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Africa

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 7mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Loss or destruction of forests

a)

Cataracts

b)

Deforestation

c)

Escarpment

d)

Urbanization

2.

Steep cliff or slope

a)

Literacy Rate

b)

Clans

c)

Leach

d)

Escarpment

3.

To wash nutrients from the soil

a)

Leach

b)

Lingua Franca

c)

Escarpment

d)

Cataract

4.

Belief that the spirits of ancestors live in nature

a)

Polytheism

b)

Animism

c)

Monotheism

d)

Catholicism

5.

Descendants of Dutch settlers in South Africa

a)

Portuguese

b)

Apartheid

c)

Afrikaners

d)

Boers

6.

Africa's highest mountain

a)

Mt. Kilimanjaro

b)

Mt. Kenya

c)

Mt. Everest

d)

Mt. Rushmore

7.

People from this country were the first to adopt Islam

a)

Nigeria

b)

Congo

c)

Djibouti

d)

Sudan

8.

Largest desert in the world

a)

Namib

b)

Kalahari

c)

Sahara

d)

Gobi

9.

World's 2nd largest freshwater lake

a)

Lake Superior

b)

Lake Erie

c)

Lake Michigan

d)

Lake Victoria

10.

Tropical grasslands of Africa

a)

Savanna

b)

Rainforest

c)

Tundra

d)

Sahel

11.

Areas that are suitable for certain plants and animals

a)

Savanna

b)

Habitat

c)

Desert

d)

Sahel

12.

Illegal hunting of protected animals

a)

Habitat

b)

Extinction

c)

Endangerment

d)

Poaching

13.

Term used for the strict separation of the races in South Africa

a)

Apartheid

b)

Separateness

c)

Segregation

d)

Divisiveness

14.

First black president of South Africa

a)

Barack Obama

b)

Nelson Mandela

c)

Paul Rusesabagina

d)

Christie Claxton

15.

Nelson Mandela was elected president of South Africa in what year?

a)

1990

b)

1994

c)

2004

d)

2014

16.

Largest river system in the world

a)

Congo

b)

Mississippi

c)

Zambezi

d)

Nile

17.

Which is NOT an obstacle to education in Africa?

a)

Families cannot pay tuition

b)

Some live too far from a school

c)

Have to take care of younger siblings

d)

The landscape

18.

Which is NOT a natural resource found in Africa?

a)

Diamonds

b)

Gold

c)

Oil

d)

Silver

19.

First to Explore Africa

a)

Portuguese

b)

British

c)

Dutch

d)

Spanish

20.

A universal language

a)

Literacy Rate

b)

Ethnic Group

c)

Lingua Franca

d)

Urbanization