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Africa Economics Quiz 4.4

Total questions: 37

Worksheet time: 19mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What are the 3 economic questions every country must answer?

a)

What do we buy, how do we purchase it and how do we use it?

b)

Whats your name, number and address?

c)

What do we produce, how do we produce it and who will consume it?

d)

Whats the best team in Dallas? The Cowboys, Mavericks or the Rangers?

2.

How do members of a traditional economy trade goods?

a)

With money

b)

They steal it

c)

They dont trade goods

d)

Bartering

3.

In a traditional economy, economic decisions are made based on what?

a)

Cultural traditions and beliefs

b)

The government

c)

The people

d)

The Cowboys record

4.

How does a command economic system answer the three economic questions?

a)

Government controls everything

b)

People control everything

c)

Mixed System

d)

By flipping a coin

5.

Who owns all property and resources in a pure market economy?

a)

The government

b)

Individuals and private citizens

c)

Nobody

d)

La Llorona

6.

Most democratic countries have elements of which two economic systems?

a)

Command and Market

b)

Traditional and Market

c)

Command and Traditional

d)

Math and Science

7.

What type of economic system is found in South Africa, Nigeria, and Kenya?

a)

Command

b)

Market

c)

Mixed

d)

Traditional

8.

Which resource is most important to Nigeria's economy?

a)

Oil

b)

Paint

c)

Diamonds

d)

Chanclas

9.

Democratic countries allows.......

a)

a. the president to make all the decisions

b)

b. citizens to have little to no freedoms

c)

c. citizens to vote for the legislature who make and enforce laws

d)

d. the president to appoint the legislature

10.

What is a market economy?

a)

a. the government regulates

b)

b. the state regulates

c)

c. the king had complete control

d)

d. government have little regulation and allows citizens to own their own business

11.

What are the three basic economic questions?

a)

a. When, How, and Where to produce

b)

b. What, How, and for Whom to produce

c)

c. Where, Why, and for Whom to produce

d)

d. When, How, and for Whom to produce

12.

Nigeria specializes in.....

a)

a. oil

b)

b. gold and diamonds

c)

c. agriculture and tourism

d)

d. computers and medical equipment

13.

Why do almost all countries have a mixed economy?

a)

a. business owners need some form of government regulation to protect their interest

b)

b. business owners dont need or want some form of government regulation to protect their interest

c)

c. people believe that businesses will provide better services without much government regulation

d)

d. governments believe there is a need to control the economy

14.

GDP is:

a)

Gross Domestic Product

b)

General Domestic Production

c)

General Domestic Product

d)

Great Democratic Product

15.

What country is shown on the map?

a)

China

b)

India

c)

Egypt

d)

France

16.

Which term means “adjusting your life” to fit the environment?

a)

Diffusion

b)

Migration

c)

Modification

d)

Adaptation

17.

What physical feature covers most of North Africa?

a)

Sahara Desert

b)

Himalaya Mountains

c)

Ganges River

d)

Korean Peninsula

18.

Which river located in Africa is the longest river in the world?

a)

Ganges

b)

Amazon

c)

Mississippi

d)

Nile

19.

Africa is the world's ____________ largest continent.

a)

2nd

b)

3rd

c)

4th

d)

5th

20.

This river is the longest river in the world, flows north, and empties in the Mediterranean Sea.

a)

Mississippi

b)

Niger

c)

Seine

d)

Nile

21.

Right before the Nile drains into the Mediterranean Sea, it spreads out and forms a triangle shape. What is this called?

a)

Alpha

b)

Delta

c)

Omega

d)

Phi

22.

The ancient Greek historian named Herodotus called Egypt the _______________?

a)

Gift of the Gab

b)

Song of Storms

c)

Gift of the Nile

d)

Gift of the Amazon

23.

A simile is a figure of speech that compares two different things. The Nile river was compared to what?

a)

a giant lizard

b)

a little puppy

c)

a large chancla

d)

a giant snake

24.

We studied some Egyptian mythology. Osiris and Isis were _____________.

a)

cousins

b)

best friends

c)

brother and sister

d)

enemies

25.

Why was it necessary for Isis to find and rebuild the body of Osiris?

a)

For fun

b)

To have a proper funeral

c)

So he could pass to the afterlife

d)

Just because

26.

The Tropical Rain Forest is located on what line of latitude?

a)

10 degrees

b)

20 degrees

c)

Equator

d)

Prime Meridian

27.

Name a country in Africa that is an island.

a)

Madagascar

b)

Sudan

c)

Ethiopia

d)

Kenya

28.

What desert is located in the south?

a)

Sahara

b)

Sahel

c)

Kalahari

d)

Savanna

29.

What is the largest lake in Africa?

a)

Lake Victoria

b)

Lake Tahoe

c)

Lake Tawakani

d)

Lake Lewisville

30.

The Nile river flows in which cardinal direction?

a)

North

b)

South

c)

East

d)

West

31.

Ancient Egypt was isolated from other cultures because of what?

a)

War

b)

Disease

c)

Robots

d)

Natural Borders

32.

What is the name of the Mountain range in the north?

a)

Sahara

b)

Atlas

c)

Kilamonjaro

d)

Alps

33.

What region is in between the Sahara and the Savanna?

a)

Sahel

b)

Tropical Rain Forest

c)

Kalahari Desert

d)

Madagascar

34.

What is silt?

a)

bits of soil and plant life

b)

bits of gummy bears

c)

a very expensive material

d)

bits of animals

35.

Seth tricked Osiris into climbing into a _______________.

a)

Car

b)

Chest

c)

Chamber

d)

Pool

36.

Osiris was torn into how many pieces?

a)

12

b)

13

c)

14

d)

15

37.
What resource is this?
a)
capital resource
b)
natural resource
c)
human resource