Western alamance high school njrotc academic team study guide 2013 edition drill Manual 6
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- Africa: Western Colonialism
- Africa: Dictators and Ethnic Clashes
- Africa: Aids, Poverty, and Human Rights
- Africa: US Interests and Regional Issues
AfricaAfrica: An Introduction1. What country is a big island and part of Eastern Africa? A Botswana
C Congo
D Burkina Faso 2. What country was far and away the leader in African gold production? A South Africa B The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) C Sudan D Botswana 3. What significant resource do Nigeria, Angola, and Sudan have? A Gold
B Cobalt C Iron
D Oil 4. How many Africans are considered chronically hungry? A 500,000 B 5 million C 15 million D 200 million 5. What technique do African farmers use to cope with challenges of poor soil and drought? A Irrigation B Diversifying C Importing soil D Using land solely for cattle raising
A South Africa B Egypt
D Madagascar 7. What organization has begun to focus on the links between natural resources and conflict in Africa and is moving to address the problem? A Pan African Congress B European Union
D NATO
A Tribes
C Nuclear families D Monogamy 9. Why have some modern African leaders encouraged polygamy? A To subdue as many women as possible B To create cohesive societies C To gain political power
A Islam
B Christianity C Traditional African religion D Buddhism
A Individuals B Young children only
D School children only 12. What do griots do when they tell a story? A Tell the same story the same way each time B Only tell a story once C Write it down after the first telling D Improvise the story each time 13. Who are the original inhabitants of sub-Saharan Africa? A Arabs
B Berbers C Black Africans D Europeans 14. Where do most Arabs and Berbers live? A North Africa B West Africa C Eastern Africa D Central Africa 15. What is another term used to refer to Arabs and Berbers? A Muslims B Egyptians C Arabians D Moors 16. What group is the largest white population in sub-Saharan Africa? A Berbers B Jews
D Spanish 17. What group did not settle in what is now South Africa in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries? A Americans B Dutch
C French D Germans 18. What percent of the population do people of mixed race make up in South Africa? A 9 B 21
C 56 D 98
19. Who does the term Asian usually refer to in Africa? A People from China B People from Mongolia C People from the Malay Archipelago D People from the Indian subcontinent 20. What language group consists of more than 1,400 languages, and has between 300 million and 400 million speakers? A Niger-Congo B Afro-Asiatic C Nilo-Saharan D Khoisan 21. What group’s languages have all grown from a language called “ancestral Semitic”? A Niger-Congo B Afro-Asiatic C Nilo-Saharan D Khoisan
A One from the Niger-Congo family B “Neutral” language of the former colonial power C English in Southern Africa; Arabic elsewhere D Swahili
B Chinese C Swahili D Hindi
A Buddhism B Christianity C Hinduism
B Roman Catholic Church C Protestant Church D Indigenous African Christian Church 26. Africa’s farmers are unable to feed their own people. A True B False
A True
B False
A True
30. Match the country with the region in which it is located. I. Mali A North Africa B West Africa C Central Africa D Eastern Africa E Southern Africa 31. II. Somalia A North Africa B West Africa C Central Africa D Eastern Africa E Southern Africa 32. III. Botswana A North Africa B West Africa C Central Africa D Eastern Africa E Southern Africa 33. IV. Libya A North Africa B West Africa C Central Africa D Eastern Africa E Southern Africa 34. V. Congo A North Africa B West Africa C Central Africa D Eastern Africa E Southern Africa
1. What country did a Muslim named Amr ibn al As cross into with an army of 4,000 men in 639A.D.? A Sudan B Morocco C Libya D Egypt 2. Who did Amr’s army face off against? A Byzantines B Assyrians C Berbers D Greeks
A Byzantines B Rural Assyrians C Nomadic Berbers D Alexandrians 4. Where in Africa did the Bantu peoples expand? A Northern Africa B Regions in the west
D South Africa and Zimbabwe 5. What did the Bantu people learn to grow before they expanded significantly about 1500 BC? A Corn and wheat B Bananas and yams C Pecan trees D Flowers
A All of Africa B Most of sub-Saharan Africa C Entire “notch” of West Africa D Most of the eastern coast line
B Language skills C Fishing skills D Carpentry skills 8. How did Islam expand its reach in most of sub-Saharan Africa? A By persuasion B Through violence
D Through the teaching of agriculture skills 9. What did social stratification lead to the emergence of? A Extreme poverty B A strong middle class
D Emigration 10. Who did the transatlantic slave trade begin with in the late fifteenth century?
