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Africa Unit Review

Total questions: 56

Worksheet time: 56mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which area of Africa is culturally Arab?

a)

Northern

b)

Central

c)

Eastern

d)

Western

e)

Southern

2.

Which area of Africa has a tropical climate and home to the Congo Rainforest?

a)

Northern

b)

Central

c)

Eastern

d)

Western

e)

Southern

3.

Which area of Africa had plateaus and struggles with a great deal of poverty?

a)

Northern

b)

Central

c)

Eastern

d)

Western

e)

Southern

4.

Which area of Africa is the most densely populated?

a)

Northern

b)

Central

c)

Eastern

d)

Western

e)

Southern

5.

Which area of Africa is home to the Kalahari Desert and the escarpments?

a)

Northern

b)

Central

c)

Eastern

d)

Western

e)

Southern

6.

The largest desert in the world

a)

Kalahari Desert

b)

Sahara Desert

c)

Baja Desert

7.

What is the name of the transitional dry land between the Sahara Desert and the Savanna?

a)

Sahel

b)

Escarpments

c)

Great Rift Valley

8.

What is this region of Africa called?

a)

Sahel

b)

Escarpment

c)

Savanna

d)

Great Rift Valley

9.

What is this region of Africa called?

a)

Sahel

b)

Escarpment

c)

Savanna

d)

Great Rift Valley

10.

What is this region of Africa called?

a)

Sahel

b)

Escarpment

c)

Savanna

d)

Great Rift Valley

11.

The problem of fertile land becoming barren

a)

Desertification

b)

Dessertification

c)

Desertion

12.

What means to trace one's heritage back through the mother's line?

a)

Patrilineal

b)

Matrilineal

c)

Bilinial

13.

Which religion was not being widely practiced by the time triangle trade started in the 1600s?

a)

Christianity

b)

Islam

c)

Buddhism

14.

True of False? Most African tribes had only oral languages

a)

True

b)

False

15.

During triangle trade __________ were taken from Europe to Africa

a)

maufactured goods

b)

enslaved people

c)

raw materials

16.

During triangle trade __________ were taken from Africa to the Americas

a)

maufactured goods

b)

enslaved people

c)

raw materials

17.

During triangle trade __________ were taken from the Americas back to Europe.

a)

maufactured goods

b)

enslaved people

c)

raw materials

18.

What historical event led to Europeans and Americans wanting to import slave labor?

a)

The Industrial Revolution

b)

The Civil War

c)

The signing of the Declaration of Independence

d)

The establishment of Islam as a religion?

19.

Who did most of the capturing of Africans for Atlantic Slave Trade?

a)

Other Africans

b)

European slave traders

c)

Christian missionaries

20.

What is the name of the journey enslaved Africans had to endure across the Atlantic Ocean to the Americas?

a)

The Atlantic Route

b)

The Slave Pathway

c)

The Middle Passage

21.

Most enslaved Africans ended up in this COUNTRY

a)

America

b)

Brazil

c)

The West Indes

22.

True or false? Conditions on plantations were worse in the West Indies than in the USA?

a)

True

b)

False

23.

True or false? The type of slavery that existed in Africa prior to AST wasn't always permanent.

a)

True

b)

False

24.

Atlantic Slave trade was the first time that slavery was based on ____________.

a)

Race

b)

Economic status

c)

Crime and punishment

25.

Who colonized the Congo in the late 1800s?

a)

Leopold II

b)

F.W. de Klerk

c)

William Wilberforce

d)

Steve Biko

26.

Who ended slave trade in Great Britain in 1807?

a)

Leopold II

b)

F.W. de Klerk

c)

William Wilberforce

d)

Steve Biko

27.

Who officially ended Apartheid in South Africa?

a)

Leopold II

b)

F.W. de Klerk

c)

William Wilberforce

d)

Steve Biko

28.

Who served 27 years in prison for fighting to end Apartheid and then was elected South Africa's first freely elected president?

a)

Nelson Mandela

b)

F.W. de Klerk

c)

William Wilberforce

d)

Steve Biko

29.

Apartheid is a period of _______________ and discrimination against black South Africans by the White South Africans

a)

Segregation

b)

Divestment

c)

Boycott

d)

Sanctions

30.

Individual people helped end Apartheid by ____________ goods made in South Africa

a)

Segregation

b)

Divestment

c)

Boycotting

d)

Sanctions

31.

