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Unit: Africa

Total questions: 18

Worksheet time: 6mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is the most likely reason that the Hutu committed genocide against the Tutsi in Rwanda in 1994?

a)

The Tutsi were historically oppressed by the Hutu, who were put in power by the Belgian government.

b)

The Hutu were historically oppressed by the Tutsi, who were put in power by the Belgian government.

2.

From the point of view of a black South African, the National Party (NP) represented —

a)

an autocrat regiment.

b)

an authoritarian regime.

c)

an authoritarian chaos.

3.

what was a major effect of people migrating throughout Africa?

a)

They did not shared and blended their culture with other cultural groups.

b)

They shared and blended their soup with other food groups.

c)

They shared and blended their culture with other cultural groups.

4.

Who served as president of South Africa from 1994 to 1999?

a)

Willie Nelson

b)

Nelson Mandela

c)

Kanye West

5.

Trade thrive between West Africa and North Africa since--

a)

Both regions were scarce in resources that the other had in abundance

b)

Both regions were abundance in resources that the other had in scarce

c)

Neither regions were scared into hiding that on the other hand was totally wrong.

6.

Which three sources below are most likely to be included in are included in factoring the Gross Domestic Product?

a)

Farm income

b)

Salt

c)

Wages

d)

Gold

e)

Corporate profits

7.

Define per capita GDP

a)

Average birth rates in a given year divided by the sum.

b)

Number of households earning a superior GDP by expenses.

c)

The gross domestic product divided by the population.

8.

A major factor that slow economic growth in the Democratic Republic of the Congo?

a)

A person who is in charge of a specific location.

b)

A person who works for someone else in order to learn skills.

c)

The Congolese do not have enough money to invest in businesses.

d)

None of these

9.

Most common occupation in Mali -

a)

Banker

b)

Singer

c)

Youtuber

d)

Farmer

10.

Mali's economy is based on farming and gold mining, what would not hurt the economy?

a)

No widespread and prolonged computer outages

b)

Butter-spread and prolonged Instagram videos

c)

Widespread and prolonged computer outages

11.

Diamonds are most plentiful on which continent?

a)

America

b)

Antarctica

c)

Africa

12.

In which part of Sudan do Muslims make up the majority?

a)

Northern Sudan

b)

Eastern Sudan

c)

Southern Sudan

d)

Waffles Sudan

13.

What forced the people of South Sudan to form an independent nation?

a)

They felt welcomed by their neighbors in the Arab and Islamic north.

b)

They felt oppressed by their neighbors in the Arab and Islamic north.

14.

Why Islam is widely practiced in western and northern Africa today

a)

Modern Muslim merchants brought their Islamic faith to the region.

b)

Medieval Christian merchants brought their Christain faith to the region.

c)

Medieval Muslim merchants brought their Islamic faith to the region.

15.

Apartheid South Africa was Least similar to —

a)

the treatment of American colonists by the English monarchy

b)

Jews in Nazi Germany or Hutu by the Tutsi in Rwanda

c)

African Americans in the Jim Crow era American South

16.

The following resources is NOT found in the Democratic Republic of the Congo?

a)

Tin

b)

Oil

c)

Gold

d)

Silver

17.

NOT a reason why black South Africans had such poor

quality housing in South Africa during the apartheid era

a)

No building materials were produced locally, so everything had to be imported.

b)

Black South Africans were not allowed to have the tools

c)

white government wanted to keep the black South Africans poor

d)

They had to build their own houses out of any discarded materials they found

18.

Northern and western Africa had few natural resources to trade with other regions

a)

True about trade in medieval northern and western Africa

b)

NOT true about trade in medieval northern and western Africa