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Sub-Saharan Africa Quiz Review

Total questions: 23

Worksheet time: 26mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Africa is the _____ largest continent in the world.

a)

2nd

b)

3rd

c)

4th

d)

5th

2.

True or False: Tigers are native to Africa.

a)

True

b)

False

3.

Africa is a vast continent with _____.

a)

many different species of humans.

b)

all the same language.

c)

many different traditions, beliefs, and languages.

d)

no major cities because it's a desert.

4.

____ is a "Y" shaped trench that is over 3,000 miles long, formed by divergent tectonic plates moving away from each other, and has many deep lakes.

a)

The Great Plains

b)

The Great Wall of China

c)

The Great Lakes

d)

The Great Rift Valley

5.

Which continent is shown in red?

a)

Europe

b)

South America

c)

Africa

d)

Asia

6.

Africa has many resources, such as ____.

a)

fish from the Amazon River

b)

tigers, and opals

c)

whale oil and permafrost

d)

gold, diamonds, and oil

7.

The major religion in Sub-Saharan Africa is...

a)

Christian

b)

Islamic

c)

Muslim

d)

Judaism

8.

What is the red line called?

a)

Prime Meridian

b)

Equator

c)

Tropic of Capricorn

d)

Arctic Circle

9.

Which climate region would people live in more?

a)

grasslands

b)

rainforest

c)

highlands

d)

desert

10.

The Ancient Empires of Mali and Ghana grew wealthy from trading -

a)

land and copper

b)

gold, iron, and salt

c)

pepper and other spices

d)

oil and uranium

11.

The ancient empires of Mali and Ghana are both located in -

a)

southern Africa

b)

eastern Asia

c)

western Europe

d)

western Africa

12.

The empires of Africa had routes through a vast desert in Northern Africa. This desert's name is -

a)

the Kalihari

b)

the Gobi

c)

the Sahara

d)

the Nile

13.

Caravans moved their goods across the Sahara by using ____ as the most common mode of transportation.

a)

camels

b)

Volkswagen beetles

c)

horses

d)

goat carts

14.

Migration is -

a)

the movement of people from one place to another with the intent to settle

b)

the movement of people to another group in the room

c)

when people move in any way, like dancing

d)

when an artist shows movement in their work through their use of line, shape, and form

15.

True or False: Some of the reasons that people migrate are natural disasters, drought, and climate.

a)

true

b)

false

16.

The Atlantic Slave Trade was different from previous forms of slavery because it was justified by ____. (wrongly justified)

a)

height

b)

race

c)

language

17.

The _____ was the forced voyage across the Atlantic Ocean that captured Africans endured.

a)

Silk Road

b)

Underground Railroad

c)

Journey

d)

Middle Passage

18.

Which continent was not involved in the Triangular Trade?

a)

Asia

b)

North and South America (the Americas)

c)

Europe

d)

Africa

19.

The ____ was a time when European countries occupied and colonized 90% of Africa.

a)

Silk Road

b)

Colonial Era

c)

Scramble for Africa

d)

Antebellum

20.

_____ was held to control and regulate how the Europeans would colonize and conduct their trades in Africa.

a)

The Nuremburg Trials

b)

The Berlin Conference

c)

Brown v. Board of Education

d)

The Great Compromise

21.

How many African nations attended or were invited to the Berlin Conference?

a)

0

b)

10

c)

27

d)

54

22.

The Berlin Conference created new _____ in Africa that sometimes grouped together people that had never been united or separated existing groups.

a)

laws

b)

borders

c)

traditions

d)

languages

23.

By the mid-twentieth century Africans began to openly oppose ____ control of their countries. They were tired of being treated like second-class citizens in their own land. (select the best answer)

a)

British

b)

Dutch

c)

German

d)

European