World Geography Exam 4 UPDATED
Study ACTUAL QUESTIONS AND
CORRECT ANSWERS
Geographers Oppong and Kalipeni look to colonial labor structures as having a strong role in
the rapid spread of HIV/AIDS. This is the __________ thesis. - CORRECT
ANSWER migrant labor
The purpose of colonial railway lines was primarily to: - CORRECT ANSWER export
resources.
The Serengeti in Tanzania and Kenya is a well-known example of which biome? -
CORRECT ANSWER savanna
What is a choropleth map used to show? - CORRECT ANSWER Population density
All human life began in Africa and started to migrate out about ____________ years ago. -
CORRECT ANSWER 150,000
In addition to the Sahara, Africa has about 5 million square miles of: - CORRECT
ANSWER tropical savanna.
Nationalization of resources, such as copper in Zambia, means that _____________ now
controls and owns it. - CORRECT ANSWER the government
In the 1930s in southern Rhodesia, now Zimbabwe, more than 98 percent of the people were
indigenous, and they were apportioned about _____ percent of the land. - CORRECT
ANSWER 30
Which disease is not a vector-transmitted disease? - CORRECT ANSWER HIV/AIDS
, Most street vendors, local craftsmen, farmer's markets, and roadside stalls are all part of the: -
CORRECT ANSWER informal economy.
Because the British colonial administration sought to extract wealth from local populations
and increased the need for cash crops to pay taxes, they caused at least: - CORRECT
ANSWER four major famines.
During the time of the winter solstice, a dry, northeasterly winds known as _____________
sweep over West Africa. - CORRECT ANSWER Harmattan
The World Bank and its credit management is an example of: - CORRECT
ANSWER neocolonialism.
The place on earth receiving the direct rays of the sun is the: - CORRECT
ANSWER Subsolar point
What is the most seriously affected HIV/AIDS region? - CORRECT
ANSWER Southern Africa
The largest language family in Subsaharan Africa is the Niger-Kordofanian and includes the
widespread __________ languages of West and Southern Africa. - CORRECT
ANSWER Bantu
Subsaharan Africa includes all of the countries: - CORRECT ANSWER south of the
Sahara.
T or F
Africa has a lengthy coastline and many large rivers and lakes, including Lake Victoria. For
these reasons and others, fishing is a very important and major sector of food production
across the region. - CORRECT ANSWER False
Study ACTUAL QUESTIONS AND
CORRECT ANSWERS
Geographers Oppong and Kalipeni look to colonial labor structures as having a strong role in
the rapid spread of HIV/AIDS. This is the __________ thesis. - CORRECT
ANSWER migrant labor
The purpose of colonial railway lines was primarily to: - CORRECT ANSWER export
resources.
The Serengeti in Tanzania and Kenya is a well-known example of which biome? -
CORRECT ANSWER savanna
What is a choropleth map used to show? - CORRECT ANSWER Population density
All human life began in Africa and started to migrate out about ____________ years ago. -
CORRECT ANSWER 150,000
In addition to the Sahara, Africa has about 5 million square miles of: - CORRECT
ANSWER tropical savanna.
Nationalization of resources, such as copper in Zambia, means that _____________ now
controls and owns it. - CORRECT ANSWER the government
In the 1930s in southern Rhodesia, now Zimbabwe, more than 98 percent of the people were
indigenous, and they were apportioned about _____ percent of the land. - CORRECT
ANSWER 30
Which disease is not a vector-transmitted disease? - CORRECT ANSWER HIV/AIDS
, Most street vendors, local craftsmen, farmer's markets, and roadside stalls are all part of the: -
CORRECT ANSWER informal economy.
Because the British colonial administration sought to extract wealth from local populations
and increased the need for cash crops to pay taxes, they caused at least: - CORRECT
ANSWER four major famines.
During the time of the winter solstice, a dry, northeasterly winds known as _____________
sweep over West Africa. - CORRECT ANSWER Harmattan
The World Bank and its credit management is an example of: - CORRECT
ANSWER neocolonialism.
The place on earth receiving the direct rays of the sun is the: - CORRECT
ANSWER Subsolar point
What is the most seriously affected HIV/AIDS region? - CORRECT
ANSWER Southern Africa
The largest language family in Subsaharan Africa is the Niger-Kordofanian and includes the
widespread __________ languages of West and Southern Africa. - CORRECT
ANSWER Bantu
Subsaharan Africa includes all of the countries: - CORRECT ANSWER south of the
Sahara.
T or F
Africa has a lengthy coastline and many large rivers and lakes, including Lake Victoria. For
these reasons and others, fishing is a very important and major sector of food production
across the region. - CORRECT ANSWER False
