World Regional Geography Exam 4
1. Is Sub-Saharan Young
Africa a young
or old population
region?
2. How fast is SSA Rapid population growth
growing?
3. Rift Valley Elongated valley formed between two parallel fault lines
4. Is Lake Victoria a Rift Valley
rift valley or great
lake?
5. Sahel drought prone tropical steppe andsavanna region south of the Sahara
6. Region with high- Southern Africa
est prevalence of
HIV/AIDS cases?
7. Which virus was HIV/AIDS
the leading cause
of death in SSA in
2019?
8. Elephant and Rhi- Poaching elephants and rhinos for tusks and horns for Asian markets have reduced
no case studies their populations
Ivory used for creating figurines, religious symbols, hair ornaments
Rhino Horns used for knife handles
9. Pastoralism A type of agricultural activity based on nomadic animal husbandry or the raising
of livestock to provide food, clothing, and shelter.
10. Colonialism
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An attempt by one country to establish settlements and to impose its political,
economic, and cultural principles in another territory.
11. Nigeria official English; 500 different languages
language after
colonialism
12. Ivory Coast offi- French; 78 different languages
cial language af-
ter colonialism
13. Christianity in Southern part of SSA and Ethiopia
SSA
14. Islam in SSA Northern part of SSA and horn of africa
15. What area of SSA Western coast
was hit hardest
by the trans-at-
lantic slave trade?
16. Berlin Confer- A meeting from 1884-1885 at which representatives of European nations agreed
ence on rules colonization of Africa
17. Mistake of 1914 British colonial cartographers created the current boundaries of Nigeria despite
ethnic and religious rifts. North part- Muslim; South part Christian
18. Chinas influence energy-producing facilities, and civic construction, 40% of it to transportation
on infrastructure
projects
19. Afrikaners Descendants of the Dutch settlers in the Cape Colony in southern Africa
20.
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1. Is Sub-Saharan Young
Africa a young
or old population
region?
2. How fast is SSA Rapid population growth
growing?
3. Rift Valley Elongated valley formed between two parallel fault lines
4. Is Lake Victoria a Rift Valley
rift valley or great
lake?
5. Sahel drought prone tropical steppe andsavanna region south of the Sahara
6. Region with high- Southern Africa
est prevalence of
HIV/AIDS cases?
7. Which virus was HIV/AIDS
the leading cause
of death in SSA in
2019?
8. Elephant and Rhi- Poaching elephants and rhinos for tusks and horns for Asian markets have reduced
no case studies their populations
Ivory used for creating figurines, religious symbols, hair ornaments
Rhino Horns used for knife handles
9. Pastoralism A type of agricultural activity based on nomadic animal husbandry or the raising
of livestock to provide food, clothing, and shelter.
10. Colonialism
1/9
, World Regional Geography Exam 4
An attempt by one country to establish settlements and to impose its political,
economic, and cultural principles in another territory.
11. Nigeria official English; 500 different languages
language after
colonialism
12. Ivory Coast offi- French; 78 different languages
cial language af-
ter colonialism
13. Christianity in Southern part of SSA and Ethiopia
SSA
14. Islam in SSA Northern part of SSA and horn of africa
15. What area of SSA Western coast
was hit hardest
by the trans-at-
lantic slave trade?
16. Berlin Confer- A meeting from 1884-1885 at which representatives of European nations agreed
ence on rules colonization of Africa
17. Mistake of 1914 British colonial cartographers created the current boundaries of Nigeria despite
ethnic and religious rifts. North part- Muslim; South part Christian
18. Chinas influence energy-producing facilities, and civic construction, 40% of it to transportation
on infrastructure
projects
19. Afrikaners Descendants of the Dutch settlers in the Cape Colony in southern Africa
20.
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