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Unit 7: Sub-Saharan Africa

Total questions: 12

Worksheet time: 6mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which of the following physical features is identified by letter A?

a)

Lake Victoria

b)

The Nile River

c)

Lake Chad

d)

The Niger River

2.

Which of the following physical features is identified by letter B?

a)

Lake Victoria

b)

The Nile River

c)

Lake Chad

d)

The Niger River

3.

Which of the following physical features is identified by letter C?

a)

Lake Victoria

b)

The Nile River

c)

Lake Chad

d)

The Niger River

4.

Lake Chad (like the Aral Sea) is experiencing

a)

desertification

b)

deforestation

c)

poaching

d)

flooding

5.

Choose 3 impacts of desertification

a)

forced migration

b)

flooding

c)

shrinking water supply

d)

conflicts over natural resources

6.

What type of population growth is sub-Saharan Africa experiencing?

a)

rapid

b)

zero

c)

negative

d)

slow

7.

When literacy rate increases in a country, what happens to infant mortality rates?

a)

They increase

b)

They decrease

c)

They are unchanged

d)

Nothing

8.

Africa's population densities are highest

a)

near rivers and coasts

b)

in the Sahara Desert

c)

in the mountains

d)

in the Congo Basin

9.

Choose 3 causes of European imperialism in Africa

a)

An abundance of resources in Africa

b)

Belief that Europeans were superior to Africans

c)

The desire to convert Africans to Christianity

d)

The desire to learn about new cultures

10.

All of the following were impacts of European imperialism in Africa EXCEPT

a)

Africans lost land

b)

Africans lost culture

c)

Europeans caused peace and unity

d)

Divisions created tension and fighting

11.

Subsistence farming refers to

a)

farming just for one's own family

b)

farming to sell goods at market

c)

farming only rice

d)

farming for a large company

12.

When European countries partitioned Africa at the Berlin Conference, they

a)

ignored the cultural and ethnic diversity of the African people

b)

created new nations based on traditional boundaries

c)

encourages African unity

d)

tried to increase the African military