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The country with the largest population on the African continent, which today comprises a confederation of the Yoruba, Ibo, and northern Moslem peoples, is:
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a)
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Zimbabwe
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b)
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Kenya
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c)
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South Africa
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d)
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Nigeria
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e)
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Egypt.
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| 2. |
The trenches that contain the large elongated lakes of East Africa, which were formed by huge parallel faults in the earth's crust, are called:
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a)
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hanging valleys
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b)
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plate collapses
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c)
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elongated valleys
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d)
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break valleys
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e)
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rift valleys.
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| 3. |
All of the following are major geographic qualities of Subsaharan Africa, except:
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a)
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the area has a plateau character, variable rainfall and soils of low fertility
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b)
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the majority of the people remain dependent on farming
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c)
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there is a high incidence of disease, including malaria, sleeping sickness and river blindness
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d)
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the area has few raw materials that are vital to industrialized countries
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e)
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the raw-material exploitation and export routes, set up during the colonial period,
still prevail in most of Subsaharan Africa. Interregional connections are poor.
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| 4. |
Which of the following countries in Africa was not a colony of France:
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a)
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Ivory Coast
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b)
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Chad
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c)
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Nigeria
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d)
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Senegal
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e)
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Tunisia
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The country in the Sahel and the Horn region of Africa with the largest population is:
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a)
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Niger
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b)
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Somalia
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Ethiopia
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d)
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Sudan
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e)
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Chad
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What country was founded by freed slaves in the early 1800's:
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a)
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Nigeria
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b)
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Liberia
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c)
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Senegal
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d)
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Gambia
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e)
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Benin
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| 7. |
This East Africa country has no major mineral deposits and receives most of its
foreign-earned income from tourism. Culture groups here practice polygamy and a woman's
status is measured by the number of children.
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a)
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Tanzania
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b)
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Kenya
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c)
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Uganda
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d)
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Rwanda
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e)
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Burundi
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| 8. |
Which of the following Equatorial African countries has considerable copper mining
activities around its southern city of Lubumbashi?
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a)
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Democratic Republic of Congo, the former Zaire
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b)
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Republic of Congo
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c)
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Gabon
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d)
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Cameroon
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e)
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Equatorial Guinea
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| 9. |
In the colonial period, which were Portugal's largest colonies in Africa?
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a)
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Democratic Republic of Congo, Malawi
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b)
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Zambia, Nigeria
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c)
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Tanzania, Mozambique
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d)
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Angola, Mozambique
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e)
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Angola, Uganda
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| 10. |
Which Southern African country, once a colony of Portugal, has considerable oil production
from an exclave called Cabinda and invited Cuban troops to support its Marxist government
during the 1980's?
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a)
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Zambia
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b)
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Malawi
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c)
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Angola
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d)
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Mozambique
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e)
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Zimbabwe
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