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Africa (Tristan Xavier Perou)

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
When a stronger country uses the resources of a weaker country to enrich the stronger country.
a)
Discrimination
b)
Colonialism
c)
Apartheid
d)
Racism
2.
An Afrikaans word for “apartness,” apartheid is the name of laws that allowed racial, political and economic discrimination against the country's non-white majority.
a)
Apartheid
b)
Human Trafficking
c)
Colonialism
d)
Stereotype
3.
To treat someone different because of the person's sex, religion, nationality, ethnicity (culture), race, or other personal traits.
a)
Racism
b)
Discrimination
c)
Segregation
d)
Stereotype
4.

Which of the following rivers would you find in Africa?

a)

Amazon River

b)

Swahili River

c)

Blue Nile River

d)

Tasmanian River

5.

What country is in red on the map?

a)

Egypt

b)

Libya

c)

Angola

d)

Nigeria

6.

Which canal, which runs through Egypt, makes travel from Europe to Asia easier?

a)

Sub-Saharan Canal

b)

Great African Canal

c)

Panama Canal

d)

Suez Canal

7.

What country is represented in red on the map?

a)

Ethiopia

b)

Morocco

c)

Sudan

d)

Libya

8.

What country is located in green on the map?

a)

S. Africa

b)

Republic of the Congo

c)

Rwanda

d)

Kenya

9.

Ghana grew rich because of the trade of ______ and _______.

a)

Salt and Iron

b)

Gold and Iron

c)

Gold and Salt

d)

Salt and Ore

10.

After the empire of Ghana fell, the empire of _______________ was established in nearly the same place.

a)

Mali

b)

Southern Ghana

c)

Kenya

d)

Morocco

11.

The large geographical feature in the north of Africa which tremendously affected the way in which North Africans lived is called the ____________.

a)

Sahel

b)

Sahara

c)

Savannah

d)

Rainforest

12.

____________ was an important African leader who led a pilgrimage of 8,000 people to Mecca and exposed Europeans and Arabs to West African civilization.

a)

King Ali

b)

Ibn Battuta

c)

Ms. L

d)

Mansa Musa

13.

There are many animals living in which biome?

a)

Sahel

b)

Savannah

c)

Sahara

d)

New York

14.

This biome is very wet and humid.

a)

Sahel

b)

Savannah

c)

Rainforest

d)

Sahara

15.
Ghana, Mali, and Songhai are located...
a)
In western region of Africa
b)
In the Sahara Desert
c)
Near the Nile River
d)
Along the coast