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Social Studies 3rd nine weeks test review

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Why did apartheid end in South Africa during the 1990's?
White Leaders realized that the policy was hurting the country's economy and international reputation.
What term is used for a group of people who share a common culture, language, and history?
Ethnic Group
Name the tallest mountain in Africa
Mt. Kilimanjaro​
True or False:​
18th and 19th Century European imperialism caused nationalism to spring up in Asia and Africa, which united the people there to oppose foreign domination.​
True
Are most countries in Africa are low income/developing or developed countries?​
Low Income/Developing
Commercial logging, using wood for cooking, and excessive clearing of land by subsistence farmers has​
lead to ______ in Sub-Saharan​
Africa. ​
Deforestation
The ____________is the longest river in the world, flows through 10 different countries, and flows north into the Mediterranean Sea.​
The Nile River
Which African region has been negatively affected by commercial logging, excessive consumption of wood for fires, and slash and burn farming techniques?​
The Rain Forest
Human beings who identify with one another based on ancestry and culture are considered to be an:​
A: Ethnic Group​
B: Religious Group
A: Ethnic Group​
True or False:​
The literacy rate of a country, and the countries GDP, have a significant effect on a nation's standard of living.​
True​
Which kind of government consists of a single, self-appointed ruler who holds political power over an entire country?​
Autocracy​
Civil war in Sudan for the past two decades has resulted in a higher literacy rate than you would find in Kenya. ​
True or False​
False: Kenya has a higher literacy rate.​
Although this nation has made steady progress in securing personal freedoms for their citizens since Apartheid ended here in 1994, many people still live in poverty and the nation suffers from crime, corruption, and an HIV/AIDS epidemic.
The Republic of South Africa
Which European nations had the greatest influence in Africa in the early 1900's?
Great Britain and France​
The Zulu War in 1879 was an unsuccessful attempt by the Zulu nation to avoid being conquered and controlled by:_________​
The British Empire​
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