Leaders of countries around the world placed trade __________ on South Africa trying to get them to end Apartheid.

a)

Segregation

b)

Divestment

c)

Boycotting

d)

Sanctions

32.

This is the term that means "companies pull factories out" of South Africa until they end Apartheid.

a)

Segregation

b)

Divestment

c)

Boycotting

d)

Sanctions

33.

True or false? The leaders of South Africa ended Apartheid because the economy was crashing.

a)

True

b)

False

34.

Who is responsible for colonizing Africa in the late 1800s?

a)

Americans

b)

Europeans

c)

Asians

d)

Penguins

35.

What was the name of the meeting held in 1885, where European leaders divided Africa?

a)

The Berlin Confrence

b)

The Geneva Convention

c)

The Camp David Accords

d)

The Tokyo Exchange

36.

What % of the native Congo population died under King Leopold II's rule?

a)

10%

b)

25%

c)

35%

d)

50%

37.

Which is NOT a reason Europeans colonized Africa

a)

For resources

b)

For land

c)

For power

d)

For charity

38.

Which is NOT a reason why Americans wanted slaves?

a)

Laziness - didn't want to work

b)

Industrialization led to large plantation and a need for workers

c)

Greed - didn't want to pay workers

d)

Lack of indentured servants

39.

Which is NOT a reason for why Americans choose to get their slaves from AFRICA rather than someplace else?

a)

Different race = no "black African" skinned people in the Americas yet.

b)

Lack of modern guns = made trade possible

c)

Africans were better suited for hard labor

40.

What goods were traded by early African tribes?

a)

Gold, Ivory, and Salt

b)

Gold, Silver, and Glass

c)

Diamonds, Tobacco, and Cotton

41.

Which is NOT a cause of Desertification?

a)

Climate change

b)

Deforestation

c)

Globalization

d)

Over-farming

42.

Who did most of the daily work in the tribe?

a)

Men

b)

Women

43.

The spread of which disease has been linked to the horrible conditions and unsanitary medical treatment in the Congo during colonization?

a)

HIV/AIDS

b)

Malaria

c)

Ebola

d)

West Nile Virus

44.

Which term was the name given to African homelands in South Africa? (Not meant to be part of South Africa)

a)

Bantustan

b)

Township

c)

Afrikanner

d)

Banning

45.

Which term was the name given to gated slums of South African towns where employed Black Africans lived?

a)

Bantustan

b)

Township

c)

Afrikanner

d)

Banning

46.

Which statement about Nelson Mandela is TRUE?

a)

He served 20 years in prison

b)

He only used non-violence to protest against Apartheid

c)

He urged South Africans to forgive each other and work together

d)

When he became president of South Africa, he sought punishment for White South Africans

47.

Which term was given to describe White South Africans?

a)

Bantustan

b)

Township

c)

Afrikanner

d)

Banning

48.

Who was Mansa Musa?

a)

King of Etheopia

b)

Wealthiest man in history

c)

The Pope of Africa

d)

The one who ended slave trade

49.

True or false? Timbuktu was the capital of Mali and a center of trade, learning and religion

a)

True

b)

False

50.

In 1976, When hundreds of school children were killed for protesting having to be taught only Afrikaner language and culture. Caused increased economic pressure on South Africa to end Apartheid.

a)

Soweto Uprising

b)

Cape Town Upring

c)

Sharpeville Massacre

d)

Amritsar Massacre

51.

True or false? Decolonization was always positive for native Africans.

a)

True

b)

False

52.

WHat did NOT contribute the Colonization / Decolonization leading to the global HIV /AIDs Epidemic?

a)

Destroying the geographic boundry between humans and the tsetse fly

b)

Increasing urban prostitution to prevent rebellions

c)

Unsanitary medical practices

d)

Eating uncooked elphant meat

53.

Who are the victims of the Darfur Genocide?

a)

Janjaweed

b)

Arab Muslims

c)

African Muslims

54.

True or false? The USA has pledged to stop genocides

a)

True

b)

False

55.

All the goods produced by enslaved Africans in the Americas _____

a)

Were necessary for life

b)

Were luxury goods

c)

Demanded little to no labor

56.

In Africa, ____ children will not see their first birthday due to unclean drinking water

a)

1/5

b)

1/10

c)

1/2