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Africa Review

Total questions: 81

Worksheet time: 3600secs

Name
Class
Date
1.

What Is Africa?

a)

Continent

b)

Body of Water

c)

Country

d)

State

2.

Africa is the _____ largest continent

a)

1st

b)

2nd

c)

3rd

d)

4th

3.

Africa is called the...

a)

Hot Continent

b)

Water Continent

c)

Poor Continent

d)

Plateau Continent

4.

How many countries are in Africa?

a)

54

b)

45

c)

37

d)

23

5.
which desert is the largest desert in the world?
a)
Kalahari Desert
b)
Savanna
c)
Sahara Desert
d)
Tropical Rainforest
6.

Which region of Africa is this?

a)

Sahel

b)

Sahara

c)

Savannah

d)

Rain Forest

7.
which is a vast area of grassland and more tropical areas?
a)
Savanna
b)
Tropical Rainforest
c)
Atlas Mountain Range
d)
Sahel
8.

Which region of Africa is this?

a)

Sahel

b)

Sahara

c)

Savannah

d)

Rain Forest

9.

What river is the longest river in the Africa?

a)

Niger River

b)

Congo River

c)

Nile River

d)

White River

10.
What is the following African Physical Feature?
a)
Mt. Kilimanjaro
b)
Congo River
c)
Atlas Mountains
d)
Niger River
11.

What is the highest point in Africa?

a)

Mt Everest

b)

Mt Kilimanjaro

c)

Mt Fuji

d)

Mt Ural

12.

What's that red triangle?

a)

Rushmore

b)

Everest

c)

Kilimanjaro

d)

Lake Victoria

13.
What is the following African Physical Feature?
a)
Mt. Kilimanjaro
b)
Congo River
c)
Atlas Mountains
d)
Niger River
14.

What are the 4 main rivers in Africa?

a)

Nile, Rio, Snake, and Yukon

b)

Hudson, Congo, Gila, and Brazos

c)

Zambezi, Niger, Nile, and Congo

d)

Smith, Wabash, Pecos, and White.

15.

One of Africa's great lakes

a)

Lake Victoria

b)

Lake Nyasa (Malawi)

c)

Lake Tanganiyka

16.

What physical feature is highlighted?

a)

the Atlas Mountains

b)

the Great Rift Valley

c)

the Congo Rainforest

d)

the Horn of Africa

17.
What landform is shaded red in the image? 
a)
Mediterranean Sea
b)
Atlantic Ocean
c)
Indian Ocean
d)
Red Sea
18.

Body of water located between Tanzania, Uganda, Kenya, and Rwanda.

a)

Nile River

b)

Lake Victoria

c)

Atlantic Ocean

d)

Indian Ocean

19.
a)
Nile River
b)
Niger River
c)
Congo River
d)
Orinoco River
20.

Mountains of North Africa

a)

Kilimanjaro

b)

Hindu Kush

c)

Atlas

d)

Alps

21.
Which river is this?
a)
Niger
b)
Congo
c)
Nile
d)
Tigris
22.
Which Desert is this?
a)
Sahara
b)
Kalahari
c)
Ethiopian Highlands
d)
Taklimakan
23.
Which river is highlighted?
a)
Congo
b)
Niger
c)
Nile
d)
Tigris
24.
What country is highlighted here? Its capitol is Cairo. 
a)
Morocco
b)
Egypt
c)
Sudan
d)
Algeria
25.

Small nation located on Africa's west coast, shares a border with Somalia.

a)

Djibouti

b)

Somalia

c)

Kenya

d)

D.R. Congo

26.
What is the name of the country that is colored orange?
a)
Namibia
b)
Zambia
c)
Botswana
d)
South Africa
27.

This blue island is ________

a)

Mozambique

b)

Madagascar

c)

Malawi

d)

Tanzania

28.
What country is highlighted? It is the 2nd largest country in Africa in terms of land area (after Algeria). It has been in a state of civil war since the 90s.
a)
Angola
b)
Democratic Republic of the Congo
c)
Senegal
d)
Uganda
29.
a)
Madagascar
b)
Mozambique
c)
Botswana
d)
Angola
30.

