EXAM SET QUESTIONS WITH
COMPLETE ANSWERS
D - ANSWER-Most foreign exchange comes to Central Africa from
A. Forest products
B. Plantation plant products
C. Animal products
D. Mining
B - ANSWER-The African country with the largest population is
A. Cote d'Ivoire
B. Nigeria
C. Ghana
D. Cameroon
B - ANSWER-The savanna vegetation zone is typically characterized by
A. Sparse community of drought resistant wild plants
B. Sparse community of trees and tall grasses
C. Broad-leaved shrubs, bushes, and small trees
D. Dense forest
C - ANSWER-The zone of transition zone between the Sahara desert to the north
and the Savanna to the south is the
A. Tropical rainforest
B. Wet Savana
C. Sahel
D. East African rift valley
B - ANSWER-Which of the following countries transitioned to a multi-party
democracy in 1994 after fifty years of minority-rule?
A. Canada
B. South Africa
C. Brazil
D. India
A - ANSWER-Who were the first European colonist in Africa?
A. Portuguese
B. British
C. French
D. Germans
, D - ANSWER-Which sub-Saharan African country was the first to gain independence
from Europe?
A. Namibia
B. South Africa
C. Botswana
D. Ghana
A - ANSWER-Civil war in Liberia broke out between
A. Local people and descendants of slaves from the United States
B. Hutu and Tutsi
C. Christian and Muslim
D. Citizens and immigrants
D - ANSWER-Which of the following countries was not a European colony?
A. Nigeria
B. Gabon
C. Zimbabwe
D. Ethiopia
D - ANSWER-Which is not the name of a traditional African empire?
A. Ghana
B. Songhai
C. Mali
D. Niger
A - ANSWER-The majority ethnic group in Rwanda is
A. Hutu
B. Tutsi
C. Congo
D. Masai
B - ANSWER-The goal of the Congress of Berlin from 1883-1885 and 1885-1886
A. Grant African independence
B. Divide Africa among European powers
C. Discuss the abolition of slavery
D. To sell slaves
C - ANSWER-Which of the following types of plate tectonics come with earthquakes
without volcanic eruption?
A. Divergent plates
B. Convergent plates
C. Transform plates