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Sub Saharan Africa Quiz

Total questions: 16

Worksheet time: 18mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What country is here in RED?

a)

Namibia

b)

Niger

c)

South Africa

d)

Lesotho

2.

What country is here in RED?

a)

South Sudan

b)

Madagascar

c)

Kenya

d)

Rwanda

3.

What country is here in RED?

a)

Benin

b)

Ghana

c)

Senegal

d)

Liberia

4.

This is a picture of the Drakensburg mountains in South Africa. They demonstrate ___, a steep face at the edge of a plateau or other raised area.

a)

Savanna

b)

Escarpment

c)

Tsetse Fly

d)

Informal Economy

5.

What can you do at the top of Victoria Falls?

a)

Skydive into the canyon

b)

Swim in the Devil's Pool

c)

Eat biltong, giraffe meat jerky

d)

Canoe on Lake Victoria

6.

What is the tallest mountain in Africa?

a)

Mt. Kilimanjaro

b)

Mt. Kenya

c)

Mt. Tanganyika

d)

Mt. Malawi

7.

What is the average temperature like in Africa?

a)

Africa has four distinct seasons

b)

Africa tends to always be hot

c)

Africa experiences occasional thunderstorms

d)

Africa tends to be cool and rainy

8.

What is poaching?

a)

Illegal hunting of animals for sport (for fun) or for trade

b)

The transmission of HIV from person to person

c)

The intentional destruction of a group of people

d)

Severe racism in South Africa's government structure

9.

What disease may be transmitted by the Congolese tsetse fly?

a)

Malaria

b)

HIV/AIDS

c)

Dengue Fever

d)

Sleeping Sickness

10.

Who lives in the Kalahari Desert?

a)

The Bushmen, or Saan peoples

b)

Members of the Xhosa tribe

c)

Relatives of the Herero people of Namibia

d)

Descendants of Dutch and British colonists - English speaking people

11.

What is an informal economy?

a)

An economy based on poaching

b)

An economy where there is no dress code

c)

An economy where there is maximum government interference

d)

An economy made up of people who do not work for formal businesses

12.

What does Human Immunodeficiency Virus cause?

a)

Panthera Leo

b)

Autoimmune Deficiency Syndrome

c)

Sleeping Sickness

d)

Typhoid Fever

13.

What was Nelson Mandela's political party called?

a)

The African National Congress, or ANC

b)

The People's Republic

c)

The Democratic Alliance

d)

Inkatha Freedom Party, or IFP

14.

What country did apartheid affect?

a)

South Africa

b)

Central African Republic

c)

Tanzania

d)

Cameroon

15.

Roots and tubers are important _____ for the approx. 1 billion people of sub-Saharan Africa. Roots and tubers are high in carbohydrates, calcium, and vitamin C, but low in protein. Cassava root alone is eaten daily by almost 500 million people.


What word best fits the blank?

a)

Apartheid

b)

Escarpments

c)

Cataracts

d)

Staples

16.

The pictures shows...?

a)

A savannah

b)

A veldt

c)

A Bushman

d)

A Giraffa tippelskirchi