1.3 West and Central Africa Today

Which of the following is part of a country's infrastructure?

• swimming pools

• movie theaters

• roads

• art museums

True or False: Oil fields in Nigeria benefit the local people.

• True

• False

Which two groups do oil profits in Nigeria benefit? (Check both)

• foreign companies

• local workers

• local companies

• corrupt officials

What do we call the use of power for personal gain?

What is the African Union?

• an African workers' organization created to fight for higher pay

• an independent country located in West and Central Africa

• the leading soccer team in Liberia

• an international organization created to work toward African unity and economic development

Subsistence farmers grow

• food to sell on the market.

• cash crops on large tracts of land.

• only enough food to feed their families.

• nothing these days; most have sold their farms and moved to the city.

Compared to the Democratic Republic of Congo, Ghana is

• extremely stable.

• less stable.

• about as stable.

• somewhat more stable.

Griots are similar to ...

• painters, because they create images on paper.

• baseball stars, because they are strong and athletic.

• hip-hop artists, because they tell stories using rhyme and rhythm.

• carpenters, because they build useful objects.

What do we call small loans usually worth less than $200?