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Africa

Total questions: 34

Worksheet time: 18mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is direct rule?

a)

laws created to separate white and black people

b)

the weak government is kicked out and replaced by people from the more powerful government to be in charge

c)

the process of building an empire

d)

When the weak government is able to stay in charge, as long as they do what the more powerful government wants them to do

2.

What is a Muslim?

a)

Someone who follows the religion of Islam

b)

A terrorist

c)

Someone who follows the religion of Christianity

d)

A person from Mali

3.

What is subsistence agriculture?

a)

Farming to make a lot of money

b)

Huge Farms

c)

Crops grown to make clothes

d)

Crops grow to feed you and your family, not to be sold

4.

What is an ethnicity?

a)

An ethnic city

b)

a group of people based on race, religion, culture, etc.

c)

a person's skin color

d)

Segregation

5.

Who was the King of Mali?

a)

King Shaka Zulu

b)

King Mansa Musa

c)

King Leopold II

d)

King Mohammed Sheik

6.

What are the laws Muslims follow?

a)

Apartheid Rules

b)

The Koran Dictates

c)

Sharia Law

d)

Maritime Law

7.

Where do most Muslims live in Nigeria?

a)

North

b)

East

c)

South

d)

West

8.

Who was Nelson Mandela?

a)

First Black King of South Africa

b)

Barack Obama's Vice President

c)

First Black President of South Africa

d)

First Black South African to Vote

9.

What resource was so important that was found in the Congo?

a)

Wires

b)

Rubber

c)

Cars

d)

Ivory

10.

What was the name of the Belgian King who owned the Congo?

a)

King Leopold II

b)

King Henry VIII

c)

King Omelas

d)

King George III

11.

What did most people do when they learned about the child in Omelas?

a)

Walked away

b)

Tried to save the child

c)

Asked the King for help

d)

Did nothing

12.

Why did the child in the Omelas have to suffer?

a)

To make the King happy

b)

The child was kept in the basement only during the parade

c)

The child didn't suffer

d)

The child needed to suffer so the city would not be destroyed

13.

Who was in charge of Omelas?

a)

The President

b)

The people governed themselves

c)

The King

d)

It was anarchy and chaos

14.

What was in the basement in the city of Omelas?

a)

A child

b)

The King

c)

A class of students

d)

The parade

15.

A piece of land or group of people controlled by a country that is far away is called...

a)

State

b)

Country

c)

Imperialism

d)

Colony

16.

What is imperialism?

a)

When a powerful country takes over weaker ones

b)

Any government in charge of a place

c)

Empire building

d)

When a weak country takes over powerful ones

17.

What continent did the Berlin Conference split up?

a)

Africa

b)

North America

c)

The Congo

d)

Europe

18.

What do we call dangerous, fast moving waters?

a)

Cataracts

b)

Delta

c)

Confluence

d)

Current

19.

Best 6th Grade Class

a)

Math

b)

Literature

c)

Earth Science

d)

Geography

20.

Where would I live if wanted to have my home be in an URBAN setting?

a)

The mountains

b)

Farm

c)

Chicago

d)

Pacific Ocean

21.

Where would I want to live if I wanted my home to be in a RURAL setting?

a)

Milwaukee

b)

a subdivision

c)

Greenfield

d)

Farm

22.

What does colony mean?

a)

A group of people in one place who are ruled by a more powerful country elsewhere

b)

the powerful country that owns other countries

c)

a business

d)

the people in charge of the weak country

23.

What do we call the place where the freshwater of a river and the salt water of an ocean meet?

a)

Cataract

b)

Delta

c)

Estuary

d)

Confluence

24.

What is agriculture?

a)

building on a river

b)

the business of making food (farming or ranching)

c)

Easy to grow crops

d)

a stream that flows into a larger river

25.

What does fertile mean?

a)

Hard to grow plants

b)

Easy to grow crops

c)

a type of soil

d)

an old wooden ship

26.

Which is an example of Nile Fauna?

a)

Hippo

b)

South African Penguin

c)

Lotus Flower

d)

Evergreen Tree

27.

What is silt?

a)

A black soil, bad for farming

b)

A black soil, great for farming

c)

A black soil, great for ranching

d)

A red soil, great for farming

28.

What are the Nile River's two main tributaries?

a)

Blue and Black

b)

Red and Blue

c)

White and Grey

d)

Blue and White

29.

Which country likes the Ethiopian Renaissance Dam?

a)

Egypt

b)

Madagascar

c)

Ethiopia

d)

Chad

30.

Which country dislikes the Ethiopian Renaissance Dam?

a)

Egypt

b)

Ethiopia

c)

Nigeria

d)

Algeria

31.

Which religion do most people practice in North Africa?

a)

Christianity

b)

Islam

c)

Judaism

d)

Hinduism

32.

(Blank) is the name of the film industry in Nigeria.

(a)  

33.

What will I do before the Unit 2 Test that is coming up after Thanksgiving Break?

4 lines
34.

Who is the best teacher of all time?

(a)