Identify country #2.

a)

Uganda

b)

Central African Republic

c)

Democratic Republic of the Congo

d)

Tanzania

31.
a)
South Africa
b)
Botswana
c)
Angola
d)
Mozambique
32.
?
a)
Cote D'ivoire
b)
Liberia
c)
Sierra Leone
d)
Gambia
33.

The former official South African policy of separating people according to race. Gave most of the political power to whites.

a)

Apartheid

b)

Distribution

c)

Multiracial

d)

Segregation

34.

The separation of one group of people from another, such as by race.

a)

Apartheid

b)

Distribution

c)

Multiracial

d)

Segregation

35.
What is NOT the role of a Griot?
a)
A writer
b)
A musician
c)
A historian
d)
A storyteller
36.
What is the most important skill for a Griot to have?
a)
singing
b)
speaking
c)
memorization
d)
drawing
37.
Griot are from which part of Africa?
a)
East Africa
b)
West Africa
c)
North Africa
d)
South Africa
38.
The Great Rift Valley lies along the ...
a)
Eastern side of Africa
b)
Southern border of Africa
Southern border of Africa
c)
Northeast corner of Africa
d)
Atlantic Ocean
39.

Which group of people eats more chocolate than Americans?

a)

Argentinians

b)

British

c)

Swedish

d)

Turkish

40.
East Africa is known for _________
a)
Savannas
b)
Congo
c)
Rift Valley
d)
Kalahari desert
41.
What is desertification?
a)
when a desert takes over the rainforest
b)
the process by which fertile land becomes desert
c)
eating as much dessert as you want
d)
lack of rainfall
42.

What is the tallest mountain in Africa?

a)

Mt. Fuji

b)

Mt.Everest

c)

Mt. Rushmore

d)

Mt. Kilimanjaro

43.

Africa's 4 major rivers

a)

Nile, Congo, Blue, Limpopo

b)

Nile, Congo, Niger, Zambezi

c)

Zambezi, Niger, Senegal, Orange

d)

Congo, Senegal, Volta, White

44.

What Fall is on the border of Zambia and Zimbabwe?

a)

Livingston Falls

b)

Blue Nile Falls

c)

Victoria Falls

d)

Lisbon Falls

45.

What Fall is on the border of Zambia and Zimbabwe?

a)

Livingston Falls

b)

Blue Nile Falls

c)

Victoria Falls

d)

Lisbon Falls

46.

This region covers about 2/3 (most) of Africa.

a)

Rainforest

b)

Desert

c)

Sahel

d)

savanna

47.

The Nile River flows

a)

north

b)

south

c)

east

d)

west

48.

What Fall is on the border of Zambia and Zimbabwe?

a)

Livingston Falls

b)

Blue Nile Falls

c)

Victoria Falls

d)

Lisbon Falls

49.

Which of these statements is true about the crops grown by the Egyptians?

a)

There are many crops grown that are like crops today

b)

The Egyptian diet was probably pretty healthy

c)

They had to import food because they didn't have much

d)

They used some crops to make items they needed

50.

The language spoken by the Bantu people of eastern Africa:

a)

English

b)

Swahili

c)

Roman

d)

Spanish

51.

What is it called when you learn from other cultures?

a)

culture diffusion

b)

migration

c)

cultural exclusion

52.

What was the apartheid?

a)

Something similar of the Berlin conference

b)

A system that separated whites from nonwhites

c)

None of the above

53.

Cultural diffusion is?

a)

Creating a new religion

b)

A religion being destroyed

c)

The movement of customs and ideas

d)

A custom being reborn after being destroyed

54.
If Beyonce & Mr. Barker lived in South Africa during Apartheid, why couldn't they get married?
a)
Apartheid laws did not allow mixed race marriages
b)
Mr. Barker is way too good for Beyonce
c)
She would want to be a "Single Lady"
d)
Mr. Barker is out of Beyonce's league    :)
55.

Afrikaners were usually of _______________ descent

a)

Dutch

b)

French

c)

British

d)

Indian

56.

