Africa Unit Review

Choose ALL the characteristics that best describe the Sahara Desert.

• rocky

• all sand dunes

• dry/arid

• scarce vegetation

Poaching is...

• The preservation of animals

• A way to preserve rainforests from deforestation

• The illegal killing of animals

• The process of turning ivory into a profit

Mansa Musa

• The leader of the Mali Empire

• A European Imperialist who started DeBeers Diamond Company

• An African Tribal leader who lead a successful war campaign against the British

• A nonviolent leader that helped to end Apartheid in South Africa

Great Rift Valley

• The lowest elevation in Equatorial Africa that is home to many species that have adapted to extreme climates and lack of vegetation

• A large, naturally occurring coral reef, home to many species of marine life

• The largest free-standing, dormant volcano in Africa

• A major landform caused by the shifting and separating tectonic plates along the Eastern region of the continent

Northern Africa is mainly...

• Culturally Arabic and Islamic with very arid physical climates

• Contains over half of the Tropical Rainforests of the sub-region

• Is known for its major landforms such as the Rift Valley, Mt. Kilimanjaro, and Mt. Kenya

• Culturally Christian and Animist religious following, with most of it containing the Sahara Desert

Bantu

• A form of music genre that has originated from Africa that combines Indian and African sounds

• The first group of peoples to settle in the Northern Africa region and have settled as farmers in the more fertile areas of the region

• A group of tribal Africans who migrated from central Africa to southern Africa, spreading over 500 languages across the continent

• A group of Dutch Europeans who identify themselves with this name, meaning "farmers"

Boers

• A form of music genre that has originated from Africa that combines Indian and African sounds

• The first group of peoples to settle in the Northern Africa region and have settled as farmers in the more fertile areas of the region

• A group of tribal Africans who migrated from central Africa to southern Africa, spreading over 500 languages across the continent

• A group of Dutch Europeans who identify themselves with this name, meaning "farmers"

Berbers

• A form of music genre that has originated from Africa that combines Indian and African sounds

• The first group of peoples to settle in the Northern Africa region and have settled as farmers in the more fertile areas of the region

• A group of tribal Africans who migrated from central Africa to southern Africa, spreading over 500 languages across the continent

• A group of Dutch Europeans who identify themselves with this name, meaning "farmers"

Apartheid

• The genocide campaign in Rwanda between the Hutus and Tutsis

• The segregation of blacks from whites in South Africa

• The forced integration of blacks and whites in South Africa

• The event that started the civil conflict in Sudan

Which answer choice best describes the message of this political cartoon?

• The United Nations is dividing up Africa into economic zones

• How Europeans planned to equally divide the resources sold to them from African tribes

• When Europeans met to decide how much economic aid would be sent to those countries suffering from AIDS/HIV, drought, famine, and poor education

• When Europeans met to regulate colonization in Africa and create boundaries with little regard to existing ethnic groups