WorksheetsCh. 7- Africa
Total questions: 34
Worksheet time: 17mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
A steppe:
a)
Basin
b)
Savannah
c)
Plateau
2.
The practice of cutting down forests to make way for crops:
a)
Deforesation
b)
Desterification
c)
Escarpment
3.
Electric power produced by a water source such as a river:
a)
Hydroelectric power
b)
Escarpment
c)
Dam
4.
Tropical grasslands:
a)
Savanna
b)
Basin
c)
Escarpment
5.
The process in which soil becomes less fertile:
a)
Desertification
b)
Deforesation
c)
Escarpment
6.
Having no direct access to coast:
a)
Encarpment
b)
Landlocked
c)
Interior
7.
A forest with warm temperatures, lots of rain, high humidity, and thick vegetation.
a)
Rainforest
b)
Savanna
c)
Basin
8.
What phrase best describes a basin?
a)
land area away from the coast
b)
tropical grasslands
c)
region drained by a river system
9.
The steppes of Sub-Saharan Africa are becoming less fertile. What might NOT explain why this is happening?
a)
climate change
b)
plate tectonics
c)
human activity
10.
What is the most important feature of the Great Rift Valley?
a)
The region's deepwater lakes
b)
The region's inactive volcanoes
c)
The regions mineral resources
11.
Which phrase does not describe the Congo River?
a)
It is the longest river in the world
b)
It flows into the Atlantic Ocean
c)
It is a major waterway
12.
An independent state made up of a city and territories depending on it:
a)
City-states
b)
Colonialism
c)
Caravan
13.
The trading of slaves across the Atlantic Ocean:
a)
trans-Atlantic Slave Trade
b)
Slave Trade
c)
Atlantic Slave Trade
14.
Policy of extending foreign rule:
a)
Imperialism
b)
Colonialism
c)
Alluvial
15.
Across the Sahara:
a)
Alluvial
b)
trans-Saharan
c)
Caravan
16.
One country exploring, conquering, settling, and exploiting another area of the world:
a)
Colonization
b)
Imperialism
c)
Encarpment
17.
What is the most common language in Africa, stemming from the Bantu people:
a)
Swahili
b)
Mali
c)
Askum
18.
Alluvial gold is:
a)
Gold deposited by a river
b)
Precious gold deposits
c)
Gold found in northern deserts
19.
The empire of Kongo is best known for:
a)
Its highly organized government
b)
The Spanish- who took over its politics and trade
c)
Its trade in gold and iron
20.
What statement does not describe what happened to the slaves?
a)
Most worked on small farms
b)
They were crowded into large ships
c)
Many died of malnutrition
21.
Which phrase best describes the word "incentive"?
a)
bribes and other illegal acts
b)
good trade relations
c)
a motivating reason
22.
The Kalahari is...
a)
a desert in Africa
b)
the language spoken by the Bantu people
c)
A volcano in Africa
23.
There are two inactive volcanoes in east Africa. what are they called?
a)
Mt. Kenya and Kilimanjaro
b)
Mt. Kenya and Kalahari
c)
Kalahari and Kilimanjaro
24.
The main geographic feature of Central Africa is:
a)
The Congo Basin
b)
The Rainforest
c)
The Congo River
25.
What is the main waterway in Central Africa?
a)
Congo River
b)
Amazon River
c)
Bantu River
26.
Ghana made their vast wealth by taxing:
a)
Gold and Salt
b)
Gold and Silver
c)
Salt and Dates
27.
Which of the following leaders led Mali in overthrowing Ghana?
a)
Sundiata
b)
Mansa Musa
c)
Askia Muhammad
28.
Mansa Musa made which which city the center of education for the people of Mali?
a)
Timbuktu
b)
Mogadishu
c)
Shona
29.
Aksum was located in what present-day country?
a)
Ethiopia
b)
Kenya
c)
Zimbabwe
30.
Walling out a city with stone, the Shona built a city out of stone called...
a)
Great Zimbabwe
b)
Songhai
c)
Benin
31.
Why could the Africans not stop colonization from taking place?
a)
The Europeans had more advanced weapons and therefore, more power.
b)
The Africans let the Europeans have their land.
c)
They could not stop the Europeans because they knew it was the best thing for their future.
32.
True or False: Africans were invited to the Berlin Conference.
a)
False
b)
True
33.
Europeans believed African culture and religion was inferior so they sent ______________ to spread Christianity.
a)
Missionaries
b)
OAU
c)
the Berlin Conference
34.
A movement to unify the African people:
a)
Pan-Africanism
b)
OAU
c)
Saharan-Africanism
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