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Africa

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 12mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What country is in red on the map?

a)

Egypt

b)

Libya

c)

Angola

d)

Nigeria

2.

What country is located in green on the map?

a)

S. Africa

b)

Republic of the Congo

c)

Rwanda

d)

Kenya

3.

What country is highlighted on the map?

a)

Somalia

b)

Ethiopia

c)

Angola

d)

Sudan

4.

What is the largest desert in Africa?

a)

Gobi Desert

b)

Kalahari Desert

c)

Sahara Desert

d)

Arabian Desert

5.

Which climate zone in Africa is an area of grasslands?

a)

Mediterranean

b)

Desert

c)

Savanna

d)

Rainforest

6.

Who is Nelson Mandela

a)

An old man

b)

United States President

c)

South African anti-apartheid revolutionary, political leader, and philanthropist

d)

A Criminal

7.

Apartheid is everything except.....

a)

racial discrimination was legal

b)

equality between racial groups

c)

Many protested against it

d)

A south African system

8.

African was colonized by ....

a)

Europeans

b)

Americans

c)

Asians

d)

Mexicans

9.

The longest river in the world is...

a)

Niger

b)

Nile

c)

Blue

d)

Congo

10.

Choose 3 natural resources found in Africa.

a)

salt

b)

diamonds

c)

coal

d)

gold

11.

When a country increases its power by controlling a weaker nations economics, and government?

a)

Genocide

b)

War

c)

Imperialism

d)

Embargo

12.

Africa was most likely colonized for what reason?

a)

Economic profit

b)

Access to raw materials

c)

Valuable resources

d)

All of them

13.

What is the name of the tallest mountain in Africa?

a)

Everest

b)

Kilimanjaro

c)

Himalaya

d)

Atlas

14.

What is the most populated country in Africa?

a)

Egypt

b)

Ethiopia

c)

Nigeria

d)

South Africa

15.

What happened in 1994, South Africa?

a)

The slave trade finally ended.

b)

The first Pan-African movement was held.

c)

South Africa enters Olympics as free country.

d)

First free election held.

16.

Which country is shaded blue?

a)

Kenya

b)

Egypt

c)

Sudan

d)

Nigeria

17.

Which country is shaded green?

a)

Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC)

b)

Egypt

c)

Sudan

d)

Nigeria

18.

A religious belief that bodies of water, animals, trees, and other natural objects have spirits.

a)

Apartheid

b)

Animism

c)

Swahili

d)

Souks

19.

The Culture and Language of Eastern Africa?

a)

Bantu

b)

Berber

c)

Swahili

d)

SwineFlu

20.

The two biggest religions in Africa were

a)

Islam and Chiristianity

b)

Christianity and Buddhism

c)

Confucianism and Buddhism

d)

Islam and Protestantism