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Unit 5:Africa

Total questions: 29

Worksheet time: 15mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Due to different zones in Chad, farmers live where

a)

South, where there is arable land

b)

North, where they raise camels

c)

central area, where they raise cattle

d)

east, where there are cities

2.

which of the following is a serious economic problem in North African nations

a)

Lack of stable governments

b)

The effectiveness of peacekeeping

troops

c)

An overabundance of resources

d)

The presence of non-profit government

organizations (NGOs)

3.

Which of the following is a serious economic problem in North Africa

a)

Lack of oil resources

b)

A decline in tourism

c)

unemployment

d)

Poor agricultural performance

4.

A __________ is a series of flat grasslands with few trees.

a)

urbanization

b)

arable land

c)

poaching

d)

savanna

5.

Chad’s farmers live mainly in the South because they need _________ to farm.

a)

urbanization

b)

arable land

c)

poaching

d)

nomad

6.

Animals that live in Africa’s national parks are protected from illegal hunting, or __________.

a)

arable land

b)

urbanization

c)

poaching

d)

nomad

7.

A person who wanders from place to place without a permanent home is a(n) ________.

a)

urbanization

b)

arable land

c)

nomad

d)

savanna

8.

As a result of ______________, cities in North Africa are growing larger as more people move into them.

a)

urbanization

b)

arable land

c)

nomad

d)

savanna

9.

What is one reason why Nigerians remain poor, despite their country’s large oil deposits

a)

infrastructure

b)

subsistence farming

c)

corruption

d)

microcredit

10.

what religion is practiced by most people in North Africa

a)

catholicism

b)

Islam

c)

Judaism

d)

Hinduism

11.

What is a disadvantage of the mining industry in Southern and Eastern Africa

a)

it brings jobs to local people

b)

It yields products to sell to people abroad

c)

It brings great wealth to the

region

d)

It can hurt the environment

12.

How do people in northern Chad adapt to the lack of arable land (land good for farming) in the region

a)

They do not farm at all

b)

They live in permanent dwellings

c)

They mostly live in the north,

where arable land is

d)

They are nomads who raise camels

and crops in oases

13.

religion and government should be seperate

a)

democracy

b)

secularism

c)

communism

d)

fascism

14.

Why is farming not a viable economic option for all areas of Southern and Eastern Africa?

a)

lack of land

b)

land of sunlight

c)

lack of rainfall

d)

lack of people to farm land

15.

The average life expectancy of its people is one factor used to calculate a country's

a)

GDP

b)

GDP PER CAPITA

c)

Human Development Index (HDI)

d)

Literacy Rate

16.

As farmers use the land, it often changes from arable land to desert, this process is known as

a)

farmication

b)

desertification

c)

deforestation

d)

land accomodation

17.

Southern and Eastern Africa tends to be drier and cooler than West and Central Africa because Southern and

Eastern Africa has

a)

more extensive savannas

b)

greater distance to the ocean

c)

higher elevations in most parts

d)

more biodiversity to the ocean

18.

Which of the following statements about North Africa’s population is true?

a)

Most North Africans live in rural areas like the desert

b)

More than half of North Africans

live in cities

c)

Egypt is the only country in which most people live in cities

d)

An equal number of people live in

cities and rural areas

19.

What is one negative effect of the huge oil reserves in Nigeria?

a)

Deforestation

b)

people remain poor due to corruption

c)

air and water pollution

d)

desertification

20.

Unstable governments holds back economic development most in?

a)

somalia

b)

botswanna

c)

namibia

d)

south africa

21.

Africa is

a)

a city

b)

a town

c)

a country

d)

a continent

22.

Which of the following statements about Egypt is correct?

a)

About half of Egypt’s land is

desert

b)

Egypt has one of the lowest populations in North Africa

c)

Most people in Egypt live near the Nile River

d)

Egypt gets much more rainfall than the rest of North Africa

23.

Which of the following affects how the people live in West and Central Africa?

a)

how educated the people of given area are

b)

what the age of the population is

c)

how many people live in a given area

d)

what the land and climate support

24.

Africa's highest point is

a)

lake assal

b)

victoria falls

c)

mt. kilimanjaro

d)

mt. kenya

25.

A famous part of the savanna in Kenya and Tanzania is called the __________.

a)

delta

b)

great rift valley

c)

serengetti plain

d)

malaria

26.

A life-threatening disease that is carried by mosquitoes, and that is common in the subtropical regions of Africa is called ___________.

a)

malaria

b)

delta

c)

deforestation

d)

serengetti plain

27.

The flat plain on the seabed where a river meets the sea and deposits its sediment is __________

a)

desert

b)

plain

c)

delta

d)

grass land

28.

When two of earth’s plates moved away from each other in Africa, the land between them sank down and formed the _____________.

a)

great- rift valley

b)

serengetti plain

c)

savanna

d)

delta

29.

When trees are cut down faster than new ones grow, _________ occurs.

a)

deforestation

b)

Desertification

c)

DeTreeing

d)

Destroying