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WorksheetsAfrica Final Exam Review
Total questions: 74
Worksheet time: 54mins
What sparked the interest of Europe in colonizing Africa
The Berlin Conference
Trade
Slavery
Natural Resources
What African country achieved its independence with peaceful protest because of unfair British taxes, but ended up in civil war after their independence in 1960?
Kenya
Nigeria
Sudan
Egypt
What President of South Africa, elected in 1989, fought to end apartheid and freed Nelson Mandela?
Marcus Garvey
Martin Luther King Jr.
Nelson Mandela
F.W. de Klerk
What African country had rebel fighters against the British called the Mau Mau, who's military uprisings influenced the British to grant the country independence in 1963?
Kenya
Nigeria
Sudan
Algeria
What did the Berlin Conference accomplish?
Setting war with the African people
Setting up trade with Africa
Partitioning the land of African
Creating negotiations
Which one of these did not happen at the Berlin Conference?
Europeans partitioned the land of Africa
African were consulted about how their land would be partitioned
Europeans divided the land based on natural resources
Europeans installed new governments in the lands that they colonized
What was the main goal of the Pan-African Movement?
The purpose of the Pan African Movement was to establish independence among European Nations
To walk for independence?
The purpose of the Pan African Movement was to establish independence among African Nations
To stand up for those who could not.
How could the political situation in Nigeria be described today?
The government is still unstable.
Nigeria currently has a government that is able to work efficiently with its problems.
Ghana took over Nigeria several years ago.
Nigeria never got its independence over Great Britan
How did Kenya become an independent country?
The Indians took over and killed every British man.
The British are still in Kenya and it isn't independent.
The British left the country in large numbers and the Africans took Kenya back over.
The British segregated against Africans so they decided that they should stay in power forever so no black man will be the leader of Kenya.
Nationalism is...
strong pride in one's country; a desire for self-government
moving from place to place for subsistence
traveling abroad to convert others to their religion
only found in the United States
During the apartheid era, South Africans were divided into different groups. The group that had the MOST freedoms and privileges was
the Bantu (black Africans)
the colored (people of mixed race)
white (descendants of Boers and British)
people of Asian descent
European colonization
led to the trans-Atlantic slave trade
caused the stock market crash of 1929
established political borders that separated tribes
all of the above
The modern day political boundaries, civil wars, and conflicts found in Africa can often be traced back to
Ancient African trading empires
European cooperation in the late 1900s
Asian invasions in the 1800s
European partitioning and colonization
Which factor most limited the development of African nationalism?
European support of an educational system based on local traditions and language
the prior experience of Africans with economic self-sufficiency
political boundaries imposed by Europeans that had little relationship to African tribal boundaries
the European practice of making decisions based on local customs
Kenya gained independence in 1963 after a rise in the beliefs of the citizens that they had much common ground, should govern themselves, and could express their culture better on their own. This intense belief in one’s country is known as which philosophy?
Nepotism
Capitalism
Nationalism
Confucianism
What does ANC stand for?
African National Convention - meeting where South African leaders and politicians gather every year to discuss ways to heal the racial divide.
Association of Native Cultures - a cultural festival that celebrates the different ethnic groups that were present in South Africa before Europe controlled it.
African National Congress - a political party formed in 1911 to give blacks a voice in the South African government.
Awesome New Contagion - a recently discovered bacterial infection that causes projectile vomiting in students who don't pay attention in social studies class.
Which statement best characterizes the period of apartheid in South Africa?
the majority of the population had the right to vote
the Boers attempted to conquer Nigeria
French was declared the official language of the nation
many racist ideas of the ruling minority were adopted into laws
In what country was apartheid a part of the law?
Great Britain
Russia
Mexico
South Africa
What is the term that describes a country's desire to "expand their borders to overseas territories and colonies"?
Industrialization
Imperialism
Enlightenment
Agriculture
What is the term that describes a country's desire to "expand their borders to overseas territories and colonies"?
Industrialization
Imperialism
Enlightenment
Agriculture
What happened as a result of the Berlin Conference of 1884-1885?
France and Britain agreed to combine African colonies
less fighting between African leaders and European powers
African leaders voiced their suggestions
Europeans divided Africa into colonies
Which country is correctly matched to what its economy specializes in?
Nigeria: oil
South Africa: timber
Kenya: minerals & metals
South Africa: banking
What type of economic system best describes the nations of Kenya, Nigeria, and South Africa?
Traditional
Market
Mixed
Command
What is the relationship between literacy rates and standard of living
as literacy increases, standard of living increases
as standard of living decreases, literacy increases
Lack of food or starvation is also known as...
fasting
falling
famine
farming
Rebel groups use the profits from poaching to buy?
Weapons
More diamonds
More livestock
Nothing
What is a famine?
A family
When someone becomes famous
Animals being killed for food
A widespread shortage of food
Which of the following is a disease spread by mosquitoes?
Malaria
Parasites
Hepatitis B
The Flu
Why are so many people sick in Africa?
Limited or no access to medical care
There are plenty of doctors in Africa
People have too much money
Not many people are sick
Why are literacy rates for girls lower than those for boys in both Kenya and Sudan?
