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Southern and Eastern Africa Honors Geography Study Guide

Total questions: 60

Worksheet time: 3600secs

Name
Class
Date
1.

The grasslands of Africa are called . . .

a)

savannas

b)

cataracts

c)

escarpments

d)

Zulus

2.

A steep rise from a plain to a plateau is called a(n)

a)

apartheid

b)

escarpment

c)

savanna

d)

cataract

3.

Which ethnic group has its traditional home in Natal?

a)

Afrikaners

b)

San

c)

Masai

d)

Zulu

4.

Which river forms the northern border of South Africa?

a)

Orange River

b)

Limpopo River

c)

Nile River

d)

Zambezi River

e)

Sahara River

5.

The rigorous policy of racial separation practiced in South Africa from 1948 to 1997 was called . . .

a)

escarpment

b)

genocide

c)

cataracts

d)

Apartheid

e)

Zuluism

6.

Which country surrounds Lesotho?

a)

Kenya

b)

Madagascar

c)

South Africa

d)

Zimbabwe

e)

Ethiopia

7.

Because of the large number of shipwrecks that have occurred off the northern shore of Namibia, is has earned the nickname?

a)

Dead Man's Shore

b)

Davy Jones's Locker

c)

Cape Hatteras of Africa

d)

Skeleton Coast

e)

Wreck Shipped Cove

8.

Which country became the major battleground between Cold War superpowers in Sub-Saharan Africa?

a)

Kenya

b)

Angola

c)

South Africa

d)

Zimbabwe

e)

Madagascar

9.

The people of the Seychelles are descendants of . . .

a)

French settlers and African slaves

b)

Boers and African slaves

c)

British sailors and Boers

d)

British sailors and South Africans

10.

What is the source of the White Nile River?

a)

Lake Malawi

b)

Victoria Falls

c)

Tuegela Falls

d)

Lake Victoria

e)

Red Sea

11.

What city is the center of communication and trade in East Africa?

a)

Nairobi

b)

Mogadishu

c)

Addis Ababa

d)

Khartoum

e)

Mombasa

12.

What common language of people on the east coast of Africa developed long before European colonists arrived?

a)

Afrikaans

b)

Swahili

c)

Bantu

d)

Burundi

e)

Masai

13.

The Lingua Franca of East Africa is . . .

a)

Dutch

b)

Afrikaans

c)

Swahili

d)

Zulu

e)

Bantu

14.

The tribe in Kenya noted for its ritual dances and warriors' skills is the . . .

a)

Swahili

b)

Masai

c)

Serengeti

d)

Tutsis

e)

Hutus

15.

Before the British took over Tanzania following World War I, it was known as . . .

a)

German East Africa

b)

Dutch Africa

c)

British Colony of Tanzania

d)

Zanzibar

e)

French Guinea Africa

16.

What city served as the Muslims' largest slave-trading port in East Africa?

a)

Dar es Sallam

b)

Djibouti

c)

Mombasa

d)

Zanzibar

e)

Mogadishu

17.

The hot, dry lowlands near the coast of East Africa are part of the . . .

a)

Serengeti Plain

b)

Transvaal

c)

Kalahari Desert

d)

Denakil Desert

18.

The largest city on the Horn of Africa is . . .

a)

Addis Ababa

b)

Mogadishu

c)

Djibouti

d)

Mombasa

e)

Khartoum

19.

By what name were the original Dutch farmers in South Africa known?

(a)  

20.

What language did the Dutch colonists speak?

(a)  

21.

Which country is considered the key to East Africa because of its advanced cities?

(a)  

22.

What country lies along the Bab al-Mandeb?

(a)  

23.

Which East African country was once called Punt or, as Nahum 3:9 calls it, Put?

(a)  

24.

What is the most famous Bantu tribe of Natal?

(a)  

25.

Botswana is the world’s largest producer of what precious commodity?

(a)  

26.

What is the name given to the “gash” in the earth that runs from the Middle East southward through East Africa?

(a)  

27.

What are the names of the two major deserts of Africa, one in the north and one in the south?

(a)  

28.

Which two leaders, one black and one white, negotiated an end to South Africa’s policy of racial segregation?

(a)  

29.

What desert lies on the Tropic of Capricorn?

(a)  

30.

After whom did Livingstone name the waterfall that he discovered in Zimbabwe?

(a)  

31.

What two rivers form the Nile River?

(a)  

32.

What countries make up the Lakes Region of Africa?

(a)  

33.

Which competing tribes in Rwanda have warred against each other repeatedly, most recently in 1994, resulting in the loss of approximately 800,000 lives?

