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Unit 10 Sub-Saharan Africa Review #2

Total questions: 36

Worksheet time: 21mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which physical feature usually has the highest population density?

a)
b)
c)
2.

What word means to change the environment?

a)

Adapt

b)

Preserve

c)

Modify

d)

Protect

3.

Which image shows an example of environmental modification?

a)
b)
c)
4.

Why do people build dams?

a)

to provide water for irrigation

b)

to generate electricity

c)

for economic benefits

d)

ALL OF THE CHOICES

5.

What are human rights?

a)

a policy of racial segregation in South Africa

b)

showing preference to one religion over another

c)

rights that are believed to belong to every human

6.

Apartheid was a system of racial segregation laws in South Africa when black South Africans were not given the same rights as the white South Africans. Laws like apartheid are usually examples of

a)

limited government

b)

unlimited government

7.

The ___ was a period in the late 1800's in which major European countries rapidly colonized nearly the entire continent of Africa.

a)

Conversion

b)

Scramble for Africa

c)

Apartheid

8.

Why did European countries colonize Africa?

a)

Africa was never colonized

b)

traditional tribes asked for help

c)

land, power, and natural resources

9.

What is true about a country with a poor quality of life?

a)

Low GDP per capita

b)

High GDP per capita

c)

High literacy rate

d)

High life expectancy

10.

What is true about a country with a better quality of life?

a)

Low GDP per capita

b)

Low life expectancy

c)

Low literacy rate

d)

High GDP Per Capita

11.

A place made up of people from diverse (many different) cultural backgrounds is called

a)

a society where all people have the same culture

b)

a multicultural society

c)

a rural society

12.

Leo asks "What is the main reason blood diamond are mined?"

a)

for warlords to buy weapons

b)

for the people of Africa to buy food

c)

to sell to United States

d)

all of the above

13.

What type of religion were the ancient civilization

a)

Monotheistic

b)

polytheistic

14.

Monotheistic religions worship__________.

a)

More than one god

b)

only worship one god

c)

worship no one

d)

none of the above

15.

What word means extending a country's power and influence through negotiations or military force?

a)

Exploit

b)

Colonize

c)

Corrupt

d)

Imperialism

16.

The process by which agricultural land is turned into desert.

a)

Arable

b)

Tribute

c)

Impact

d)

Desertification

17.

Monotheistic religions worship__________.

a)

More than one god

b)

only worship one god

c)

worship no one

d)

none of the above

18.
A type of goverment that adheres to the directions of a religion is a...
a)
monarchy
b)
constituonal democracy
c)
theocracy
d)
oligarchy
19.

Pull factors are....

a)

good things that draw a person to another country.

b)

reasons people leave an area

c)

reasons that drive a person out of their country

20.

Push factors are....

a)

good things that draw a person to another country

b)

reasons that drive a person out of their country

c)

reasons people migrate to a new area

21.
Who was elected president in 1994 in South Africa?
a)
Ghandhi
b)
MLK JR
c)
Mandela
d)
Obama
22.

An unlimited government is

a)

allows few rights for citizens

b)

may be guilty of ethnic and political violence to citizens

c)

most power in the hands of the government

d)

All of the above

23.

What does the three religions Judaism, Christianity, & Islam have in common

a)

they worship only one god

b)

They all use a sacred text.

c)

Abraham is one of their leaders

d)

All of the above

24.

Who is Nelson Mandela?

a)

Imprisoned for 27 years

b)

Help end Apartheid

c)

The first black president in South Africa.

d)

All of the above

25.

The competition between European nations to colonize Africa after the The Berlin Conference of 1884 decided who got which areas.

a)
b)
c)
d)
26.

The process of cultivating farmland by clearing out and burning down all vegetation.

a)
b)
c)
d)
27.

A form of renewable energy produced by flowing water, possible in areas near big rivers

a)
b)
c)
d)
28.

The second longest and most powerful river in Africa, flowing through Central and West Africa.

a)
b)
c)
d)
29.

An uncut diamond mined in an area of armed conflict and sold to finance the fighting.

a)
b)
c)
d)
30.

a policy of extending a country's power and influence through diplomacy, military force, or economic force.

a)
b)
c)
d)
31.

Which form of government is governed by a King or Queen?

a)

Anarchy

b)

Oligarchy

c)

Democracy

d)

Monarchy

32.

This form of government exists when a single ruler has absolute control over people'd lives:

a)

Dictatorship

b)

Oligarchy

c)

Representative Democracy

d)

Direct Democracy

33.

My people love me, but I also do not allow them to speak poorly of me. I control what my people see, do, and where they go. What type of government am I representing?

a)

Representative Democracy

b)

Autocracy/ Dictator

c)

Oligarchy

d)

Anarchy

34.

Which of the following would someone who supports a democratic government most likely favor?

a)

Rule by a king or queen.

b)

Special privileges for the wealthy.

c)

Control over the government by a single person.

d)

A society in which citizens freely elect their leaders.

35.

What are the three main languages spoken in Sub-Saharan Africa?

a)

Yitish, Pig latin and Mufossa

b)

English, French and Arabic

c)

French, English and German

d)

Italian, asante swahili and Moroccan

36.

This picture is of a man-made corridor called.....

a)

Panama Canal

b)

The Mississippi

c)

The Rio Grande

d)

The trans Siberian Railroad