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Sub Saharan Africa Review

Total questions: 45

Worksheet time: 34mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The legal segregation of races is called?

a)

Discrimination

b)

Apartheid

c)

Equal rights

d)

Freedom

2.

Who was the first black African elected president of South Africa?

a)

Barak Obama

b)

Stephen Bilko

c)

F.W.de Klerk

d)

Nelson Mandela

3.

How did European countries gain control of Africa to exploit its resources?

a)

Through trading with slave merchants

b)

Dividing Africa into colonies

c)

Buying up the land

d)

Allowing tribes to decide for themselves

4.

Tectonic activity contributed most directly to

a)

the number of deserts in Africa

b)

formation of the great rift valley

c)

the number of hurricanes that make landfall each year

d)

formation of ocean currents that speed up erosion

5.

Country boundaries in 1914 Africa were a direct result of

a)

Independence movement

b)

Berlin Confrence

c)

Cold war

d)

Apartheid Laws

6.

Why did Europeans colonize Africa?

a)

Africans had a high standard of living

b)

There were stable government systems

c)

Availability of Gold, Diamonds, Copper, Chrome, and Iron Ore

d)

To end Apartheid

7.

What is the most common way people make a living in the Sahel?

a)

logging

b)

fishing and shipbuilding

c)

caravan trade in gold and salt

d)

herding and subsistence farming

8.

What is a consequence of cutting down trees for fuel in the Sahel?

a)

civil war

b)

desertification

c)

overpopulation

d)

wealthy loggers

9.
What religion did Mansa Musa practice?
a)
Islam
b)
Christiantity
c)
Animism
10.
What did Mansa Musa give away on his journey to Mecca?
a)
gold
b)
sliver
c)
salt
11.
 Why did Mansa Musa build a university in Timbuktu?
a)
He wanted to learned read.
b)
He wanted to build a school for his children.
c)
He wanted scholars to come to Mali.
12.
Saudi Arabia uses desalination. What is desalination?
a)
the process of adding salt to fresh water.
b)
the process of removing oil from the ground 
c)
the process of removing salt from seawater.
d)
process of making crude oil into gasoline for cars
13.
Commercial farms have ....... farms because they need more space.
a)
small
b)
medium sized
c)
large
14.
What type of farm is shown in the picture?
a)
Subsistence
b)
Commercial
c)
h
15.
In a Subsistence farm the produce are eaten by the family.
a)
True 
b)
False
16.
What is "standard of living"?
a)
how healthy and wealthy a country is
b)
how many people can read and write
17.
What is literacy rate?
a)
the number of people that can read & write
b)
the average intelligence of citizens
18.
Would you want the literacy rate to be low or high?
a)
low
b)
high
19.
What is the number of years that you can be expected to live to?
a)
life expectancy
b)
GDP
c)
GDP per capita
d)
Death rate
20.
Which of the following numbers is the BEST infant mortality rate?
a)
2
b)
37
c)
98
d)
15
21.

European countries saw that Africa was a continent

a)

that needed a better government and economy

b)

that needed European culture and wealth

c)

full of vast natural resources and mineral wealth.

d)

that should be left alone to develop at its own pace

22.

Imperialism is a system where

a)

a strong country takes wealth and raw materials from another country.

b)

taking from the rich an giving to the poor

c)

encouraging free trade

d)

development of world-wide educational systems

23.

The end of the 19th century is called the “Age of Imperialism”, which refers to

a)

Kings and Queens

b)

European countries competing for land and power.

c)

Developing farmlands for the poor

d)

Creating a monetary system for other countries

24.
Where in Africa are you most likely to find elephants, lions, and giraffes? 
a)
In the steppes
b)
In the mountains
c)
In the rain forest
d)
In the savanna 
25.
A period of time when no rain falls
a)
Drought
b)
Desertification
c)
Lowland
d)
Succulent 
26.
Giant dip in the earth's surface in Eastern Africa that was created by separating tectonic plates.
a)
Great Rift Valley
b)
Mt. Kilimanjaro
c)
Atlas Mountains
d)
Kalahari Desert
27.

The meeting where European powers split up the continent of Africa for colonization is known as?

a)

The Berlin Conference

b)

the Treaty of Versailles

c)

The Bantu Conference

d)

The Tennis Court Agreement

28.

Volcanic cones are prevalent on the ____________ branch of the Great Rift Valley.

a)

Western

b)

Eastern

c)

Southern

d)

Northern

29.

Extreme love and pride in one's country.

a)

Imperialism

b)

Militarism

c)

isolationism

d)

Nationalism

30.

What is the fight over land in Africa (1881-1914) is often referred to?

a)

Pan-Africanism

b)

The Scramble for Africa

c)

The Berlin Conference

d)

The Mau Mau Movement

31.

The most significant occurrence in Africa since 1950 has been the

a)

decrease in the birthrate in most nations

b)

decline of European colonialism

c)

unification of East African nations

d)

establishment of communist regimes in

most nations

32.
The theory that it was natural for stronger nations to dominate weaker ones is known as   
a)
Berlin Conference
b)
Social Darwinism
c)
Sphere of Influence
d)
Scramble for Africa
33.

What volcanic mountain located in East Africa is Africa’s highest mountain?

a)

Mt. Kenya

b)

Mt. Cameroon

c)

Mt. Everest

d)

Mt. Kilimanjaro

34.

European colonization

a)

led to the trans-Atlantic slave trade

b)

caused the stock market crash of 1929

c)

established political borders that separated tribes

d)

all of the above

35.

Which factor most limited the development of African nationalism?

a)

European support of an educational system based on local traditions and language

b)

the prior experience of Africans with economic self-sufficiency

c)

political boundaries imposed by Europeans that had little relationship to African tribal boundaries

d)

the European practice of making decisions based on local customs

36.

Which items were important trading commodities for West African kingdoms?

a)

silver and diamonds

b)

guns and horses

c)

gold and salt

37.
What religion did Arabs bring with them to Africa?
a)
Islam
b)
Judaism
c)
Animism
d)
Christianity
38.

What is the belief that bodies of water, animals, trees and other natural objects have spirits / creencia de que las masas de agua, los animales, los árboles y otros objetos de la naturaleza tienen espíritu

a)

Sahel / Sahel

b)

savannah / sabana

c)

rifts / fisuras

d)

animism / animismo

39.

European counties wanted resources more than ever because.....

a)

Factories could use large amounts of materials (stuff)

b)

Many nations were greedy

c)

The desire for wealth was important to many

d)

Africa had gold

40.
Which event marked the beginning of the Rwandan genocide?
a)
President Habyarimana's plane shot down
b)
Prime Minister murdered
c)
Belgian soldiers murdered
d)
Storming of Kigali airport by RPF
41.
Approximately how long did the Rwandan genocide last?
a)
1 month
b)
1 year
c)
2 years
d)
3 months
42.
How many, approximately, died in the Rwandan genocide?
a)
2 million
b)
5 million
c)
Unknown
d)
1 million
43.

How did European Colonization impact the economy of African?

a)

Africa and European have equal economies

b)

Africa now has no resources

c)

African countries were left with no stable economy or infrastructure after Europeans left

d)

European’s left all the money to their African colonies

44.

What is the other name for Blood Diamonds?

a)

Black diamonds

b)

Evil Diamonds

c)

Scary Diamonds

d)

Conflict Diamonds

45.

What is a blood diamond?

a)

Diamond that is red in colour

b)

Any diamonds mined in Africa

c)

Diamonds mined in war zones and sold to finance the war

d)

Diamonds mined illegally