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Africa Environmental Issues Quiz

Authored by Hannah Zboray

Other, History

7th - 10th Grade

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Africa Environmental Issues Quiz
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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

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To supply water through ditches, pipes, or canals to areas without water for growing crops

Desertification

Irrigation

Poor sanitation

Economic development

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

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Poor water quality in Africa

is mostly a result of industrial pollution

can be solved by irrigation in Africa's dry areas

is mostly a result of sewage and garbage

can be solved by building more dams

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

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Desertification is CAUSED by

deforestation, drought, and overgrazing

crop rotation, fertilizers, and insecticides.

overpopulation, migration, and decline.

sewage, parasites, and poor sanitation

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

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Many people in Africa do not have access to safe drinking water because the water is

polluted by slash and burn agriculture.

contaminated by drought.

polluted by irrigation.

infected by parasites and bacteria.

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

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Slash and burn agriculture is mainly harmful to Africa because it

pollutes the soil used for farming.

causes deforestation in the rainforest.

worsens the unequal distribution of water.

increases the number of parasites in the rivers.

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

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Irrigation is necessary in many parts of Africa in order to

increase the amount of farmable land.

decrease the need for dams.

increase the amount of clean drinking water.

decrease the need for water treatment plants.

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

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What effect (result) does poor soil and deforestation have on land in Africa?

Land becomes a better place to raise a family.

Land is excellent for archaeological dig sites.

Land becomes part of national park systems.

Land is useless for farming and agriculture.

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