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WorksheetsSub-Saharan Africa Review
Total questions: 12
Worksheet time: 4mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
This river is the longest river in the world and runs through Egypt in North Africa.
a)
Nile
b)
Ganges
c)
Sudan
d)
Congo
2.
The _____ Desert is the largest in the world.
a)
Namib
b)
Sahara
c)
Nile
d)
Mediterranean
3.
___ the practice of acquiring full or partial political control over another country, occupying it with settlers, and exploiting its resources for economic gain.
a)
White Man's Burden
b)
Divide and Conquer
c)
Autocracy
d)
Colonialism
4.
Practiced most notably in South Africa, ___ was the institutionalized discrimination (of blacks) and segregation between blacks and whites.
a)
Divide and Rule
b)
Imperialism
c)
Apartheid
d)
White Man's Burden
5.
An official language of South Africa, _____ derived from the form of Dutch brought to the Cape by Dutch settlers in the 17th century.
a)
Arabic
b)
Hebrew
c)
Afrikaans
d)
German
6.
A person from _____ is most likely to speak Arabic and identify as Arab?
a)
Egypt
b)
Tanzania
c)
South Africa
d)
Ghana
7.
The Sahara Desert...
a)
has no effect on the distribution of languages and cultures in Africa.
b)
Keeps most of the Hindus to the East and the Arabs to the Western regions of Africa.
c)
creates a barrier between the Arab cultures of the north and the rest of Sub-Saharan Africa.
8.
Generally speaking, all of the following occurred after the colonial power withdrew from Africa EXCEPT...
a)
economic prosperity
b)
ethnic genocides
c)
Failed democracies or Dictatorships
d)
Racial segregation and religious violence
9.
Name this region of semi-arid grasslands that can be found south of the Sahara Desert.
a)
Sahara Desert
b)
Sahel
c)
Ethiopian Plateau
d)
Congo Rainforest
10.
The British were the most successful at maintaining control over its colonies by creating divisions between the many ethnic groups within. This is known as...
a)
Divide and Rule/Divide and Conquer
b)
White Man's Burden
c)
Desertification
d)
Apartheid
11.
The ___ was a period in the late 1800's in which Western European countries rapidly colonized nearly the entire continent of Africa.
a)
White Man's Burden
b)
Scramble for Africa
c)
Apartheid
d)
Conversion
12.
_____ and ____ were the only two countries to have never been fully colonized by a European power.
a)
Kenya and the D.R. Congo
b)
Somalia and Nigeria
c)
Liberia and Ethiopia
d)
South Africa and Tanzania
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