B English C Spanish D Americans 11. What country today is the area where a port handled more and more slaves? A Benin
B Nigeria C Sierra Leone D Ghana
A Portugal B Britain C Denmark D North American colonies
A At the Versailles Conference B At the Conference of Berlin C At King Leopold II’s estate D In Alexandria, Egypt
B French Equatorial Africa C French North Africa D The French Congo 15. Who was hired by the ambitious Belgian king, Leopold II to explore the Congo? A Leopold III B David Livingstone C Karl Peters D Henry Morton Stanley 16. Who were the leading colonizers of Africa? A French
B Belgians C British D Germans 17. Who persuaded a group of tribal chiefs in Tanganyika to accept German “protection”? A Nelson Mandela B David Livingstone
D Henry Morton Stanley 18. What did Nigerian nationalists criticize Europeans for failing to appreciate? A Richness of indigenous cultures B Beauty of their geography and lands C Their capability for self-governance D Their national cultural identity 19. What generally characterized the African transitions to independence? A They were extremely violent B They always led to civil wars
D They all occurred immediately after World War II 20. What country gained dominion status in 1910, but its white-minority government and elaborate system of apartheid made the country an outcast? A Nigeria B Zimbabwe
D Algeria 21. Who was the last European colonial power in Africa to leave? A Britain B Portugal C France
D Germany 22. What type of rule is Africa used to? A Democratic rule B Self-rule within colonialism
D Communist rule 23. What did the European rulers create in Africa? A office
B Dominions C Artificial entities D Countries respecting traditional homelands of tribes 24. What did the Belgians do when they governed Rwanda? A Favored the Tutsi people B Respected the natural borders C Created Rwanda out one existing tribe D Introduced democracy 25. What country has the United States regarded as a state sponsor of terrorism for many years? A Tunisia B Libya C Egypt
D Ghana 26. Instructions: Match the African colony with its European colonial power. I. Morocco A Belgium B Britain C France D Germany 27. II. Congo A Belgium B Britain C France D Germany 28. III. South Africa A Belgium B Britain C France
D Germany 29. IV. Tanganyika A Belgium B Britain C France
A True
B False 31. Muslim soldiers, rather than merchants, spread Islam in most of sub-Saharan Africa. A True
B False 32. In Africa many colonies changed hands over time. A True B False
A True B False
Africa: Dictators and Ethnic Clashes1. What are a threat to free elections, democracy, and public order? A Political parties B Diverse populations
D Artificial constructs 2. What does sectarian politics often strike at? A Democracy and constitutions B Justice and law C International communities D Minorities
B Poor-quality C Transportable D Low-wealth commodity 4. What might companies do if ethnic strife makes one location too dangerous or too difficult to do business? A Bring in their own security force B Complain to the government C Sue the groups responsible for strife D Place their factory elsewhere 5. Who has traditionally controlled Sudan? A Northerners B Southerners C Easterners D Egyptians 6. Who controlled the condominium established in Sudan in 1898? A The British and the Egyptians B The Ottomans and the Egyptians C The Egyptians and the Mahdists D The Mahdists and the British 7. What happened almost immediately after Sudan gained independence in 1956? A It transitioned peacefully to democracy initially B It was in economic ruin
D It was invaded by Libya 8. What happened in 1979 that caused Nimeiri to abolish the southern region of Sudan in 1983? A Southerners failed to honor their end of the deal for autonomy B Northerners pushed to have Arabic as the official language C The south tried to secede and join Ethiopia D Chevron hit black gold in the south 9. How long did the war between the Sudanese government and the Sudan People’s Liberation Movement last? A 6 months B 6 years C 14 years D 20 years 10. What do the Sudanese have very little of as a result of their civil war? A Crude oil
C People
D Food 11. Who gradually subjugated Rwanda’s original inhabitants? A Tutsis B Hutus
C Belgians D British 12. What did the Belgians do in Rwanda that sowed seeds of trouble? B Set up a slave trade route C Declared English the national language D Issued identity cards 13. Who invaded Rwanda in October 1990 from its base in neighboring Uganda? A Ugandans B The Hutu Emancipation Movement (HEM)
D The United Nations (UN) 14. What prompted the Rwandan genocide of 1994? A RPF forces assassinated the Prime Minister B The President’s plane was shot down C A worker’s strike got out of hand D The government exiled key rebels
A “Cockroaches” B Interahamwe C The Rwandan Patriotic Front (RPF) D The Hutu Emancipation Movement
B British forces C American forces D UN forces 17. What eliminated reference to ethnicity in Rwanda? A Identity cards B Driver’s licenses
