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Sub Saharan Africa (rwanda,sudan, s.africa) wundy

Total questions: 12

Worksheet time: 6mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What body of water is located west of the Kalahari Desert?

a)

Indian Ocean

b)

Strait of Gibraltar

c)

Atlantic Ocean

d)

Pacific Ocean

2.

What river runs through the Democratic Republic of the Congo?

a)

The Nile River

b)

The Congo River

c)

The Niger River

d)

The Zambezi River

3.

What genocide occurred in Rwanda in the 1990's?

a)

The Ethiopians tried to wipe out the Eritreans

b)

The Hutu tried to wipe out the Tutsi

c)

The Mosacs tried to wipe out the Arabs

d)

The Issa tried to wipe out the Afar

4.

What do the following factors describe?

a)

The Green Revolution

b)

Nationalism

c)

Apartheid

d)

Sectionalism

5.

Which of the statements below represent a democracy?

a)

I rule alone. What I say is law.

b)

The Council of Elders has determined the fate of our people.

c)

A vote of the peole will determine our next President

d)

I will obey the law of parliament

6.

Rwanda is ruled by a dictator with unlimited powers. Which statement below represents a speaker that shows dictatorship?

a)

A vote of the people will determine our next President

b)

I rule alone, What I say is law.

c)

I will obey the law of parliament

d)

The Council of Elders has determined the fate of our people.

7.

Countries in Africa have gained independence, a problem within many countries in the region has been....

a)

high taxes and few farmers

b)

attacks by people from other countries

c)

conflicts with European countries today

d)

fighting among ethnic groups

8.

Knowing that Nelson Mandela was opposed to hating another person because of the color of a person's skin, background or religion, which act of racism would he have been against?

a)

Desertification

b)

Poaching of elephants in Kenya

c)

illegal arrests of people who were protesting

d)

Genocide in the Darfur region of Sudan.

9.

Who do you think might have influenced Nelson Mandela because of their teachings of civil rights and nonviolence?

a)
b)
c)
d)
10.

What is a disadvantage of a landlocked country?

a)

It gives direct access to sea & oceans and it widens the area of trade for the economy of that country.

b)

Prevents direct access to sea & ocean trade and has a negative effect on economy.

c)

It is land surrounded by ports with many access points to other countries.

d)

It allows good trade options by the lands that surround the landlocked country.

11.

Which of the following countries is considered a landlocked country?

a)
b)
c)
d)
12.

Which statement supports the results of this chart?

a)

Countries with low and middle-income tend to live the longest.

b)

Countries with a developing country tend to live at the same rate as low and middle income countries.

c)

Countries with high income that continues to grow tends to have longer lives.

d)

Countries with low age rates that increase their income falls short of extending life expectancy.