AFRICA - TEST

The tallest mountain in Africa is (a)  

• Mount Everest
• Mount Kenya
• Mount McKinley
• Mount Kilimanjaro

The meeting where European powers split up the continent of Africa for colonization is known as? (a)  

• The Berlin Conference
• the Treaty of Versailles
• The Bantu Conference
• The Tennis Court Agreement

What is this a picture of? (a)  

• An oasis in the Sahara
• An aquifer in the Sahara
• A Rainforest in Central Africa
• The Sahel

The Great Rift Valleys in Africa were formed by tectonic plates (a)  

• colliding together
• Pulling apart
• Sliding past each other
• Uganda

This map shows countries in Africa that practice Islam. How could the physical geography of Africa explain why Islam did not spread into Southern Africa?

• The climate of Central Africa is not conductive to Islam

• Mountains in Central Africa blocked the diffusion of Islam to the south

• The Sahara desert formed a physical barrier that blocked diffusion of islam from the North to South

• Travel down the Nile River is risky so Muslims did not use it to travel South

The government sponsored form of segregation which met it's end in 1994, is called: (a)  

• Seperate but equat
• Jim Crow Laws
• Apartheid
• Humanitarian

Which term characterizes the climate of much of Northern Africa (a)  

• Tropical Wet
• Semiarid
• Highland
• Desert

Based on this map, which African country receives the most rain? (a)  

• South Africa
• Egypt
• Somalia
• Central African Republic

Which term characterizes the climate of much of Northern Africa

• Tropical Wet

• Desert

• Highland

• Semiarid

what is the main cultural influence in North Africa?

• Pyramids

• Romance Languages

• Islam

• Christianity