D Rwanda’s highest court 18. What divided South Africa into areas in which either blacks or white could own land? A The Natives Land Act of 1913 B The Union Act of 1910 C The Population Registration Act D The Apartheid Act 19. How did the word apartheid first come into use? A With the passing of the Apartheid Act B During the first Anglo-Boer War
D When the Apartheid Party was established 20. What did Black Africans organize in 1912 in their efforts to end restrictions based on skin color? A The National Party B The South African Native National Congress C An annual protest rally D A violent underground resistance
A Jan Smuts B D.F. Malan
D Desmond Tutu 22. What civil war was one of Africa’s bloodiest? A Nigerian B Liberian C South African D Zimbabwean
A The National Provisional Ruling Council (NPRC) B The Revolutionary United Front (RUF) C The Lomé Movement (LM) D The Armed Forces Revolutionary Council (AFRC)
A Liberia B Sierra Leone
D The Democratic Republic of the Congo 25. What country was renamed Zaire for a time? A Liberia B Sierra Leone C Congo (Brazzaville) D The Democratic Republic of the Congo 26. What country fell into civil war because its Arab-led government broke its promise to create a federal system? A South Africa B Liberia C Rwanda
D Sudan E Sierra Leone 27. What country endured genocide in 1994? A South Africa B Liberia
D Sudan
E Sierra Leone 28. What country permitted racial discrimination for many years? A South Africa B Liberia C Rwanda D Sudan
E Sierra Leone 29. What country established a special court to hand up indictments against people from all factions in the conflict? A South Africa B Liberia C Rwanda D Sudan
E Sierra Leone 30. On 21 March 1960, in the South African township of Sharpeville, white police opened fire on an armed and violent crowd of black protestors only after some of the demonstrators began to shoot over their heads. A True
B False 31. In 2004 the end of most of the fighting and the expansion of crude oil exports gave Sudan’s economy a real boost. A True B False
1. What percentage of the world’s malaria-related deaths occur in Africa? A 10 percent B 25 percent C 67 percent D 90 percent 2. What health challenge in Africa is blamed on a type of black fly? A Malaria B River Blindness C Malnutrition D AIDS
A By building better hospitals B By encouraging Africans to emigrate
D By sending in United Nation troops 4. Which is the following is not a problem for African farmers? A Little political influence B Drought C Civil strife D Land is not arable 5. What percentage of the African population is infected with HIV/AIDS? A Less than 2 percent B Nearly 9 percent C Over 50 percent D Nearly 90 percent
A In the empty schools B In the overcrowded hospitals
D At the village level 7. What percentage of hospital beds do AIDS patients occupy in some African countries? A 11 percent B 50 percent
D 99 percent 8. What country is one AIDS has spread through particularly aggressively? A Botswana B Egypt
C Eritrea D Libya
A Ethiopia B Malawi
C Namibia D Zimbabwe 10. What country is one where lack of access to food is widespread because of the poor state of its economy and its large numbers of displaced persons? A Botswana B Burundi
D South Africa 11. What country was once Africa’s breadbasket and now it can’t grow enough food? A Botswana B Ghana C Liberia D Zimbabwe 12. What does the term parastatal refer to? A Owned wholly or partially by the government B A disease caused by a parasite C A failed government D An aid organization 13. What makes it hard for relief agencies to bring food in and distribute it? A Few airports B Little need for food aid
D Dangerous weather 14. What sometimes happens when a region is flooded with food brought in from outside? A Dictators steal it B It disrupts local economies C Farmers move to a new country D It is sold on the black market
A Biodiversity B Deforestation C Desertification D Habitat erosion
A 100 acres B 500 acres C 10,000 acres D 10 million acres 17. What depletes soil? A Overfarming B Underfarming C Too much rain D Too many animals 18. What is at risk in much of Africa? A Use of fertilizers B Biodiversity C Forestation D Weather changes
A High pesticide use B Use of older cars C Poor regulation of environmental laws D Nuclear power plants
A Factories leaking chemicals in streams B Not enough water
D Lack of home filtration systems 21. What two countries did the United Nations work with to convene two special courts for war crimes? A Eritrea and Ethiopia B Sierra Leone and Rwanda C South Africa and Zimbabwe D Sudan and Tanzania
B The introduction of new constitutions in African countries C The introduction of new systems of justice in African countries D An end to war and conflict 23. What happened in Zimbabwe in 2008, and again in Sudan in 2009? A Civil war broke out B The government expelled aid groups C The government started a campaign against minorities D Genocide occurred similar to that in Rwanda
