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Chapter 13 North Africa Test

Total questions: 40

Worksheet time: 20mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

In most North African countries, women have a high literacy rate.

a)

True

b)

False

2.

For centuries, North Africa has been linked to other lands by the Mediterranean Sea.

a)

True

b)

False

3.

The Aswan High Dam is the only dam on the Nile River that helps control flooding.

a)

True

b)

False

4.

Algeria, Libya, and Egypt all produce both oil and gas.

a)

True

b)

False

5.

Islam does not permit art to show the figures of animals or humans.

a)

True

b)

False

6.

Morocco's government has close relations with the United States.

a)

True

b)

False

7.

Farms in Libya are small and clustered around oases.

a)

True

b)

False

8.

Three main groups - Egyptians, Moroccans, and Turks - make up the population of North Africa.

a)

True

b)

False

9.

The Arabian Desert covers much of North Africa.

a)

True

b)

False

10.

The lowland area located in Northwestern Egypt is called the Qattara Depression.

a)

True

b)

False

11.

What are considered North Africa's most important bodies of water?

a)

Suez Canal and Red Sea

b)

Atlantic Ocean and Mediterranean Sea

c)

Mediterranean Sea and Nile River

d)

Nile River and Red Sea

12.

Which two political forces are especially strong in modern North Africa?

a)

calls for nuclear disarmament and for peace with Israel

b)

demands for women's rights and a stronger labor movement

c)

a push for democracy and rising Islamic fundamentalist

d)

growing secularism and increased interest in socialism

13.

Which mountains form the longest mountain chain in Africa?

a)

Gebal Katherina

b)

Mount Kilimanjaro

c)

Apennine Mountains

d)

Atlas Mountains

14.

Why might future population growth pose a problem for North Africa?

a)

The region lacks open land for cities to expand

b)

Demand for water could easily become greater than supply

c)

The region has too few energy resources to supply a larger population

d)

Too many people may begin migrating from the region in search of a better life.

15.

The followers of which religion ruled all of North Africa by the A.D. 700's?

a)

Islam

b)

Judaism

c)

Christianity

d)

Buddhism

16.

The vast majority of Egyptians live within 12 miles of what vital water source?

a)

Strait of Gibraltar

b)

Red Sea

c)

Suez Canal

d)

Nile River

17.

What are Tunisia's main natural resources?

a)

oil and natural gas

b)

fish and timber

c)

phosphates and iron ore

d)

coal and tin

18.

Which of the following was a direct result of the third Carthage War?

a)

Rome came to control western North Africa

b)

Most North African's became polytheists.

c)

Islam became the main religion of North Africa

d)

Lebanese traders began doing business in western North Africa

19.

Why did many foreign nations want to control Egypt in the late 1800s?

a)

They wanted the riches that had been buried in the tombs of the pharaohs

b)

They hoped to gain control over Egypt's vast reserves of oil

c)

They wanted access to the recently built Suez Canal

d)

They prized the rich agricultural fields of the Nile River delta

20.

Which North African country has the highest rate of Urbanization?

a)

Morocco

b)

Algeria

c)

Egypt

d)

Libya

21.

What religion is practiced by most of North Africa's people?

a)

Christianity

b)

Islam

c)

Zoroastrianism

d)

Judaism

22.

A system of writing that uses pictures to represent sounds or words

a)

pharaohs

b)

caliphs

c)

monotheism

d)

hieroglyphics

e)

myrrh

23.

kings of ancient Egypt

a)

pharaohs

b)

caliphs

c)

priest

d)

warriors

24.

belief in just one God

a)

polythism

b)

monotheism

c)

myrhh

d)

caliphs

25.

a fragrant substance taken from certain plants

a)

caliphs

b)

crab grass

c)

sunflower

d)

myrrh

26.

figures with political and religious authority who ruled the Muslim Empire

a)

pharaohs

b)

caliphs

c)

kings

d)

queens

27.

people who moved from place to place in search of food

a)

wadi

b)

desert men

c)

channel

d)

nomads

28.

a course taken by a river as it flows

a)

aquifers

b)

blue nile

c)

delta

d)

channel

29.

a dry stream-bed in North Africa

a)

aquifer

b)

wadi

c)

desertification

d)

nomad

30.

underground layers of rock in which water collects

a)

Oases

b)

Aquifers

c)

ground water

d)

plant water

31.

the poor farmers of Egypt

a)

ergs

b)

phosphates

c)

fellaheen

d)

souk

32.
The Suez Canal connects which two bodies of water?
a)
Atlantic and Pacific Ocean
b)
Artic and Pacific Ocean
c)
Black and Caspian Sea
d)
Mediterranean and Red Sea
33.
Name the country in red
a)
Libya
b)
Egypt
c)
Tunisia
d)
Algeria
34.
Name the country in red
a)
Tunisia
b)
Algeria
c)
Libya
d)
Egypt
35.
Name the country in red
a)
Tunisia
b)
Algeria
c)
Morocco
d)
Libya
36.
Name the country in red
a)
Tunisia
b)
Libya
c)
Morocco
d)
Algeria
37.
Name the country in red
a)
Libya
b)
Morocco
c)
Algeria
d)
Egypt
38.
What resource do the populations of all the countries need?
a)
Natural Gas
b)
Phosphates
c)
Water
d)
Oil
39.
What is a souk?
a)
An open air market
b)
A vast stretch of sand
c)
A small wheat nugget used as a food base
d)
A nomadic tribe in North Africa
40.
What are phosphates?
a)
Vast stretches of sand
b)
Nomadic tribes that live in North Africa
c)
Giant structures that house dead pharoahs
d)
Chemical compounds used to make fertilizer