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WorksheetsChapter 13 North Africa Test
Total questions: 40
Worksheet time: 20mins
In most North African countries, women have a high literacy rate.
True
False
For centuries, North Africa has been linked to other lands by the Mediterranean Sea.
True
False
The Aswan High Dam is the only dam on the Nile River that helps control flooding.
True
False
Algeria, Libya, and Egypt all produce both oil and gas.
True
False
Islam does not permit art to show the figures of animals or humans.
True
False
Morocco's government has close relations with the United States.
True
False
Farms in Libya are small and clustered around oases.
True
False
Three main groups - Egyptians, Moroccans, and Turks - make up the population of North Africa.
True
False
The Arabian Desert covers much of North Africa.
True
False
The lowland area located in Northwestern Egypt is called the Qattara Depression.
True
False
What are considered North Africa's most important bodies of water?
Suez Canal and Red Sea
Atlantic Ocean and Mediterranean Sea
Mediterranean Sea and Nile River
Nile River and Red Sea
Which two political forces are especially strong in modern North Africa?
calls for nuclear disarmament and for peace with Israel
demands for women's rights and a stronger labor movement
a push for democracy and rising Islamic fundamentalist
growing secularism and increased interest in socialism
Which mountains form the longest mountain chain in Africa?
Gebal Katherina
Mount Kilimanjaro
Apennine Mountains
Atlas Mountains
Why might future population growth pose a problem for North Africa?
The region lacks open land for cities to expand
Demand for water could easily become greater than supply
The region has too few energy resources to supply a larger population
Too many people may begin migrating from the region in search of a better life.
The followers of which religion ruled all of North Africa by the A.D. 700's?
Islam
Judaism
Christianity
Buddhism
The vast majority of Egyptians live within 12 miles of what vital water source?
Strait of Gibraltar
Red Sea
Suez Canal
Nile River
What are Tunisia's main natural resources?
oil and natural gas
fish and timber
phosphates and iron ore
coal and tin
Which of the following was a direct result of the third Carthage War?
Rome came to control western North Africa
Most North African's became polytheists.
Islam became the main religion of North Africa
Lebanese traders began doing business in western North Africa
Why did many foreign nations want to control Egypt in the late 1800s?
They wanted the riches that had been buried in the tombs of the pharaohs
They hoped to gain control over Egypt's vast reserves of oil
They wanted access to the recently built Suez Canal
They prized the rich agricultural fields of the Nile River delta
Which North African country has the highest rate of Urbanization?
Morocco
Algeria
Egypt
Libya
What religion is practiced by most of North Africa's people?
Christianity
Islam
Zoroastrianism
Judaism
A system of writing that uses pictures to represent sounds or words
pharaohs
caliphs
monotheism
hieroglyphics
myrrh
kings of ancient Egypt
pharaohs
caliphs
priest
warriors
belief in just one God
polythism
monotheism
myrhh
caliphs
a fragrant substance taken from certain plants
caliphs
crab grass
sunflower
myrrh
figures with political and religious authority who ruled the Muslim Empire
pharaohs
caliphs
kings
queens
people who moved from place to place in search of food
wadi
desert men
channel
nomads
a course taken by a river as it flows
aquifers
blue nile
delta
channel
a dry stream-bed in North Africa
aquifer
wadi
desertification
nomad
underground layers of rock in which water collects
Oases
Aquifers
ground water
plant water
the poor farmers of Egypt
ergs
phosphates
fellaheen
souk
