PSS Final Exam Review UPDATED
ACTUAL Exam Questions and CORRECT
Answers
Niger River - CORRECT ANSWER - Natural resource used by the people of the Kingdom
of Mali for transportation, trade, and agriculture
Social Darwinism - CORRECT ANSWER - People in society must compete for survival; a
mixture of Charles Darwin's and Rudyard Kipling's ideas
Civilized - CORRECT ANSWER - Being part of an advanced society
Rudyard Kipling - CORRECT ANSWER - Writer who wrote about Social Darwinism and
one race being better than another
Congo - CORRECT ANSWER - African country that was colonized by Belgium and
exploited for its natural resources
King Leopold - CORRECT ANSWER - Leader of Belgium who brutally colonized Congo
in Africa
Charles Darwin - CORRECT ANSWER - Scientist who believed in Natural Selection and
survival of the fittest
Natural Selection - CORRECT ANSWER - Nature will preserve the good traits of a
species and get rid of the bad traits of a species
Desertification - CORRECT ANSWER - Once fertile land becoming a dry desert
, Mansa Musa - CORRECT ANSWER - The wealthiest human ever on earth who was the
leader of the Kingdom of Mali
The White Man's Burden - CORRECT ANSWER - Poem written by Rudyard Kipling that
listed the responsibilities of white, male Christians
Sahel Desert - CORRECT ANSWER - Area in northern Africa that was colonized by the
French and exceeded its carrying capacity
Raw Materials - CORRECT ANSWER - Natural resources that are used to create finished
products
Colonialism - CORRECT ANSWER - One country controls another country or region
Kingdom of Mali - CORRECT ANSWER - A prosperous area in Africa that had efficient
leaders and abundant supplies of gold
Nomads - CORRECT ANSWER - Group of farmers who lived in the Sahel region of
Africa and farmed the land successfully before the colonization by the French
Carrying Capacity - CORRECT ANSWER - The maximum number of individuals one
environment can sustain
Exploitation - CORRECT ANSWER - Using someone for personal gain
Communism - CORRECT ANSWER - Economic system in which the government has
total control over money
Capitalism - CORRECT ANSWER - Economic system in which the government has no
control over money
ACTUAL Exam Questions and CORRECT
Answers
Niger River - CORRECT ANSWER - Natural resource used by the people of the Kingdom
of Mali for transportation, trade, and agriculture
Social Darwinism - CORRECT ANSWER - People in society must compete for survival; a
mixture of Charles Darwin's and Rudyard Kipling's ideas
Civilized - CORRECT ANSWER - Being part of an advanced society
Rudyard Kipling - CORRECT ANSWER - Writer who wrote about Social Darwinism and
one race being better than another
Congo - CORRECT ANSWER - African country that was colonized by Belgium and
exploited for its natural resources
King Leopold - CORRECT ANSWER - Leader of Belgium who brutally colonized Congo
in Africa
Charles Darwin - CORRECT ANSWER - Scientist who believed in Natural Selection and
survival of the fittest
Natural Selection - CORRECT ANSWER - Nature will preserve the good traits of a
species and get rid of the bad traits of a species
Desertification - CORRECT ANSWER - Once fertile land becoming a dry desert
, Mansa Musa - CORRECT ANSWER - The wealthiest human ever on earth who was the
leader of the Kingdom of Mali
The White Man's Burden - CORRECT ANSWER - Poem written by Rudyard Kipling that
listed the responsibilities of white, male Christians
Sahel Desert - CORRECT ANSWER - Area in northern Africa that was colonized by the
French and exceeded its carrying capacity
Raw Materials - CORRECT ANSWER - Natural resources that are used to create finished
products
Colonialism - CORRECT ANSWER - One country controls another country or region
Kingdom of Mali - CORRECT ANSWER - A prosperous area in Africa that had efficient
leaders and abundant supplies of gold
Nomads - CORRECT ANSWER - Group of farmers who lived in the Sahel region of
Africa and farmed the land successfully before the colonization by the French
Carrying Capacity - CORRECT ANSWER - The maximum number of individuals one
environment can sustain
Exploitation - CORRECT ANSWER - Using someone for personal gain
Communism - CORRECT ANSWER - Economic system in which the government has
total control over money
Capitalism - CORRECT ANSWER - Economic system in which the government has no
control over money
