1. Slum areas called shantytowns occur in _________ major African cities, housing over _________ percent of urban populations.
A. all; 70
B. nearly all; 60
C. some; 40
D. five major; 50
2. In the Southern subregion of sub-Saharan Africa, which country is mainly covered by the Kalahari Desert?
A. Namibia
B. Botswana
C. Zambia
D. Mozambique
3. When the Australian economy was based on import-substitution manufacturing,
A. domestic manufacturing was discouraged.
B. expansionist policies were emphasized.
C. protectionist policies were emphasized.
D. domestic production assured national prosperity.
4. During the Cold War, the United States supported the military dictatorship in
A. Angola.
B. Mozambique.
C. Ethiopia.
D. Democratic Republic of Congo.
5. In sub-Saharan Africa, female genital mutilation is
A. most common in northern countries of the region.
B. rare in Mali.
C. uncommon in Nigeria.
D. unheard of in Central Africa and Namibia.
6. The zone along the southern margins of the Sahara is called the
A. Savannah.
B. Veldt.
C. Laterite.
D. Sahel.
7. With respect to Australia's aboriginal peoples, animistic religious beliefs are characterized by _______ worship.
A. sun
B. nature
C. ancestor
D. sky-god
8. In the 1970s, the island of Nauru had one of the highest per capita incomes in the Oceania region due to extensive _______ mining.
A. copper
B. phosphate
C. nickel
D. gold
9. Mensa Musa was the famed emperor of
A. Fulani.
B. Songhai.
C. Ghana.
D. Mali.
10. In Oceania, most towns began as
A. capital cities.
B. plantations.
C. tribal ritual centers.
D. colonial ports.
11. The natural vegetation regions of sub-Saharan Africa
A. don't correspond closely to climatic regions.
B. are all characteristic of equatorial latitudes.
C. are heavily impacted by human activity.
D. only correspond to climatic conditions in areas of West Africa.
12. The lowlands west of Australia's eastern mountain range are drained by the Murray-Darling River system, with its main headwaters in the Great _______ Basin.
A. Darling
B. Barrier
C. Artesian
D. Dividing
13. Which South African city is a regional hub of commerce and has South Africa's premier international airport?
A. Pretoria
B. Johannesburg
C. Durban
D. Cape Town
14. Australian vegetation is dominated by various species of acacia and
A. marsupials.
B. eucalyptus.
C. cacti.
D. ores.
15. Moving from coastal to interior regions of sub-Saharan Africa, we discover that the dominant physical- geographic feature is
A. ascending plateaus.
B. lush rainforest.
C. many coastal inlets.
D. mountainous terrain.
16. The Great _______ Range, running just inland along Australia's eastern coast, is that continent's only significant mountain chain.
A. Eastern
B. Dividing
C. Barrier
D. Australian
17. In the context of European colonization, Portugal controlled Mozambique and
A. Congo.
B. Kenya.
C. Madagascar.
D. Angola.
18. A major objective of the South Pacific Forum founded in 1971 was
A. expanding the copra trade.
B. reconciling diverse cultural heritages.
C. identifying and resolving human rights concerns in the region.
D. stopping French nuclear testing in the region.
19. Sudan is omitted from inclusion in the sub-Saharan region because it
A. doesn't border the Sahara Desert.
B. contains most of the evidence of humanity's African origins.
C. is politically distinct from other regional countries.
D. is linked to Egypt by the Nile.
20. The largest island of the more densely populated southwestern Oceanic island group is
A. Vanuatu.
B. Fiji.
C. Papua New Guinea.
D. New Caledonia
HW-889 MCQ 20 questions
