Chapter 8 Sub-Saharan Africa
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- Q1What are griots?government policiesprotest musicianstraditional storytellerspercussion instruments30s
- Q2What are vaccines?treatments to increase resistance to diseasecures for deadly infectious diseasemedicines to ease the symptoms of diseasecleaners to kill disease-causing germs30s
- Q3What does an ethnobotanist study?the relationship between cultures and plantsthe class systems of various culturesthe languages of indigenous culturesthe methods of transportation cultures use30s
- Q4Why has Nigeria had a history of conflict since it gained independence?It is located between two nations that are at war.It has oil resources that neighboring countries want.It is divided among three major ethnic groups.It has had to fight to gain access to the ocean.30s
- Q5What do many traditional healers use to treat people?hypnotic suggestionimported drugsdietary changemedicinal plants30s
- Q6What is a pandemic?a disease that is spread by insectsa disease that spread over a large areaan outbreak of disease in a particular communityan outbreak of disease in tropical regions30s
- Q7What is one of the main problems with the borders that Europeans established in Africa?They divided some cultural groups and grouped some rivals together.They blocked British colonies from the ocean.They crossed to many rivers and lakes.They made it very difficult for French colonists to transport resources.30s
- Q8How has the history of West Africa been preserved?colonists wrote it down.Griots passed it down through generationsWall paintings in tombs portrayed it.Ancient books recorded it.30s
- Q9Why did the government of Kenya establish national parks and reserves?The scenic beauty and wildlife attract touristsOfficials rent the lands to poor farmers.The army uses them for training groundsIndustry needs to mine the mineral resources there.30s
- Q10Why haven't African nations benefited fore from their mineral wealth?They did not discover the minerals until very recently.Corrupt governments took much of the profits from mining.People with traditional beliefs oppose digging the land.A lack of universities led to a shortage of engineers.30s
- Q11How did farming in Africa change after colonization?People switched from growing grain to raising livestock.Villages farmed as a community to feed everyone.People began to grow cash crops rather than food cropsColonial rulers distributed the land more fairly.30s
- Q12What did South Africa experience for the first time in 1994?an election in which all races could votethe elimination of the economic gap between racesa system that separated people by race.protests against racism by a black political group30s
- Q13What term is used for a country in which government, economic institutions, and civil order have broken down?federal systemfailed systemclan systemmilitary state30s
- Q14Before Europeans colonized Africa, how did African cultural groups define their borders?map lineswooden fencesclimate patternsnatural features30s
- Q15What office was Jomo Kenyatta the first Kenyan to fill?delegate to the East Africa Communityminister of educationsuperintendent of national parksnationally elected leader30s