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Africa Pop Quiz

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which biome has abundant grasslands with a few scattered trees?

a)

Tropical Rainforest

b)

Tropical Savanna

c)

Sahel

d)

Desert

2.

Which biome is VERY dry?

a)

Tropical Rainforest

b)

Tropical Savanna

c)

Sahel

d)

Desert

3.

Which biome has a large amount of trees?

a)

Rainforest

b)

Savanna

c)

Sahel

d)

Desert

4.

Which biome is hot year-round and very rainy?

a)

Rainforest

b)

Savanna

c)

Sahel

d)

Desert

5.

Which biome is getting larger due to Climate Change?

a)

Rainforest

b)

Savanna

c)

Sahel

d)

Desert

6.

Ghana grew rich because of the trade of ______ and _______.

a)

Salt and Iron

b)

Gold and Iron

c)

Gold and Salt

d)

Salt and Ore

7.

The large geographical feature in the north of Africa which tremendously affected the way in which North Africans lived is called the ____________.

a)

Sahel

b)

Sahara

c)

Savannah

d)

Rainforest

8.

____________ was an important African leader who led a pilgrimage of 8,000 people to Mecca and exposed Europeans and Arabs to West African civilization.

a)

King Ali

b)

Ibn Battuta

c)

Ms. L

d)

Mansa Musa

9.

There are many animals living in which biome?

a)

Sahel

b)

Savannah

c)

Sahara

d)

New York

10.

This biome is known as the transition zone

a)

Sahel

b)

Savannah

c)

Sahara

d)

Rainforest

11.

Which of the following made West African farming more efficient?

a)

iron tools (ironworking)

b)

improved seeds

c)

terraced hills

d)

irrigation systems

12.

Geography affected settlement patterns in West Africa.

a)

True

b)

False

13.

What river is located in the west of Ghana?

a)

The Congo

b)

The Niger

c)

Nigeria

d)

Kenya

14.

Where did the salt come from?

a)

Sahel

b)

Sahara

c)

Savannah

d)

Rainforest

15.

Who were the story tellers who kept African history alive?

a)

Genealogists

b)

Historians

c)

Griots

d)

Librarians

16.

What is the major geographic feature that travelers crossed? (7.14)

a)

Sahara Mountains

b)

Sahara Desert

c)

Mediterranean Sea

d)

Gulf of Guinea

17.

Who is from Mali, and is considered the wealthiest man to ever live? He also spread Islam on his journey to Mecca?

a)

Mehmet

b)

John Cena

c)

Mansa Musa

d)

Musolini

18.

A savannah is

a)

a dry desert.

b)

a jungle.

c)

a flat grassland.

d)

a mountain range.

19.

This was traded for gold and was considered to have the same worth pound for pound.

a)

millet

b)

salt

c)

books

d)

textiles

20.

Mansa Musa became famous during the Hajj he took to...

a)

Mecca

b)

Medina

c)

Cairo

d)

Timbuktu