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Physical Geography/History of Africa

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 5mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
Which physical feature is located in East Africa? 
a)
Great Rift Valley 
b)
Congo Basin
c)
Cape of Good Hope 
d)
Sahara 
2.
The Great Rift Valley was formed mainly by 
a)
Shifting tectonic plates 
b)
Seawater erosion
c)
Nile River flooding
d)
Large meteor 
3.
In steppe areas, clearing trees or herding large amounts of livestock can cause 
a)
Farmers to become angry
b)
Desertification
c)
Irrigation problems 
d)
Soil to become compacted 
4.
Which river is located nearest number 7?
a)
Volta
b)
Niger
c)
Zambezi
d)
Nile
5.
Which landform is located nearest number 1?
a)
Kalahari Desert
b)
Atlas Mountains
c)
Namib Desert
d)
Sahara Desert
6.

one country taking over another country

a)

human rights

b)

economics

c)

apartheid

d)

colonization

7.

What continent colonized Africa in the late 1800s?

a)

Asia

b)

North America

c)

South America

d)

Europe

8.

The trans-Atlantic slave trade was.....

a)

a meeting where Europe divided up Africa

b)

when Africans were captured shipped across the Atlantic to be slaves

c)

When Europe started colonizing Africa

d)

When Africans were trading salt and gold

9.

Which one of the following is a reason of why Europeans colonized Africa?

a)

Natural Resources

b)

Competition

c)

Racism

d)

All of the above

10.

What was the main goal of the Pan-African movement?

a)

to end any support for the African National Congress

b)

to overthrow all the dictator governments in Africa

c)

to get all Africans to work together and think of themselves as one people

d)

to force all African nations to become members of the United Nations