WorksheetsAfrica Unit Test
Total questions: 50
Worksheet time: 47mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
What is the following African Physical Feature?
a)
Mt. Kilimanjaro
b)
Congo River
c)
Atlas Mountains
d)
Niger River
2.
What physical feature of Africa is this?
a)
Congo River
b)
Niger River
c)
Nile River
d)
Great Rift Valley
3.
What were the two most valuable resources traded in Ghana?
a)
cattle and gold
b)
Cloth and Salt
c)
Gold and Salt
d)
Jade and Silk
4.
The Masai people in Kenya are nomadic. What are nomads?
a)
wanderers
b)
habits
c)
varieties
d)
impressive
5.
_________is a language spoken by many East Africans.
a)
Swahili
b)
Zulu
c)
Ashanti
d)
Japanese
6.
What is the most likely reason that Swahili language has words from many other languages?
a)
to easily communicate and trade with neighboring tribes
b)
to annoy their neighbors
c)
to keep outsiders away
d)
After “The Lion King.”
7.
What physical feature of Africa is this?
a)
Great Barrier Reef
b)
Great Rift Valley
c)
Great Salt Lake
d)
Dead Sea
8.
What is the following African Physical Feature?
a)
Mt. Kilimanjaro
b)
Congo River
c)
Atlas Mountains
d)
Niger River
9.
What is the following African Physical Feature?
a)
Western Sahara Desert
b)
Serengeti Desert
c)
Sahara Desert
d)
Kalahari Desert
10.
What is one example of how geography affected the lives of people in West Africa?
a)
The used the Niger River for trading
b)
They used iron tools for farming
c)
Most people in West Africa ate yams
d)
Most people in West Africa worshipped the sun
11.
Mali first appeared on a European made map in 1375. What does its appearance on a map for the first time reflect?
a)
Europeans had started visiting Mali
b)
Mali had become an important empire.
c)
Europeans had only recently started selling African maps
d)
Mr. Owen finally got his act together and added it to the map.
12.
West African visual arts such as masks and sculptures served what purpose?
a)
They were put in museums
b)
They were used in ceremonies and rituals
c)
They were sold off at local auctions
d)
They were given to respected tribal leaders
13.
What role did the trading city of Timbuktu play in West Africa?
a)
It was a center of learning
b)
It was a center of war
c)
It was Mansa Musa's birthplace
d)
It was a trading city on the silk road
14.
How did Askia the Great and Mansa Musa support education?
a)
created schools, libraries and universities
b)
encouraged all to trade in Timbuktu
c)
made sure every child could read
d)
taught everyone a written language
15.
What three activities help express West African culture through the arts?
a)
Art, Music, and Dance
b)
Gold, Salt, and History
c)
Dance, music, and salt
d)
History, Sculpture, Masks
16.
Why might future population growth pose a problem for North Africa?
a)
The region lacks open land for cities to expand.
b)
Demand for water could easily become greater than the supply.
c)
The region has too few energy resources to supply a larger population.
d)
Too many people might migrate from the region in search of a better life.
17.
When did Europeans start colonizing Africa?
a)
1800's
b)
1700's
c)
1600's
d)
1500's
18.
Which of the following were spread by trade across the Mediterranean Sea?
a)
Culture
b)
Disease
c)
Religion
d)
All of the Above
19.
What is a strip of land that divides the desert from wetter areas?
a)
Sand lot
b)
Sahel
c)
Savanna
d)
Secede
20.
What Country is this?
a)
Africa
b)
Algeria
c)
Libya
d)
Egypt
21.
What Country is this?
a)
Tunisia
b)
Libya
c)
Morocco
d)
Algeria
22.
What Country is this?
a)
Mauritania
b)
Morocco
c)
Algeria
d)
Africa
23.
What Country is this?
a)
Sudan
b)
Botswana
c)
Morocco
d)
Democratic Republic of Congo
24.
