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Africa

Total questions: 40

Worksheet time: 20mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Is Africa a continent or a country?

a)

continent

b)

country

2.

How many countries are located in Africa?

a)

22

b)

33

c)

55

d)

123

3.

How many regions does Africa have?

a)

1

b)

2

c)

3

d)

4

4.

Which one of these is NOT a region in Africa?

a)

North

b)

East

c)

West

d)

South

e)

South/Central

5.

Savannas are also known as -

a)

deserts

b)

topography maps

c)

form of water

d)

grasslands

6.

What is Africa's largest river?

a)

Nile

b)

Congo

c)

Zambezi

d)

Niger

7.

What is Africa's largest mountain?

a)

Mt. Owens

b)

Mt. Kenya

c)

Mt. McKinley

d)

Mt. Kilimanjaro

8.

What is the largest desert in Africa?

a)

Namib

b)

Death Valley

c)

Sahara

d)

Kalahari

9.

Which one of these is NOT a desert in Africa?

a)

Sahara

b)

Kalahari

c)

Death Valley

d)

Namib

10.

Africa is rich in __________________________

a)

natural resources

b)

wealth

c)

healthcare

d)

education

11.

a nomadic person who survived by hunting, fishing, and gathering wild plants is -

a)

genocide

b)

hunter-gatherer

c)

desertification

d)

deforestation

12.

a place in the desert where water can be found

a)

deserts

b)

oasis

c)

mountain

d)

corruption

13.

grasslands - found in tropical areas with lots of rain

a)

savannas

b)

coffee farm

c)

oasis

d)

domesticate

14.

use of power for personal gain

a)

corruption

b)

oasis

c)

genocide

d)

apartheid

15.

loss of forest cover, trees being removed, trees cannot grow back

a)

desertification

b)

oasis

c)

deforestation

d)

savanna

16.

change from farmland to desert

a)

deforestation

b)

oasis

c)

savanna

d)

desertification

17.

Which of these natural resources is NOT in Africa?

a)

gold

b)

diamonds

c)

oil

d)

soybeans

18.

How was the Great Rift Valley formed?

a)

by men digging a big hole

b)

by volcanic activity millions of years ago

c)

by flooding

d)

it doesn't exist

19.

North Africa is mostly inhabited by -

a)

Black Africans

b)

White Africans

c)

Arabs

d)

Europeans

20.

farming just enough to feed your family is known as -

a)

commercial farming

b)

subsistence farming

c)

oasis

d)

savannas

21.

What part of Africa is the Great Rift Valley located in?

a)

North

b)

East

c)

West

d)

South/Central

22.

African people suffer from poverty, malaria, and HIV/AIDS

a)

TRUE

b)

FALSE

23.

Who is your social studies teacher?

a)

Donald Trump

b)

Mr. DeLuna

c)

Mr. Owens

d)

Ms. Stuttle

24.

What year is it?

a)

2000

b)

2091

c)

2019

d)

2001

25.

a massive killing of a group of people is known as -

a)

genocide

b)

party

c)

hunter-gatherer

d)

indigenous

26.

What the the names of the TWO main ethnic group in Rwanda?

a)

Tutsi and Fulani

b)

Igbo and Hausa-Fulani

c)

Hutu and Tutsi

d)

Twa and Masai

27.

Hotel Rwanda is based on a TRUE story

a)

TRUE

b)

FALSE

28.

What is the main character's name in Hotel Rwanda?

a)

Dube'

b)

Gregoire

c)

George

d)

Paul

29.

What ethnic group does Paul belong to?

a)

Hutu

b)

Tutsi

c)

Twa

d)

Igbo

30.

What is Paul's wife's name?

a)

Betty

b)

Olivia

c)

Tatiana

d)

Mapeg

31.

What ethnic group does Tatiana (Paul's wife) belong to?

a)

Hutu

b)

Tutsi

c)

Twa

d)

Igbo

32.

How many years was Nelson Mandela in prison?

a)

5

b)

10

c)

15

d)

27

33.

TRUE or FALSE: Nelson Mandela started protesting peacefully, but turned violent when innocent people were killed.

a)

TRUE

b)

FALSE

34.

what was the name of the legal system in South Africa that separated whites from nonwhites

a)

deforestation

b)

desertification

c)

Apartheid

d)

genocide

35.

Why was Nelson Mandela put in jail?

a)

because he was old

b)

because he protested and spoke out against Apartheid

c)

because he didn't pay his bills on time

d)

because they petty

36.

How many laws were under Apartheid?

a)

100

b)

75

c)

210

d)

148

37.

How would you describe the Apartheid laws if you were nonwhite?

a)

amazing

b)

fair

c)

unfair/strict

d)

perfect

38.

What group were the minority in South Africa?

a)

whites

b)

nonwhites

39.

In what year was Nelson Mandela freed from prison AND elected president (hint-2 different years) be careful

a)

1976 and 1990

b)

1990 and 2000

c)

1990 and 1994

d)

1234 and 5678

40.

Nelson Mandela is considered a __________ in South Africa.

a)

idiot

b)

mean

c)

nasty

d)

hero