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Africa Review

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is the name of the government run system used in South Africa that segregated black South Africans from their white counterparts?

a)

Apartheid

b)

Democracy

c)

Peace

d)

Constitution

2.

Which of the following is the most important reason for limiting the power of government?

a)

So there can be elections

b)

So there can be peace and love

c)

So the people have some say in the laws by which they are governed

d)

So the people can take over the government

3.

Which of the following geographic features of Africa is most likely a result of the earth’s movement?

a)

The Big Great

b)

Sahara

c)

Rainforest

d)

Great Rift Valley

4.

Which of the following was a South African anti-apartheid leader and politician who served as president of South Africa from 1994 to 1999?

a)

Nelson Mandela

b)

Mahatma Gandhi

c)

Jaden Thomas

d)

Margaret Thatcher

5.

Under South Africa’s 1993 constitution, what right and responsibility do South Africans of all races have?

a)

Right to support apartheid

b)

Right to serve in public office

c)

Right to do NOTHING!

d)

Right to vote

6.

About 4 million Africans were enslaved and brought to Brazil by the 1800's. Which of the following shows the influence of this history in Brazil today?

a)

Popular music and dance

b)

Close family ties and reunions

c)

Farming methods

d)

Houses of stone or adobe

7.

Crops grown to only feed your family

a)

Subsistence Farming

b)

Hieroglyphics

c)

Cash Crop

d)

Survival Farming

8.

Largest freshwater lake in Africa

a)

Lake Tarrion

b)

Lake Placid

c)

Lake Victoria

d)

Lake Nowhere

9.

Hot, dry grassland located near the equator

a)

Savanna

b)

Lake Victoria

c)

Nomad

d)

Hieroglyphics

10.

Symbols used to represent letter/words

a)

Savanna

b)

Hieroglyphics

c)

Subsistence Farming

d)

Nomad

11.

Person who moves from place to place

a)

Lake Victoria

b)

Savanna

c)

Subsistence Farming

d)

Nomad

12.

Legalized discrimination in South Africa

a)

Apartheid

b)

Nelson Mandela

c)

Cruelty

d)

Not being nice!

13.

World’s largest desert

a)

Sahara Desert

b)

Nile Desert

c)

Desert Storm

d)

Nomad Desert

14.

South Africa’s first black president

a)

Winnie Mandela

b)

Katron Nelson

c)

Derrick Nelson

d)

Nelson Mandela

15.

Crops grown to make money

a)

Cash cow

b)

Golden corn

c)

Cash Crop

d)

Rich potatoes