developed to support the economy.
the president instituted a cautious policy of land redistribution.
the wealth of natural resources was used to develop industry.
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