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WorksheetsUnit 7 review
Total questions: 35
Worksheet time: 18mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Why do some governments ignore industrial pollution of major rivers and waterways?
a)
They want the industries to be profitable
b)
The people of most countries do not care about pollution.
c)
Industries always have plans in place to clean up polluting waste
d)
Most government officials do not recognize pollution as a problem
2.
Letter D on the map labels which country?
a)
Kenya
b)
South Africa
c)
Nigeria
d)
Sudan
3.
Which letter represents South Africa?
a)
A
b)
B
c)
C
d)
D
4.
Sudan is labeled by which letter?
a)
A
b)
B
c)
C
d)
D
5.
Letter A on the map represents which country?
a)
Egypt
b)
Nigeria
c)
Democratic Republic of Congo
d)
Sudan
6.
Which letter on the map labels the Nile River?
a)
A
b)
B
c)
C
d)
D
7.
Which letter on the map labels the Niger River?
a)
A
b)
B
c)
C
d)
D
8.
Letter D labels which physical feature?
a)
The Nile River
b)
The Niger River
c)
The Sahara Desert
d)
The Congo River
9.
The shaded area of the map represents which physical feature of Africa?
a)
Sahara
b)
Sahel
c)
Rainforest
d)
Kalahari Desert
10.
The darker shaded area on the map represents which physical feature in Africa?
a)
the Nile
b)
the Sahel
c)
the Sahara
d)
the Kalahari
11.
What would MOST LIKELY happen to the standard of living in African countries if more efforts were taken to increase literacy rates?
a)
It would decrease.
b)
It would not change.
c)
There is no relationship between the two.
d)
It would increase.
12.
Poor soil and deforestation cause more land to become
a)
useless for farming and agriculture
b)
unsuitable for building houses
c)
good areas for cattle farming
d)
better place to raise a family
13.
In the Sahel Desert, overgrazing and drought have resulted in a decrease in the grassland region. What is this process called?
a)
Deforestation
b)
Desertification
c)
Unequal distribution
d)
Environmental pollution
14.
Why is the population of the Sahara so low?
a)
Too much water
b)
Too much oil
c)
Limited access to oil
d)
Limited access to water
15.
What country is in green?
a)
Kenya
b)
Democratic Republic of the Congo
c)
South Sudan
d)
Nigeria
16.
This area is a strip of dry grassland that is slowly turning into desert.
a)
the Sahel
b)
the Nile River
c)
the Congo River
d)
the Kalahari Desert
17.
Causes of desertification include
a)
farming
b)
overgrazing of livestock
c)
slash and burn agricultural methods
d)
All of the above
18.
A sacred object to the Ashanti. The king carries it, and it has never touched the ground
a)
Golden Stool
b)
Bronze Stool
19.
The religion of most Swahili people
a)
Judaism
b)
Christianity
c)
Igbo
d)
Islam
20.
Arab, Ashanti, Bantu, and Swahili are all....
a)
ethnic groups
b)
religious groups
21.
The ability to read and write is called
a)
learning
b)
losing it
c)
literacy
d)
liability
22.
What is the relationship between literacy rates and standard of living
a)
as literacy increases, standard of living increases
b)
as standard of living decreases, literacy increases
23.
What is the largest lake in Africa
a)
Victoria
b)
Katie
c)
Tanganyika
d)
Uganda
24.
What is a major environmental problem in Africa?
a)
literacy
b)
polluted water
c)
trade routes
d)
government
25.
What is one cause of deforestation?
a)
floods
b)
draught
c)
erosion
d)
forestry
26.
Which best describes the Bantu people?
a)
The Bantu are nomadic people in the Sahara desert
b)
The Bantu are a separate race in the Northern part of the continent
c)
The Bantu only live in cities and town; none of them farm
d)
They are many different people who share a related language
27.
Which region in Africa is most vulnerable to deforestation?
a)
Sahel
b)
Sahara
c)
Savanna
d)
tropical rainforest
28.
What region in Africa is most vulnerable to desertification?
a)
Sahel
b)
Savanna
c)
Sahara
d)
Tropical Rainforest
29.
What religion did the Arabs bring with them to Africa?
a)
Islam
b)
Animism
c)
Judaism
d)
Christianity
30.
What the belief that natural physical entities,
including animals, plants, and features of the earth, have a spiritual essence?
including animals, plants, and features of the earth, have a spiritual essence?
a)
Shintoism
b)
Animism
c)
confucianism
d)
Islam
31.
How is an ethnic group and a religious group different?
a)
Ethnic groups share common beliefs, and Religious groups share common characteristics
b)
Ethnic groups share common characteristics, and Religious groups share common beliefs.
c)
They are both groups
32.
A religious group is____________.
a)
A group of people who believe in different religion
b)
A group of people who live in the same neighborhood.
c)
A group of people who share religion beliefs
33.
The process of the desert expanding into areas that had formerly been farmland is called
a)
deforestation.
b)
defarmlandification.
c)
desertification.
d)
resanding.
34.
Which BEST describes a major use of the Congo River?
a)
Irrigation of farmland
b)
Supplying water to Egypt
c)
Transportation of goods and people from the interior of Africa to the Indian Ocean
d)
Water only for rainforest animals
35.
What is one of the major problems facing those who depend on the Nile River for their water?
a)
The Nile River is no longer a resource for fishing
b)
The Nile is to shallow to be used for transportation
c)
The river always dries up during the summer months
d)
The water is contaminated with human and industrial waste
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