Sub-Saharan Africa Quiz Review 2020

This is the semiarid (fairly dry) area that lies between the Sahara and regions to the south in Africa?

• Sahel

• Congo Basin

• Niger Basin

• Adamawa Highlands

This is one of Southern & Eastern Africa's most unique features. It is an unusually flat area of land between areas of higher ground. It was created when two of Earth's plate pulled apart causing the land to sink?

• Ethiopian Highlands

• Kalahari Desert

• Great Rift Valley

• Serengeti Plain

Which two items were most often traded between the Arabs of North Africa and the trading empires of Sub-Saharan Africa?

• Diamonds & Rice

• Salt & Gold

• Silk & Rubies

• Sand & Stones

Every part of the Atlantic slave trade left a devastating impact on the people of Africa. What is the name given to the part of the journey from Africa to the America's where thousands of captives died?

• Center Passage

• Atlantic Passage

• Middle Passage

• Shadow Passage

True or False: During what is known as the Scramble for Africa European countries divided up the continent of Africa for themselves, taking control away from the people of Africa.

• True

• False

Select all that apply: Which of the following were reasons European nations wanted to take control of Africa?

• To get Africa's natural resources

• They wanted to use Africa as a place to sell the good they were making in Europe

• To help the People of Africa have more control of their own governments

• To get power & prestige

What name was given to the laws that segregated/separated people of color & whites in South Africa?

• Jim Crow Laws

• Separation Laws

• Civil Rights Laws

• Apartheid

Which South African group fought to end apartheid?

• African National Congress

• United Party

• National Party

• Civil Rights Party

This man played a key role in ending Apartheid. He was also an ANC leader who was put in prison for his participation in an anti-apartheid protest. Eventually, he would be freed from prison, win a Nobel Peace Prize & become President of South Africa.

• F.W. deKlerk

• Gandhi

• Nelson Mandela

• Jomo Kenyatta

True or False: The Lost Boys of Sudan (that we read about in Brother's In Hope) were a group of young men that were forced to flee their homes due to war & walk 100s of miles to refugee camps for safety.

• True

• False