Sub-Saharan Africa and central/South America

Question 1

Describe and define the Sahel

Answer 1

Arid dominance. Large territories and small populations. Transition Zone (Savanna to Steppe/Desert, Arabic for coast

Question 2

What is the most characteristic defining feature of Africa’s tropical savanna climate?

Answer 2

distinctive Wet/dry season

Question 3

Over half of Sub-Saharan Africa’s land use is dedicated to ________&__________

Answer 3

pastoral-ism and subsistence agriculture

Question 4

Who is know as “Africa’s greatest conservationist”? Why

Answer 4

Keystone species-Tsetse fly makes cattle very sick, limits where humans and cattle can go if the population of the flies are dense

Question 5

Discuss the “Conference of Berlin.” What did the Europeans establish?

Answer 5

Dividing Africa up by partitioning peaceful tribes and put warring tribes together

Question 6

When did the slave trade end in West Africa?

Answer 6

It hasn’t.

Question 7

What are dirty, conflict, blood, and branded diamonds? What is the difference?

Answer 7

Money is used in support of conflict. Branded is the one that doesn’t come from a conflict area and that is the only one that the US will buy.

Question 8

How did European colonialism sow the seeds for violence in much of Africa?

Answer 8

After the independence we supported the dictators, so not everyone has a voice. Still supporting civil strife.

Question 9

Describe the conflict between Hutus and Tutsis. How do the two groups differ?

Answer 9

Tutsi (Pastoralist-owned cattle-wealthiest) Hutu-poor (Farmers) Colonial masters favored a different ethnic-tribe group over other. (Tutsi) Primary difference is economic.

Question 10

What African country supplies China with most of its African oil?

Answer 10

Angola

Question 11

Where do the pirates that prowl the Gulf of Aden and Indian Ocean originate?

Answer 11

Somalia

Question 12

How did Liberia and Ethiopia remain independent during Europe’s colonization efforts?

Answer 12

because they partnered with foreign investors during colonization periods.

Question 13

What are Afrikaners?

Answer 13

Dutch settlers called themselves this. Has become slang for all European white people.

Question 14

Which East African country that had a thriving tourism industry, now struggles to keep it viable?

Answer 14

Wildlife poaching-Elephants and Rhinos

Question 15

What is the lingua franca of East African countries

Answer 15

Swahili

Question 16

How does the cultural population of the African Transition Zone differ from North to South?

Answer 16

North is Muslim and Arab and South is Christain

Question 17

Why are the Namib & Kalahari (Botzwana) deserts located near the Tropic of Capricorn?

Answer 17

The aridity of these areas is due primarily to the general circulation of air around the earth.

Question 18

Which Sub-Saharan nation is a member of OPEC?

Answer 18

Nigeria, Gabone, Angola

Question 19

Discuss Madagascar’s unique fauna.

Answer 19

chameleons and lemurs

Question 20

What is the primary reason for the division, which resulted in an independent South Sudan?

Answer 20

North Sudan-Arabized and Isalamized

South Sunda-African and Christian-Animist, newest country (2011)

Question 21

What is the name of West Africa’s terrorist group whose name means “Western Education is Sinful?”

Answer 21

Boko Haram

Question 22

What is the desertification?

Answer 22

When humans come in and doing over cutting and over grazing, changes the climate.

Question 23

Name and describe South Africa’s racist policy.

Answer 23

Apartheid- segregating the south

Question 24

What is called the “Curse of Africa?”

Answer 24

Corn, because of the high watering requirement

Question 25

What are most of the Lesser Antilles islands in the Caribbean Sea made from?

Answer 25

Volcanoes

Question 26

List and describe the altitudinal zonation of Latin America

Answer 26

From High to Low: Tierra Nevada, T. Helada, T. Fria, T. Templada, T. Caliente.

Question 27

What crop is considered the most economically important in the tierra templada?

Answer 27

coffee

Question 28

How would you characterize the majority of the Caribbean islands agriculturally?

Answer 28

plantation agriculture

Question 29

Which president negotiated the agreement that returned control of the Panama Canal to Panama?

Answer 29

Jimmy Carter

Question 30

Name the Central American country where English language has historically been dominant, but where the Spanish will eventually become the predominant language.

Answer 30

Belize

Question 31

______is the poorest country in the Western Hemisphere and suffered a devastating 2010 earthquake.

Answer 31

Hati

Question 32

According to Figure 4B-2, Most of Mexico's oil deposits are located along the coast of the _________.

Answer 32

Gulf of Mexico

Question 33

Define the term maquiladora

Answer 33

Mexico assembly factory-foreign owned factory that assembles duty free goods

Question 34

Tourism is an industry whose success is a mixed blessing for the Caribbean region. Why?

Answer 34

provides needed income to area but takes away income from smaller communities and changes community. tourism-mixed blessing

Question 35

Compare and contrast Middle America's "Mainland" and "Rimland." In your comparison discuss "haciendas" and "plantations."

Answer 35

Plantations on Mainland- Haciendas on rimland

Question 36

If you fly straight south from Chicago, over what countries in South America would you pass over?

Answer 36

none

Question 37

the Treaty of Tordesillas of 1494 stipulated that a north-south boundary was to be drawn separating what two countries territories?

Answer 37

Spain and Portugal

Question 38

What is moderating influence on the colder climate of west-central Bolivia?

Answer 38

Lake Titicacca

Question 39

What is the Pampa? Location?

Answer 39

In Argentina-Most populated territory-

Question 40

The leading agricultural activity of the Pampa region is the production of ____&______.

Answer 40

meat and grain

Question 41

What conditions cause the extreme aridity of Chile's Atacama Desert?

Answer 41

1. Andes mountain range cause a rain shadow. 2. cold ocean current. 3. Prevailing winds.

Question 42

Brazil has common borders with ever South American country except

Answer 42

Chile and Ecuadar

Question 43

Which country is the dominant economic force in South America?

Answer 43

Brazil

Question 44

What are the two landlocked countries of South America?

Answer 44

Bolivia and Paraguay

Question 45

Which South American country is the leading exporter of oil and a founding member of OPEC?

Answer 45

Venezuela

Question 46

Independent countries

Answer 46

Ethipoia and Liberia

Question 47

formed by America slaves

Answer 47

Liberia

Question 48

Oil

Answer 48

#1 export of Nigeria

Question 49

What is the desert in S. America

Answer 49

Atacama