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Chapter 16: West Africa
      
  1.Which West African nation has the largest population in Africa?  
  a.   Nigeria  
  b.   Chad  
  c.   Mali  
  d.   Senegal  
      
  2.Nigeria’s largest city is the port of __________.  
  a.   Abuja  
  b.   Ibadan  
  c.   Lagos  
  d.   Porto-Novo  
      
  3.In what year did Nigeria gain its independence from the United Kingdom?  
  a.   1880  
  b.   1940  
  c.   1960  
  d.   1990  
      
  4.Mauritania, Mali, Burkina Faso, Niger, and Chad are all located in the region known as the __________.  
  a.   Sahel  
  b.   savanna  
  c.   wetlands  
  d.   Sahara  
      
  5.Most people of the Sahel live in __________.  
  a.   rural areas  
  b.   large cities  
  c.   small towns and villages  
  d.   along the coast  
      
  6.Which of the following is NOT one of the three great African empires that arose in the Sahel?  
  a.   Ghana  
  b.   Mali  
  c.   Songhai  
  d.   Tombouctou  
      
  7.Which of the following West African nations was the first to become independent?  
  a.   Ghana  
  b.   Togo  
  c.   Niger  
  d.   Mali  
      
  8.What is the only West African nation that was never a colony?  
  a.   Gambia  
  b.   Guinea  
  c.   Liberia  
  d.   Senegal  
      
  9.Lake Volta, one of the world’s largest artificial lakes, is found in the nation of __________.  
  a.   Côte d’Ivoire  
  b.   Mali  
  c.   Ghana  
  d.   Senegal  
      
  10.Almost 25 percent of the world’s supply of bauxite is found in the West African country of __________.  
  a.   Guinea  
  b.   Senegal  
  c.   Gambia  
  d.   Liberia  

 





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