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Weather and Africa Quiz

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 7mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

True or false. There are 54 different internationally recognized countries in Africa.

a)

True

b)

False

2.

What was the Berlin Conference?

a)

Imposing influence through military force economic control or negotiation

b)

Where 14 European nations met in 1884-85 to divide the continent of Africa among themselves

c)

Areas which are controlled by another country

3.

Africa's population is increasing. True or false?

a)

True

b)

False

4.

What is a push factor?

a)

Something which attracts people to a place

b)

The movement of people from one place to another

c)

The movement of people from the countryside (rural areas) to the city (urban areas)

d)

Something which makes people move away from a place

5.

Select three examples of a push factor

a)

Good Hospitals

b)

Poor housing quality

c)

No education

d)

Job opportunities

e)

No sanitation

6.

The Sahara Desert is located in which hemisphere?

(a)  

7.

Which of the following does NOT cause desertification?

a)

The sun is becoming warmer

b)

Over-cultivation

c)

Over-grazing

8.

Select three areas where piracy is common.

a)

North Atlantic Ocean

b)

Central America

c)

Western Africa

d)

The Horn (East) of Africa

e)

Indonesia

9.

Select the three circulatory cells.

a)

Polar Cell

b)

Atlantic Cell

c)

Ferrel Cell

d)

Hadley Cell

e)

Pressure Cell

10.

What temperature does the water need to be for a tropical storm to form? You do not need to write °C

(a)