Africa FGH Quiz

Match the following

• illegal hunting of protected animals

• Ecotourist

• person who travels to another country to view its natural wonders

• Poaching

• widespread cutting of forests

• Deforestation

• animals strip areas so bare that plants can't grow back

• Overgraze

• change of grasslands into deserts

• Desertification

Match the following

• economic system in which people start and run businesses with limited government intervention

• Tsetse Fly

• electricity generated by flowing water

• Hydroelectric Power

• plant fiber used to make rope and twine

• Sisal

• insect whose bite can kill cattle or humans with a deadly disease called sleeping sickness

• Free Enterprise System

• plant with roots that can be ground into flour to make bread or porridge

• Cassava

What was the Democratic Republic of the Congo formerly called?

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Which two exports are most important to both Congo and Gabon?

• bananas

• oil

• cotton

• lumber

• diamonds

Which of the island countries in Central Africa is also located on the African mainland?

• Congo

• Gabon

• Madagascar

• Guinea

• Equatorial Guinea

Kenya's chief port is ​ (a)   .

Kenya's official languages include Swahili and ​ (b)   .

The term "harambee" means ​ (c)   to Kenyans.

• Mombasa
• English
• "pulling together"
• French
• Mau Mau
• "overcome together"

The capital of Ghana is ​ (a)   .

The meaning of the word "sahel" is ​ (b)   .

The capital of Cote d'Ivoire is ​​ (c)   .

• Accra
• border
• Yamoussoukro
• coast
• kinshasa
• lake

Who was Mansa Musa?

Who originally settled Sao Tome and Principe?

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What are the two major religions of Tanzania?

• Buddhism

• Islam

• Judaism

• Hinduism

• Christianity