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Which of the following statements about the population of West Africa as it compares to most of the rest of the world is accurate?
Life expectancy is shorter.
Which of the following shows the major West African trading kingdoms in correct chronological order?
Ghana, Mali, Songhai
Which domesticated animals were ideal for desert dwellers due to their ability to survive without water for long periods of time?
camels
Which of the following is a reasonable conclusion?
The map of West Africa would look much different if national boundaries followed ethnic divisions.
what effects did colonial borders created by Europeans have on ethnic groups in West Africa?
Ethnic groups often were divided by national borders.
What is the key characteristic of the climates throughout West Africa?
wet season and dry season
The Fouta Djallon, a highland region of savanna and deciduous forest, is located in which country?
Guinea
simplified language used by people who cannot speak each other’s languages
pidgin
arid desert plateau region near Chad’s eastern border
Ennedi
blend of two or more languages that becomes the language of a region
creole
depressed area of land drained by a river and its tributaries
basin
semiarid region between the Sahara desert and the savanna
Sahel
Chinua Achebe is a famous writer from Nigeria.
True
West Africa had few large towns until the colonial period.
True
In 1989, Charles Taylor led an invasion of Nigeria to depose the president.
False - Liberia
In early times, the main barrier to contact between West Africa and North Africa was the Sahel.
False - Sahara
Recent drought has contributed to the shrinking of Lake Chad.
True
What is the most popular form of recreation in West Africa?
dance
What is one way life in rural West Africa differs from life in cities there?
Rural dwellers are more likely to wear traditional clothing.
Which is the largest city in West Africa?
Lagos, Nigeria
What is animism?
the belief in spirits of one’s ancestors, the air, the earth, and rivers
Which of the following statements about languages in West Africa is accurate?
In some places, people speak a blend of European and African languages.
The HIV virus is a serious problem in West Africa.
True
The colonial powers built West African economies on a wide variety of resources and industries.
False
Villages in West Africa represent the homesteads of extended families.
True
European languages are the official languages of most of West Africa.
True
West Africa is the least populous region of Africa.
False
Which of the following statements about the European colonization of West Africa is accurate?
Europeans made the important decisions about how Africans lived.
From what activity did the small African kingdoms along the West African coast become rich beginning around the 1500s?
slave trade
Which is the best explanation for the collapse of the Ghana Empire?
The empire grew weak because it could not feed its growing population.
Which of the following allowed the Bantu to expand easily into areas occupied by hunter-gatherer groups?
their farming practices
. How did the Sahara of 10,000 years ago differ from the Sahara of today?
It had grasslands and was more like a savanna than a desert.
By 1961, all of France’s West African colonies had achieved independence.
True
Since the Biafran war ended, Nigeria has been ruled by freely elected governments.
False
Liberia was founded in 1822 as a home for freed American slaves.
True
The Ghana Empire was West Africa’s first trading kingdom.
True
The Almoravids were North African Christians who conquered ancient Ghana.
False
In which natural resource is Nigeria especially rich?
oil
Which body of water is the main source for the fishing industry in Mali?
Niger River
Which of the following correctly lists the climate zones of West Africa from north to south?
arid desert, semiarid Sahel, savanna, rain forest
Which of the following is West Africa’s longest and most important river?
Niger River
What do the countries of Mali, Niger, and Chad have in common?
They are all landlocked countries.
Most of Benin’s rain forest has been cleared of hardwoods.
True
Though gold first attracted Europeans to the region, gold mining is no longer important to West Africa..
False
The savanna receives more rainfall than the Sahel.
True
Lake Chad is one of the world’s largest artificial lakes.
False
West Africa has no major mountain ranges.
True
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