WorksheetsAfrica Unit Test
Total questions: 30
Worksheet time: 15mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Which desert is located in the picture?
a)
Kalahari
b)
Sahel
c)
Sahara
d)
Gobi
2.
Which region is highlighted in the picture?
a)
Kalahari
b)
Sahel
c)
Sahara
d)
Gobi
3.
The process by which fertile land becomes desert
a)
Desertification
b)
Industrialization
c)
Colonization
d)
Fertilization
4.
What is a cause of desertification?
a)
Too much rain
b)
A dictator is in control
c)
Insects destroy the land
d)
Farmers overuse the land
5.
What were the two major items traded during Ancient Africa?
a)
Iron & Oil
b)
Salt & Gold
c)
Salt & Pepper
d)
Gold & Oil
6.
What was the voyage called that carried enslaved Africans across the Atlantic Ocean?
a)
Carrier Voyage
b)
Atlantic Passage
c)
Middle Passage
d)
European Voyage
7.
Which continent's involvement heavily increased slave trade?
a)
Europe
b)
North America
c)
Africa
d)
South America
8.
Which of the following is not an ancient African kingdom?
a)
Ghana
b)
Mali
c)
South Africa
d)
Songhai
9.
Where a country directly controls another area by sending people to live there
a)
Segregation
b)
Apartheid
c)
Colonization
d)
Imperialism
10.
The practice of a country increasing its power by influencing and gaining control over other areas of the world
a)
Segregation
b)
Apartheid
c)
Colonization
d)
Imperialism
11.
Who was interested in Africa's natural resources?
a)
Europe
b)
North Africa
c)
Central America
d)
Asia
12.
What is the meaning of this political cartoon?
a)
Europe began to colonize Africa
b)
All African tribes wanted to unite
c)
Slave trade taking over Africa
d)
Dancing was introduced to Africa
13.
How did the Europeans treat the Africans when they colonized them?
a)
"We're better than you are"
b)
"We're friends and can get along"
c)
Listened to their concerns over borders
d)
"Teach me your cultures!"
14.
What was the Scramble for Africa?
a)
Where Africans had a say in the borders that were created
b)
The way they decided who's culture was better
c)
How they decided who recevied what natural resources
d)
European countries divided Africa how they wished
15.
Who were the main ethnic groups in Rwanda?
a)
Hutu & Tutsi
b)
Hutsi & Tutu
c)
Dinka & Nuer
d)
Blacks & Whites
16.
Who ended apartheid in South Africa?
a)
FW de Klerk
b)
Martin Luther King Jr
c)
Nelson Mandela
d)
Joseph Kony
17.
Segregation and discrimination of races is called...
a)
Absolute monarchy
b)
Apartheid
c)
Aggregation
d)
Separation
18.
Who created the child army in Uganda to fight against the government?
a)
FW de Klerk
b)
Martin Luther King Jr
c)
Nelson Mandela
d)
Joseph Kony
19.
Which country in Africa experiences the problem of piracy?
a)
Rwanda
b)
Sudan
c)
Somalia
20.
Which term is used for a widespread shortage of food?
a)
Famine
b)
Malnutrition
c)
Poverty
d)
Drought
21.
Which term is used for the state of being poor?
a)
Famine
b)
Malnutrition
c)
Poverty
d)
Drought
22.
What is the illegal taking of wildlife, in violation of the law?
a)
Trafficking
b)
Poaching
c)
Desertification
d)
Isthmus
23.
Which of the following is not an effect of poaching?
a)
Impacts the food chain
b)
Increases illegal business operations
c)
Decreases endangered or extinct animals
d)
Increases money the government must spend
24.
Which of the following is NOT a reason for poaching?
a)
Rhino horns are used for medicine
b)
Elephant tusks are used for jewelry
c)
Skins of cats are used for clothing and decor
d)
Economic inflation
25.
The two main religious groups in Sudan are:
a)
Muslims and Christians
b)
Muslims and Hindus
c)
Christians and Jews
d)
Jews and Hindus
26.
In 2011, Sudan broke up into two different countries called what?
a)
North Sudan & South Sudan
b)
North Sudan & Sudan
c)
Sudan & Somalia
d)
Sudan & South Sudan
27.
What would NOT be a reason why someone would become a refugee?
a)
Leaving because of a better job
b)
Leaving because of war
c)
Leaving because of religious persecution
d)
Leaving because of political reasons
28.
What is NOT a synonym for the word "discrimination"?
a)
Prejudice
b)
Tolerance
c)
Intolerance
d)
Unfairness
29.
What is NOT a synonym of the word "poverty'?
a)
Impoverishment
b)
Scarcity
c)
Profit
d)
Shortage
30.
Which country did most of the Lost Boys escape to?
a)
Libya
b)
Kenya
c)
Somalia
d)
South Africa
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