(a)  

34.

What plain in Africa has more large land animals than any other place on earth?

(a)  

35.

Because of its shape, what is the wide Somali Peninsula on the east side of Africa called?

(a)  

36.

Which famous British explorer was interested in Africans’ souls as well as the land itself?

(a)  

37.

Which British explorer was merely interested in making a fortune at the expense of the Africans?

(a)  

38.

Match each country with its capital city.


Angola

a)

Luanda

b)

Antananarivo

c)

Windhoek

d)

Victoria

e)

Harare

39.

Match each country with its capital city.


Madagascar

a)

Luanda

b)

Antananarivo

c)

Windhoek

d)

Victoria

e)

Harare

40.

Match each country with its capital city.


Namibia

a)

Luanda

b)

Antananarivo

c)

Windhoek

d)

Victoria

e)

Harare

41.

Match each country with its capital city.


Seychelles

a)

Luanda

b)

Antananarivo

c)

Windhoek

d)

Victoria

e)

Harare

42.

Match each country with its capital city.


Zimbabwe

a)

Luanda

b)

Antananarivo

c)

Windhoek

d)

Victoria

e)

Harare

43.

Match each country with its capital city.


Burundi

a)

Bujumbura

b)

Djibouti

c)

Addis Ababa

d)

Nairobi

e)

Kigali

44.

Match each country with its capital city.


Djibouti

a)

Bujumbura

b)

Djibouti

c)

Addis Ababa

d)

Nairobi

e)

Kigali

45.

Match each country with its capital city.


Ethiopia

a)

Bujumbura

b)

Djibouti

c)

Addis Ababa

d)

Nairobi

e)

Kigali

46.

Match each country with its capital city.


Kenya

a)

Bujumbura

b)

Djibouti

c)

Addis Ababa

d)

Nairobi

e)

Kigali

47.

Match each country with its capital city.


Rwanda

a)

Bujumbura

b)

Djibouti

c)

Addis Ababa

d)

Nairobi

e)

Kigali

48.

Match each country with its capital city.


Somalia

a)

Mogadishu

b)

Khartoum

c)

Kampala

d)

Nairobi

e)

Kigali

49.

Match each country with its capital city.


Sudan

a)

Mogadishu

b)

Khartoum

c)

Kampala

d)

Nairobi

e)

Kigali

50.

Match each country with its capital city.


Uganda

a)

Mogadishu

b)

Khartoum

c)

Kampala

d)

Nairobi

e)

Kigali

51.

Match each description with the correct answer choice.


Which Bantu tribe in Natal is the most famous?

a)

Zulu

b)

Boers

c)

Afrikaans

d)

Portugal

e)

Rhodesia

52.

Match each description with the correct answer choice.


By what name were the original Dutch farmers in South Africa known?

a)

Zulu

b)

Boers

c)

Afrikaans

d)

Portugal

e)

Rhodesia

53.

Match each description with the correct answer choice.


What language did the Dutch colonists speak?

a)

Zulu

b)

Boers

c)

Afrikaans

d)

Portugal

e)

Rhodesia

54.

Match each description with the correct answer choice.


Which European colonial power had the greatest influence over Angola?

a)

France

b)

Germany

c)

Spain

d)

Portugal

e)

Italy

55.

Match each description with the correct answer choice.


By what name was Zimbabwe formerly known?

a)

Zulu

b)

Boers

c)

Afrikaans

d)

Portugal

e)

Rhodesia

56.

Match each description with the correct answer choice.


What is the collective name of the four main volcanic islands and several islets northwest of Madagascar?

a)

Comoros

b)

Great Rift

c)

Kenya

d)

Serengeti

e)

Horn of Africa

57.

Match each description with the correct answer choice.


The _____ Valley is the “gash” in the earth that runs from the Middle East southward through East Africa.

a)

Comoros

b)

Great Rift

c)

Kenya

d)

Serengeti

e)

Horn of Africa

58.

Match each description with the correct answer choice.


Which country is considered the key to East Africa?

a)

Comoros

b)

Great Rift

c)

Kenya

d)

Serengeti

e)

Horn of Africa

59.

Match each description with the correct answer choice.


The _____ Plain has more large land animals than any other area on earth.

a)

Comoros

b)

Great Rift

c)

Kenya

d)

Serengeti

e)

Horn of Africa

60.

Match each description with the correct answer choice.


What is the wide Somali Peninsula on the east side of Africa also called?

a)

Comoros

b)

Great Rift

c)

Kenya

d)

Serengeti

e)

Horn of Africa

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