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Africa Unit Quarter 3 Review

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What two natural resources were traded between the Empire of Mali and other empires?

a)

Lead

b)

Gold

c)

Salt

d)

Silver

2.

According to experts he was the richest person who ever lived?

a)

Mansa Musa

b)

Bill Gates

c)

Donald Trump

d)

Caesar

3.

Africa was colonized by countries from which continent?

a)

Asia

b)

Europe

c)

North America

d)

South America

4.

What were three reasons Europeans wanted to colonize Africa?

a)

They wanted more land.

b)

They wanted more resources.

c)

They wanted to cure diseases.

d)

They were looking to gain wealth.

5.

Who was an early European explorer to Africa?

a)

David Livingstone

b)

Cecil Rhodes

c)

Shaka Zulu

d)

Paul Krueger

6.

What are three impacts of colonialism in Africa?

a)

Many times ethnic groups were in the same territory as a rival group.

b)

They didn't benefit from the resources.

c)

The Europeans learned to respect the people of Africa.

d)

African's didn't have a say in government.

7.

What were three impacts of the slave trade?

a)

Slave traders gained wealth from the slave trade.

b)

Africa lost many skilled workers.

c)

Africa did not suffer because of slavery.

d)

Africa lost a lot of its population as a result of the slave trade.

8.

Which of these countries did not colonize Africa?

a)

France

b)

Germany

c)

Peru

d)

Italy

9.

What was Apartheid?

a)

A new type of dance craze.

b)

A system that discriminated against black South Africans.

c)

A chain of restaurants.

d)

A program designed to help poor Africans.

10.

Who helped to end Apartheid in South Africa?

a)

P.W. Botha

b)

Jan Smuts

c)

Nelson Mandela

d)

Henry Stanley

11.

What was the Pan-African movement?

a)

A movement that supported colonialism.

b)

A movement that supported Apartheid.

c)

A movement that supported new farming ideas.

d)

A movement that unified African people to push for independence.

12.

Which of the following is not a reason why African countries gained independence?

a)

By fighting a war.

b)

By buying their country back from European countries.

c)

By boycotts.

d)

By joining the Pan-African movement.

13.

The Nile River Valley was home to what ancient civilization?

a)

The ancient Egyptians

b)

The ancient Chinese.

c)

The ancient Mesopotamians.

d)

The Harappa Civilization

14.

The writing system of the ancient Egyptians was known as what?

a)

Hieroglyphs

b)

Cuneiform

c)

Arabic Numerals

d)

Latin

15.

Which image shows the Sphinx?

a)
b)
c)
d)