A Remove the regime headed by Sudanese President al-Bashir B Create an independent government in Darfur
D Set up refugee camps in Darfur 25. What has helped the cause of the rule of law in Africa? A Bringing aid organizations to the continent B Bringing perpetrators to justice C Setting up new governments in some countries D Bringing in UN troops
A Somalia B Kenya C Egypt
D Sudan E South Africa 27. This country can’t grow enough food and is seen as a “failed state.” A Somalia B Kenya
C Egypt D Sudan
E South Africa 28. Deforestation has occurred throughout this country over the past few decades. A Somalia B Kenya C Egypt
D Sudan E South Africa 29. This country expelled 13 aid groups working in a troubled region. A Somalia B Kenya
C Egypt D Sudan E South Africa 30. Botswana does not offer the expensive drugs used to treat AIDS because they spend the money on prevention instead. A True
B False 31. In Kenya, timber merchants have cut down more trees than the forests can naturally replace. A True B False
A True
A Its oil supplies were quickly depleted B It fell into an unhealthy dependence on oil C It became the richest country in Africa D It was invaded by neighboring Cameroon
A They got along well with locals because they founded schools B Some of the profits went to local people and they provided jobs
D The oil companies left because they did not get along with the government 3. Who do African countries owe most of their debt to? A The United States B Britain
D The United Nations 4. What does the World’s Heavily Indebted Poor Countries (HIPC) Initiative do? A Brings in financial planners B Provides food aid C Provides education aid D Reduces loan payments 5. What has been the impact of The African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA)? A Opened US markets to African goods B Opened African markets to European goods C Provided job training and opportunities D Provided internships for African in the US 6. What industry has AGOA helped African countries develop? A Garment B Grain
C Oil D Vehicle 7. Who was in the first wave of African immigrants arriving in the United States beginning in the 1970s? A Students seeking education B Families seeking reunification
D Tourists 8. What type of visa do more Africans arrive on today? A Education B Family reunification C Refugee D Tourism
A In Midwest small towns B In East coast suburbs
D Along the West coast 10. What are African immigrants likely to change in the United States? A Racial dynamics B Views on immigration C The US role in African aid D Education statistics 11. What is the term for the loss of skills and knowledge from a place when its educated people leave? A Emigration B Intelligence deficit
12. What has been of the most critical aspects of Africa losing the people it needs the most? A Loss of teachers B Loss of engineers C Loss of politicians D Loss of medical doctors 13. When did piracy become a problem in Somalia? A Since colonial times B During the civil war of the 1990s C Since the year 2003 D During World War II
A Piracy starts wars and regional conflicts B Piracy complicates the delivery of food C Piracy leads to massacres of sailors D Piracy may lead to a government coup
B Singapore C Saudi Arabia D India
A It endangers the Somali Coast Guard, a US ally B It interferes with US trade with India C It takes place close to the Persian Gulf’s oil-shipping lanes D It interferes with international involvement in African wars 17. Who is the US government working with to fight piracy? A Kenya
B The UN Security Council C NATO allies D The European Union 18. What preceded Secretary of State Clinton’s announcement of four immediate antipiracy measures? A Somali pirates worked with Islamist terrorists to set off a bomb B Somali pirates sunk a ship filled with food aid C The attack on an oil tanker bound for the US D The attack on the ship the Alabama 19. What camp says the burden is on Africans, not on outsiders, to improve the way they govern themselves? A “Accountability first” B “Governance first” C “Poverty first” D “Education first”
A “Accountability first” B “Governance first”
D “Education first” 21. What are the UN Millennium Development Goals? A A global “to do list” B Goals for developing democracy worldwide C Environmental goals D Goals the UN has set for Africa to achieve 22. What is the target date for achieving the UN Millennium Development Goals? A 2012
B 2015 C 2020
D 2050 23. What do the Millennium Development Goals call for cutting in half? A AIDS
B Pollution C Poverty D Violence 24. What does the Presidential Initiative to End Hunger in Africa (IEHA) seek to bolster? A Africa’s agricultural sector B The amount of food aid for Africa C School lunches in Africa D Employment in Africa 25. Who is schooling a particular problem for in Africa? A University-level students B Those with HIV/AIDS
D Boys
A True
B False
A True
A True
B False 30. Africa has some of the lowest rates of primary school enrollment in the world. A True B False
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