What Country is this?
a)
Madagascar
b)
Uganda
c)
Botswana
d)
Nigeria
25.
What Country is this?
a)
Kigali
b)
Tanzania
c)
Congo
d)
Kenya
26.
Located on the border between Kenya and Tanzania, the tallest mountain in Africa is _____.
a)
Mount Everest
b)
Kilimanjaro
c)
Mount McKinley
d)
Mount Kenya
27.
What Country is this?
a)
Nigeria
b)
Mozambique
c)
Zambia
d)
South Africa
28.
Process that turns fertile land into land that is too dry to support life is called
a)
Deforestation
b)
Desertification
c)
Drought
d)
Canopy
29.
What physical feature of Africa is this?
a)
Red Sea
b)
Nile River
c)
Salt Sea
d)
Mediterranean Sea
30.
Which is a vast area of grassland and more tropical areas?
a)
Savanna
b)
Tropical Rainforest
c)
Atlas Mountain Range
d)
Sahel
31.
Which river runs through the Tropical Rain Forest?
a)
Niger River
b)
Nile River
c)
White River
d)
Congo River
32.
When trees are cut in order to clear land for building. This can lead to the loss of quality soil.
a)
Desertification
b)
Sahara
c)
Deforestation
d)
Overgrazing
33.
How many countries are there in Africa?
a)
45
b)
54
c)
15
d)
50
34.
The type of farming where people produce only enough food to feed themselves and their family is called...
a)
Commercial agriculture
b)
Industrial agriculture
c)
Slash-and-burn agriculture
d)
subsistence agriculture
35.
Located in Africa, what is the longest and second deepest lake in the world?
a)
Lake Tanganyika
b)
Lake Turkana
c)
Lake Malawai
d)
Lake Victoria
36.
Why was learning Arabic important for those Africans who became Muslim?
a)
The Quran is written in Arabic
b)
Arabic is an easy language to learn
c)
Arabic was the only written language
d)
Muslims are required to peak only Arabic
37.
What religion did Arabs bring with them to Africa?
a)
Islam
b)
Judaism
c)
Animism
d)
Christianity
38.
Those who practice the traditional Ashanti religion
a)
Use the Quran as their holy book.
b)
Believe there is one supreme god.
c)
Believe that Jesus is the son of God
d)
Must pray facing Mecca five times a day.
39.
They believe that plants, animals, and tress have souls?
a)
Bantu
b)
Swahili
c)
Ashanti
d)
Nigerians
40.
Believing in one God is referred to as__________
a)
ditheistic
b)
monotheistic
c)
Judaism
d)
momotheistic
41.
The Torah and the Talmud belong to
a)
Judaism
b)
Christianity
c)
Islam
d)
Hindusim
42.
Muslims practice the religion of
a)
Judaism
b)
Islam
c)
Hinduism
d)
Christianity
43.
Why did Islam take hold in Africa?
a)
Islam arrived via trade routes
b)
Islam arrived via religious figures
44.
What tradition did African religions keep their knowledge with?
a)
Oral tradition
b)
Written tradition
45.
What is an oral tradition?
a)
A spoken tradition passed on by memorizing and re-telling information
b)
A tradition of reading out loud from books
46.
What Country is this?
a)
Egypt
b)
Sudan
c)
Algeria
d)
Libya
47.
What man-made water-way connects the Mediterranean with the Red Sea?
a)
The Suez Canal
b)
The Panama Canal
c)
The Aswan High Dam
d)
The Nile River
48.
North African nomadic ethnic group
a)
Berbers
b)
Ashantes
c)
Bantus
d)
Swahilis
49.
What is a Delta?
a)
where river slows down & spreads into smaller channels
b)
body of land surrounded by water
c)
partial land and water
50.
Serengeti Plain
a)
grassy plain; most well known nature reserve
b)
ambas- steep-sided, flat-topped land
c)
highlands comprise of tall peaks, rich valleys, hot deserts.
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