WorksheetsSub Saharan Africa Review
Total questions: 45
Worksheet time: 34mins
The legal segregation of races is called?
Discrimination
Apartheid
Equal rights
Freedom
Who was the first black African elected president of South Africa?
Barak Obama
Stephen Bilko
F.W.de Klerk
Nelson Mandela
How did European countries gain control of Africa to exploit its resources?
Through trading with slave merchants
Dividing Africa into colonies
Buying up the land
Allowing tribes to decide for themselves
Tectonic activity contributed most directly to
the number of deserts in Africa
formation of the great rift valley
the number of hurricanes that make landfall each year
formation of ocean currents that speed up erosion
Country boundaries in 1914 Africa were a direct result of
Independence movement
Berlin Confrence
Cold war
Apartheid Laws
Why did Europeans colonize Africa?
Africans had a high standard of living
There were stable government systems
Availability of Gold, Diamonds, Copper, Chrome, and Iron Ore
To end Apartheid
What is the most common way people make a living in the Sahel?
logging
fishing and shipbuilding
caravan trade in gold and salt
herding and subsistence farming
What is a consequence of cutting down trees for fuel in the Sahel?
civil war
desertification
overpopulation
wealthy loggers
European countries saw that Africa was a continent
that needed a better government and economy
that needed European culture and wealth
full of vast natural resources and mineral wealth.
that should be left alone to develop at its own pace
Imperialism is a system where
a strong country takes wealth and raw materials from another country.
taking from the rich an giving to the poor
encouraging free trade
development of world-wide educational systems
The end of the 19th century is called the “Age of Imperialism”, which refers to
Kings and Queens
European countries competing for land and power.
Developing farmlands for the poor
Creating a monetary system for other countries
The meeting where European powers split up the continent of Africa for colonization is known as?
The Berlin Conference
the Treaty of Versailles
The Bantu Conference
The Tennis Court Agreement
Volcanic cones are prevalent on the ____________ branch of the Great Rift Valley.
Western
Eastern
Southern
Northern
Extreme love and pride in one's country.
Imperialism
Militarism
isolationism
Nationalism
What is the fight over land in Africa (1881-1914) is often referred to?
Pan-Africanism
The Scramble for Africa
The Berlin Conference
The Mau Mau Movement
The most significant occurrence in Africa since 1950 has been the
decrease in the birthrate in most nations
decline of European colonialism
unification of East African nations
establishment of communist regimes in
most nations
What volcanic mountain located in East Africa is Africa’s highest mountain?
Mt. Kenya
Mt. Cameroon
Mt. Everest
Mt. Kilimanjaro
European colonization
led to the trans-Atlantic slave trade
caused the stock market crash of 1929
established political borders that separated tribes
all of the above
Which factor most limited the development of African nationalism?
European support of an educational system based on local traditions and language
the prior experience of Africans with economic self-sufficiency
political boundaries imposed by Europeans that had little relationship to African tribal boundaries
the European practice of making decisions based on local customs
Which items were important trading commodities for West African kingdoms?
silver and diamonds
guns and horses
gold and salt
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
Sahel / Sahel
savannah / sabana
rifts / fisuras
animism / animismo
European counties wanted resources more than ever because.....
Factories could use large amounts of materials (stuff)
Many nations were greedy
The desire for wealth was important to many
Africa had gold
How did European Colonization impact the economy of African?
Africa and European have equal economies
Africa now has no resources
African countries were left with no stable economy or infrastructure after Europeans left
European’s left all the money to their African colonies
What is the other name for Blood Diamonds?
Black diamonds
Evil Diamonds
Scary Diamonds
Conflict Diamonds
What is a blood diamond?
Diamond that is red in colour
Any diamonds mined in Africa
Diamonds mined in war zones and sold to finance the war
Diamonds mined illegally
