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Africa geography

Total questions: 23

Worksheet time: 12mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

In North Africa as population increases what is limited?

a)

freshwater

b)

milk

c)

money

2.

The cultures of North Africa changed including what language?

a)

Muslim

b)

Christianity

c)

Arabic

3.

In what year did European countries began colonizing parts of North Africa?

a)

1800s

b)

1900s

c)

2000s

4.

North Africa is a mix of which culture.

a)

Catholic

b)

indigenous

c)

Muslim

5.

What is one place nomadic farmers migrated from in North Africa?

a)

deserts

b)

North America

c)

islands

6.

What climate limits agriculture growth in North Africa?

a)

arid

b)

cold

c)

warm

7.

The African Transition Zone does what to an area of climate change?

a)

encompasses

b)

change

c)

encircles

8.

In the Transition Zone what year left the area drier and hotter?

a)

1800 a. c.

b)

1900 a. c.

c)

2000 a. c.

9.

What trade was increased in the Transition Zone?

a)

gold

b)

silver

c)

diamonds

10.

As countries achieved independence in the Transition zone what struggled?

a)

religion groups

b)

ethnic groups

c)

culture groups

11.

What's on ething that supported most of the population in the Transition Zone?

a)

subsistence farming

b)

subsistence herding

c)

nomadic farming

12.

Why did people migrate to West Africa?

a)

climate

b)

wealth

c)

fearful for their lives

13.

What did West Africa have an abundance of?

a)

resources

b)

money

c)

wealth

14.

Whats one thing destroying West Africa's land?

a)

Over fishing

b)

Over grazing

c)

over watching

15.

What is one key source of revenue in West Africa?

a)

farming

b)

grazing

c)

fishing

16.

Fossils of what have been found in East Africa?

a)

pre-animals

b)

pre-humans

c)

pre-plants

17.

Who took over the Indian Ocean in East Africa?

a)

English

b)

Spanish

c)

Portuguese

18.

People are mostly what in Eastern Africa?

a)

Arab

b)

Muslim

c)

Buddhist

19.

Agriculture makes up what percent of employment in East Africa?

a)

70

b)

80

c)

90

20.

Whats one thing South Africa's know for?

a)

hyenas

b)

Lions

c)

Buffalo

21.

Which direction does South Africa;'s population increase?

a)

east to west

b)

north to south

c)

west to east

22.

The discovery of what gave rise to settlements in Southern Africa?

a)

silver

b)

diamonds

c)

gold

23.

What are most people's jobs in Southern Africa?

a)

farmers

b)

builders

c)

steel workers