Very few schools have been opened for girls in either country
Girls have shown they cannot do schoolwork as easily as boys
Most girls in these countries have no interest in going to school
Traditional views say that girls should be married rather than educated
Fighting between two or more groups or regions in the same country is referred to as (SS7H1)
Genocide
Racism
Civil war
Diaspora
Which country would MOST LIKELY be suffering the MOST from government instability?
Kenya
Nigeria
South Africa
South Africa & Kenya
A limit on the amount of a good that is imported
poverty
quota
tariff
economy
When one country refuses to trade with another country.
export
quota
embargo
market
Saudi Arabia's economy relies heavily on
the tourist industry
the petroleum industry
the fine metals industry
the natural gas industry
Why must Saudi Arabia diversify its economy?
The global price of oil is increasing
The global price of oil is decreasing
The supply of oil is increasing in the world
the supply of oil is being replaced at a slow rate
What is the primary function of OPEC?
To determine who gets oil and who does not.
To regulate the price of oil on the global market.
To decide how much oil should be traded between nations.
They have no function; they are just a group of countries.
Which of the following BEST describes a quota?
a ban placed on all trade with a particular country
a limit on the amount of goods that can be imported from a country
a tax on export goods paid to the exporting government
a tax placed on goods imported from a country
Which of the following BEST describes an embargo?
a ban placed on all trade with a particular country
a limit on the amount of goods that can be imported from a country
a tax on export goods paid to the exporting government
a tax placed on goods imported from a country
Which of the following BEST describes a tariff?
a ban placed on all trade with a particular country
a limit on the amount of goods that can be imported from a country
a tax on export goods paid to the exporting government
a tax placed on goods imported from a country
Why would a country invest in human capital?
to make sure workers are able to do specialized work
to reduce economic specialization
to increase the value of natural resources
to reduce competition among businesses
What incentive might a national government have for improving education and literacy in their country?
Educated populations do not need to trade with other countries.
Educated populations have a higher standard of living than uneducated populations.
Educated populations are less likely to distrust the government.
Educated populations produce more agricultural goods than uneducated populations.
How does water pollution in Africa slow economic development?
when citizens are sick all the time they can not work or go to school
governments in Africa spend all of their money on cleaning up water pollution
people refuse to take part in economic activities that might harm the environment
countries spend all of their money importing water
What is OPEC?
a group of countries that work together to control the price of oil
a group of countries that work together to prevent future world wars
an alliance of countries responsible for protecting Israel
a group of oil companies that work together to control the price of oil
What would you look at to determine standard of living of a country?
GDP
GDP per capita
literacy rate
government type
Why are literacy rates for girls lower than those for boys in both Kenya and Sudan?
Very few schools have been opened for girls in either country.
Girls have shown they cannot do schoolwork as easily as boys.
Traditional cultures teach that females should marry rather than seek an education.
Most girls in these countries do not want to go to school.
Why has education reform been slow to take place in Sudan?
The Quran forbids formal education among its followers.
Sudan has been involved in civil war for many years.
It has been difficult to find any teachers to teach in Sudan.
Most people are trained to work in the oil fields and do not need to go to school.
Which country is correctly matched to what its economy specializes in?
Nigeria: oil
South Africa: timber
Kenya: minerals & metals
South Africa: banking
What type of economic system best describes the nations of Kenya, Nigeria, and South Africa?
Traditional
Market
Mixed
Command
Members of the legislature choose the head of the government in what type of government?
presidential democracy
parliamentary democracy
constitutional monarchy
Theocratic state
Situation: A president abuses his/her power in office and denies the citizens' right to vote in another leader.
The country would change from a democracy to a(n) _____________________.
theocracy
parliamentary democracy
bicameral legislature
autocracy
Which statement below describes an autocracy?
People choose representatives to the government.
The leader has absolute power and cannot be voted out.
The legislators select the leader.
The leader is elected directly by the people.
A greater separation of executive and legislative powers exists in what type of government?
democracy
autocracy
parliamentary democracy
presidential democracy
How is the president of South Africa chosen?
The president is directly elected by the people in a national election.
The president is chosen by the country’s religious leaders.
The president is elected by parliament, which is called the National Assembly.
The president is appointed by a king
What is the leader of a parliamentary system often called?
king
president
governor
prime minister
Which BEST describe the two predominant forms of a democratic government?
dictatorship & republican
presidential & dictatorship
parliamentary & presidential
presidential & confederate
In this type of government, the elected head of the executive branch acts independently of the legislative and judicial branches.
Parliamentary Democracy
Republic
Presidential Democracy
Theocracy
Which health issue has a higher rate in Southern Africa than in any other region in Africa?
HIV/AIDS
Influenza
Ebola
Malaria
Most people in Central Africa live in ___________ areas.
Rural
Urban
Desert
Abandoned
Which natural resource has most helped the Republic of South Africa to build a strong economy?
oil
diamonds
forests
wildlife
Why has modernization and industrialization NOT come easily to Central and Southern Africa?
the region is under military control and currently the modernization is actually coming along very easily.
the region has little infrastructure, poor transportation and educational systems are hindrances to modernization.
the region is entirely Muslim and is according to Islamic law they are not allowed to modernize.
the region has no resources and low population growth that slow modernization.
What disease carried by mosquitoes kills over a million Africans a year?
AIDS
Malaria
Influenza
Ebola
