WorksheetsUnit 5:Africa
Total questions: 29
Worksheet time: 15mins
Due to different zones in Chad, farmers live where
South, where there is arable land
North, where they raise camels
central area, where they raise cattle
east, where there are cities
which of the following is a serious economic problem in North African nations
Lack of stable governments
The effectiveness of peacekeeping
troops
An overabundance of resources
The presence of non-profit government
organizations (NGOs)
Which of the following is a serious economic problem in North Africa
Lack of oil resources
A decline in tourism
unemployment
Poor agricultural performance
A __________ is a series of flat grasslands with few trees.
urbanization
arable land
poaching
savanna
Chad’s farmers live mainly in the South because they need _________ to farm.
urbanization
arable land
poaching
nomad
Animals that live in Africa’s national parks are protected from illegal hunting, or __________.
arable land
urbanization
poaching
nomad
A person who wanders from place to place without a permanent home is a(n) ________.
urbanization
arable land
nomad
savanna
As a result of ______________, cities in North Africa are growing larger as more people move into them.
urbanization
arable land
nomad
savanna
What is one reason why Nigerians remain poor, despite their country’s large oil deposits
infrastructure
subsistence farming
corruption
microcredit
what religion is practiced by most people in North Africa
catholicism
Islam
Judaism
Hinduism
What is a disadvantage of the mining industry in Southern and Eastern Africa
it brings jobs to local people
It yields products to sell to people abroad
It brings great wealth to the
region
It can hurt the environment
How do people in northern Chad adapt to the lack of arable land (land good for farming) in the region
They do not farm at all
They live in permanent dwellings
They mostly live in the north,
where arable land is
They are nomads who raise camels
and crops in oases
religion and government should be seperate
democracy
secularism
communism
fascism
Why is farming not a viable economic option for all areas of Southern and Eastern Africa?
lack of land
land of sunlight
lack of rainfall
lack of people to farm land
The average life expectancy of its people is one factor used to calculate a country's
GDP
GDP PER CAPITA
Human Development Index (HDI)
Literacy Rate
As farmers use the land, it often changes from arable land to desert, this process is known as
farmication
desertification
deforestation
land accomodation
Southern and Eastern Africa tends to be drier and cooler than West and Central Africa because Southern and
Eastern Africa has
more extensive savannas
greater distance to the ocean
higher elevations in most parts
more biodiversity to the ocean
Which of the following statements about North Africa’s population is true?
Most North Africans live in rural areas like the desert
More than half of North Africans
live in cities
Egypt is the only country in which most people live in cities
An equal number of people live in
cities and rural areas
What is one negative effect of the huge oil reserves in Nigeria?
Deforestation
people remain poor due to corruption
air and water pollution
desertification
Unstable governments holds back economic development most in?
somalia
botswanna
namibia
south africa
Africa is
a city
a town
a country
a continent
Which of the following statements about Egypt is correct?
About half of Egypt’s land is
desert
Egypt has one of the lowest populations in North Africa
Most people in Egypt live near the Nile River
Egypt gets much more rainfall than the rest of North Africa
Which of the following affects how the people live in West and Central Africa?
how educated the people of given area are
what the age of the population is
how many people live in a given area
what the land and climate support
Africa's highest point is
lake assal
victoria falls
mt. kilimanjaro
mt. kenya
A famous part of the savanna in Kenya and Tanzania is called the __________.
delta
great rift valley
serengetti plain
malaria
A life-threatening disease that is carried by mosquitoes, and that is common in the subtropical regions of Africa is called ___________.
malaria
delta
deforestation
serengetti plain
The flat plain on the seabed where a river meets the sea and deposits its sediment is __________
desert
plain
delta
grass land
When two of earth’s plates moved away from each other in Africa, the land between them sank down and formed the _____________.
great- rift valley
serengetti plain
savanna
delta
When trees are cut down faster than new ones grow, _________ occurs.
deforestation
Desertification
DeTreeing
Destroying
