Africa

The geographic features of the African continent are partly responsible for the

• use of French and English as the official language of many African Nations.
• diversity of the cultures found in Africa.
• .  decline of the slave trade in the 19^th century.
• recent advance in technology in African nations

The empires of Mali, Songhai and Ghana were similar in that they all

• were located at the Southern tip of Africa.
• were involved in the gold trade.
• benefited from the Atlantic slave trade.
• declared the elephant an endangered species and they stopped hunting them.

The feeling that the Europeans had an obligation to go to Africa to improve living conditions of the people there was called

• exploitation
• foreign aid
• White Man's Burden"
• nationalism

Which of the following African cities was famous for being a center for trade and learning

• Mecca
• Timbuktu
• Miami
• Beijing

The slaves’ trip across the Atlantic to the Americas was called 

• Haijj
• Imperialism
• White Man's Burden
• Middle Passage

What were positive results of imperialism

• Forced labor and human rights abuses.
• Weakening of traditional African families
• Improved medical care and nutrition.
• Created colonies that cut across tribal boundaries

Which Ancient African leader made a pilgrimage to Mecca

• Asoka
• King Ezana
• Shaka Zulu
• Mansa Musa

Which of the following religions originated in Africa

• Christianity
• Judaism
• Shinto
• Animism

Most of the rivers in Africa are of little help in transporting large quantities of goods and  people because these rivers

• .  flow towards the mountains
• run only north and south
• have many waterfalls and rapids
• are not long enough

A modern day genocide occurred in all of the following countries EXCEPT

• Rwanda
• Sudan
• Bosnia
• Egypt