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World Geo UNIT 8 Review

Total questions: 16

Worksheet time: 32mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Rural areas are defined as having...

a)

Few people and a large amount of open land

b)

Large amounts of people and a large amount of open land

c)

Few people and very little open land

d)

Large amounts of people and very little open land

2.

The continued influence of tribal or ethnic groups in many African countries is an example of Africa's...

a)

colonial legacy

b)

traditional cultural persistence

c)

modern industrialization

d)

history of forced slavery

3.

The nineteenth-century European imperialist practices that sought to control Africa's supply of rich natural resources and raw materials are known as...

a)

The Transatlantic Slave Trade

b)

Decolonization

c)

Structural Adjustment

d)

The Scramble for Africa

4.

One of the results of the 1884 Berlin Conference that has caused continued conflict in Africa is...

a)

Suppression of traditional religions

b)

International control of national finances

c)

Arbitrary national borders

d)

Militarized conflict over oil reserves

5.

Most Sub-Saharan African agriculture can be classified as...

a)

Industrialized agriculture

b)

commercial agriculture

c)

subsistence agriculture

d)

cottage industry agriculture

6.

What is one of the main reasons many people are moving from rural to urban areas in Sub-Saharan Africa?

a)

declining agricultural productivity in rural areas

b)

increasing industrial opportunities in rural areas

c)

increasing service industry opportunities in rural areas

d)

declining traditional cultural life in rural areas

7.

What informational tool can geographers use to indicate changes in migration, birth, and death levels?

a)

political maps

b)

Human Development Index

c)

topographic maps

d)

population pyramids

8.

Which geographic feature is NOT present in North Africa

a)

the Ivory Coast

b)

the Nile River

c)

the Atlas Mountains

d)

the city of Casablanca

9.

Which geographic feature is NOT present in Southern Africa?

a)

a large Zulu populaiton

b)

policy of apartheid

c)

home of Nelson Mandela

d)

the Congo River

10.

Which geographic feature is NOT present in East Africa

a)

Horn of Africa

b)

Kalahari Desert

c)

Mt. Kilimanjaro

d)

Lake Victoria

11.

Which geographic feature is NOT present in West Africa?

a)

the Niger river

b)

the city of Monrovia

c)

the Serengeti plain

d)

Lake Volta

12.

Which desert creates a major north-south divide between populations of the African continent?

a)

the Namib desert

b)

the Kalahari desert

c)

the Niyiri desert

d)

the Sahara desert

13.

The area south of the Sahara desert that is seeing a desertification process largely due to climate change is called...

a)

the Sahel

b)

the Serengeti

c)

the Congo forest

d)

the Great Rift valley

14.

Most of the continent of Africa lies in the tropical zone between the Tropic of Cancer and the Tropic of Capricorn.


What are the Tropic of Cancer and the Tropic of Capricorn?

a)

lines of latitude

b)

lines of longitude

c)

tectonic plate boundaries

d)

biomes

15.

Which of the following languages would be considered a 'colonial language' for the country of Burkina Faso?

a)

Dyula

b)

Mossi

c)

French

d)

Bobo

16.

Many Africans today are Muslim, Christian, or another major world religion. While religion can influence all aspects of life, it is typically considered a _____________ characteristic of people.

a)

economic

b)

political

c)

linguistic

d)

cultural