GEO 207 WEEK 5 QUIZ

GEO 207 WEEK 5 QUIZ
1	Which of the following is associated with the concept of continental drift
a.   separate development
b.   Pangaea
c.   land alienation
d.   continentality
e.   apartheid
	
2.	The Congo River basin mainly supports what type of vegetation?
a.   grassland
b.   savanna
c.   tropical rainforest
d.   Mediterranean scrub
e.   coniferous forest
	
3.	Land tenure refers to:
a.   the balance between population and land resources
b.   the sustainable development level of a tract of land
c.   the way people own, occupy, and use land
d.   a system not unlike tenure at a university, where once you gain land, you keep it forever
e.   a form of subsistence farming
	
4.	Which of the following countries was not a British colony prior to its independence?
a.   Zimbabawe
b.   Zambia
c.   Kenya
d.   Ethiopia
e.   Malawi
	
5.	The last country to give up its African colonies was:
a.   the United States
b.   Germany
c.   France
d.   Belgium
e.   South Africa
	
6.	The Boer War took place in:
a.   Kenya
b.   South Africa
c.   the Netherlands
d.   Sudan
e.   Nigeria
	
7.	Which of the following countries is not located in East Africa?
a.   Nigeria
b.   Kenya
c.   Uganda
d.   Tanzania
e.   Burundi
	
8.	Which of the following is a lingual francs?
a.   Bantu
b.   Kalahari
c.   Swahili
d.   Sharia
e.   Niger Kordofanian
	
9.	Which of the following countries is not located in Equatorial Africa?
a.   Gabon
b.   Congo
c.   Ivory Coast
d.   Cameroon
e.   Central African Republic
	
10.	Which of the following countries is located in the Bulge of Africa?
a.   Senegal
b.   South Africa
c.   Somalia
d.   Chad
e.   Kenya
	
11.	Which of the following is not included in the North Africa/Southwest Asia realm?
a.   Pakistan
b.   Iran
c.   Iraq
d.   Tunisia
e.   Afghanistan
	
12.	______is the name for the land between the rivers.
a.   Levant
b.   Mesopotamia
c.   Choke Point
d.   Maghreb
e.   The Fertile Crescent
	
13.	Which of the following is not an Old World culture hearth?
a.   the Indus Valley
b.   the Ganges Delta
c.   Mesopotamia
d.   the Mecca area of the Arabian Peninsula
e.   the lower Nile Valley
	
14.	Which area was least influenced by the spread of Islam?
a.   Yemen
b.   Bosnia
c.   China
d.   Northern Nigeria
e.   Turkestan
	
15.	Shi'ite Muslims constitute the great majority of the population of:
a.   Egypt
b.   Israel
c.   Saudi Arabia
d.   Turkey
e.   Iran
	
16.	The empire that ruled over much of Southwest Asia prior to World War I was the:
a.   Ottoman
b.   Persian
c.   Byzantine
d.   British
e.   Russian
	
17.	Which of the following countries is not a major oil producer?
a.   Kuwait
b.   Azerbaijan
c.   Iraq
d.   Iran
e.   Turkey
	
18.	The Aswan High Dam is located on the:
a.   Shatt-al-Arab
b.   Nile River
c.   Jordan River
d.   Suez Canal
e.   The Tigris River
	
19.	The upstream country that could control the flow of the Nile River into Egypt is:
a.   Iraq
b.   Sudan
c.   Israel
d.   Libya
e.   Chad
	
20.	The western North African countries of Algeria, Tunisia, and Morocco are collectively called:
a.   the Maghreb
b.   The African Transition Zone
c.   the Near East
d.   the Tell
e.   the Levant