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WorksheetsSub Saharan Africa Review
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 10mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Which African country does the arrow point to in the picture?
a)
Nigeria
b)
Sudan
c)
South Africa
d)
Somalia
2.
What was Apartheid?
a)
A region of Africa
b)
A natural disaster in 1993
c)
The poor treatment of black/non-white South Africans
d)
A religions movement in 1993
3.
A dictatorship is...
a)
a government run by one powerful individual with no limit to their control
b)
a government where there is a king or queen
c)
A government run by few
d)
A government run by many
4.
The race for colonization of African countries by major European powers was...
a)
Apartheid
b)
African Establishment Movement
c)
New World Race
d)
Scramble for Africa
5.
What does urban mean?
a)
countryside
b)
city
c)
suburb
d)
capital
6.
What is colonization?
a)
to occupy another area or territory for its resources or land
b)
to be forced into slavery
c)
legal racial separation
7.
Who never gave up the fight for equal rights and was elected president after decades of imprisonment and struggle?
a)
President Obama
b)
Nelson Mandela
c)
Rosa Parks
d)
Abraham Lincoln
8.
What is the spreading of the Sahara southward which causes a transition zone?
a)
Desertification
b)
Rift Valley
c)
Sahara
d)
Savanna
9.
4. Why did European countries colonize in Africa?
a)
they do not have any resources in their countries
b)
traditional tribes asked for help
c)
Africa was never colonized
d)
land, power, and natural resources
10.
What does rural mean?
a)
City
b)
Countryside
c)
Coastal Region
d)
Suburban
11.
Who colonized Africa and negatively increased farming on the Nile River?
a)
United States Colonists
b)
European colonists
c)
Canadian colonists
d)
Sub Saharan Colonists
12.
What promoted unity among all Africans?
a)
African Unity Act
b)
The Equal Rights Movement
c)
Civil Rights Corporation
d)
Pan-Africanism
13.
Why did European countries colonize in Africa?
a)
traditional tribes asked for help
b)
they do not have any resources in their countries
c)
Africa was never colonized
d)
land, power, and natural resources
14.
Occupying another area or territory for its resources or land is called...
a)
Imperialism
b)
Colonization
c)
Raciism
d)
Pan-Africanism
15.
Which country makes the Horn of Africa?
a)
Chad
b)
South Africa
c)
Somalia
d)
Madagascar
16.
What physical feature is located in northern Africa?
a)
Lake Victoria
b)
Kalahari Desert
c)
The Sahara Desert
d)
The Indian Ocean
17.
Which African Country is Least Developed?
a)
Somalia
b)
South Africa
c)
Kenya
d)
Rwanda
18.
What is the goal of missionaries?
a)
To conquer land for gold
b)
to colonize
c)
to spread religion among native poeple
d)
to take over a dictatorship
19.
What is the Great Rift Valley
a)
An oasis in the desert
b)
a deep split in the land formed when the Earth's crust separated and broke
c)
It is a part of the Sahara Desert
d)
It is where the Nile River Stops
20.
What is a basin?
a)
a desert oasis
b)
a region drained by a river system
c)
another word for a lake
d)
where a river meets the ocean
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