What does illiteracy mean?

a)

A community of people who share a common culture

b)

a wage that is high enough to maintain a normal standard of living

c)

to be a member of a group unable to read or write

d)

a young person

57.

A person that can read and write is ___________________.

a)

literate.

b)

illiterate.

c)

taxpayer.

d)

unemployed

58.

What is Africa?

a)

Ocean

b)

City

c)

Continent

d)

State

59.

What natural landmark in Africa is pictured?

a)

Victoria Falls

b)

Angel Falls

c)

Niagara Falls

60.

________________ can affect climate; the middle latitudes commonly have unpredictable weather, typically the farther north, the colder the climate.

a)

Latitutude

b)

Longitude

c)

Equator

d)

Solar energy

61.

______________ affects weather; the higher the altitude the thinner the air and the lower the temperature.

a)

elevation

b)

equator

c)

longitude

d)

biosphere

62.
What caused the farms and grazing lands to flourish?
a)
The silt from the inundation
b)
The farmers skill
c)
The Pharaoh
d)
The gods
63.

True or False: The flooding of the Nile made cities possible in Egypt.

a)

True

b)

False

64.

The fertile soil from floods allowed Egyptians to do what?

a)

Plant their crops twice a year

b)

Farm without having to work hard

c)

Lease their land to others

65.

How do most Africans make their living?

a)

farming & mining

b)

farming

c)

mining

66.

West Africa has a wide variety of

a)

ethnic groups

b)

cultures

c)

languages

d)

all of the above

67.

About 80 percent of Africa's land area is covered by

a)

deserts and savannas

b)

rainforests and savannas

c)

deserts and rainforests

d)

wetlands and savannas

68.

Swahili language and culture was the result of

a)

Interaction between different African groups

b)

Trade between Africans and Europeans

c)

Interaction between Asians and Africans

d)

a blending of African and Arab languages and culture

69.

African storytellers

a)

Savanna

b)

Plateau

c)

Oral History

d)

Griot

70.

Tropical grassland, dotted with small trees and shrubs

a)

Clan

b)

Plateau

c)

Savanna

d)

Matrilineal

71.

Stories passed down from generation to generation

a)

Dhow

b)

Oral History

c)

Griot

d)

Plateau

72.

Group of people descended from the same ancestor

a)

Griot

b)

Dhow

c)

Clan

d)

Savanna

73.

South Africa's government policy of separation of races; means "apartness"

a)

veld

b)

pans

c)

apartheid

d)

sanctions

74.

Dutch, French, and German settlers and their descendants in South Africa

a)

Afrikaners

b)

Boers

c)

Muslims

d)

Arabs

75.
In 1910, South Africa gained it's independence from Britain, but it was only to the...
a)
Afrikaners 
b)
Black South Africans
c)
Indian South Africans 
d)
Mixed-Race South Africans
76.
Please define literate
a)
a dude who is educated
b)
your eyes
c)
your chromebook
d)
Ryan's temptation of snitching
77.
Define Loquacious
a)
Silent 
b)
Lethargic 
c)
Talkative
d)
Sound
78.

The Latin name for chocolate is "food of the gods"

a)

True

b)

False

79.

Why is chocolate an important product?

a)

It is popular all over the world and has been around for a long time.

b)

It's delicious.

c)

It makes a lot of money for everyone who makes it.

80.

Why is cocoa only grown in certain parts of the world?

a)

It needs certain conditions to grow, and those conditions are only found around the equator.

b)

Only a few people like growing it.

c)

It is not very popular so many farmers choose not to grow it.

81.

What is the historic relationship between Cote d'Ivoire and France?

a)

Côte d’Ivoire and France have no historic relationship.

b)

Côte d’Ivoire and France have historically had a colonial relationship. France controlled Côte d’Ivoire for almost 70 years, making all of the political and economic decisions for the African country.

c)

Côte d’Ivoire and France have historically had a very hostile relationship. They have had many wars for almost 100 years.

d)

Côte d’Ivoire and France have historically had a friendly relationship. France helps Côte d’Ivoire by providing foreign aide in many different ways including money, doctors, and military aide.

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