Chapter 20

Question 1

Africa accounts for what percentage of the total world GNP?

Answer 1

1%

Question 2

Africa accounts for what percentage of total dollar value exports worldwide?

Answer 2

1.5%

Question 3

What two organizations are striving to promote African trade?

Answer 3

ECOWAS and SADC

Question 4

What does ECOWAS stand for?

Answer 4

Economic Community of West African States

Question 5

What does SADC stand for?

Answer 5

Southern African Development Community

Question 6

What are countries that rely on just one principal commodity for much of their earnings?

Answer 6

One-commodity countries

Question 7

What is an agricultural or mining product that can be sold?

Answer 7

Commodity

Question 8

What does diversify mean?

Answer 8

to create variety in

Question 9

What percentage of Algeria’s school age population receives an education?

Answer 9

83%

Question 10

What causes AIDS

Answer 10

HIV

Question 11

What infection is caused by inadequate sanitation and lack of a clean water supply?

Answer 11

Cholera

Question 12

What infectious disease is carried by mosquitoes?

Answer 12

Malaria

Question 13

What percentage of the world’s adult AIDS cases are in Africa?

Answer 13

70%

Question 14

What percentage of the world’s children with AIDS are in African nations?

Answer 14

80%

Question 15

What disease typically accompanies AIDS?

Answer 15

Tuberculosis

Question 16

What is tuberculosis?

Answer 16

A respiratory infection

Question 17

What is the AIDS program in Africa called?

Answer 17

UNAIDS

Question 18

What has Gabon used to improve health care?

Answer 18

Oil revenue

Question 19

What two countries have had success in reducing the spread of HIV?

Answer 19

Uganda and Senegal