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Africa Pt. 2

Total questions: 27

Worksheet time: 14mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is limited in North Africa?

a)

Government stability

b)

Food for consumption

c)

Water for consumption and irrigation

d)

Libyan Tribes

2.

Why has the North African country Libya created a Great Man-Made River?

a)

For more trade potential

b)

To supply freshwater

c)

To provide hydroelectric power

d)

To create a wonder of the world

3.

What could the great demand for water in North Africa lead to?

a)

Environmental warming

b)

Governmental instability

c)

More water being drained than is being replenished

d)

Increased trade

4.

What did the Aswan High Dam (in Egypt, North Africa) do?

a)

Alter the ecosystem

b)

Give rise to waterborne diseases

c)

Inhibit the flow of fertile silt to farmland

d)

All of the above

5.

What is highly profitable in North Africa?

a)

Safety precautions

b)

Tourism

c)

Oil/petroleum

d)

Technology

6.

What has lack of safety precautions regarding oil in North Africa led to?

a)

Stricter safety laws

b)

Oil spills and waste seeping into rivers

c)

Millions of dollars in OSHA violations

d)

The Anti-Pollution Act of 1963

7.

What do the Sahel's main industries of agriculture and herding livestock require?

a)

God and glory

b)

Money and support

c)

Water and arable land

d)

Booting up and PC

8.

What does overgrazing in the Sahel cause?

a)

Animals compact soil

b)

Plant roots die

c)

Soil's water capacity is lowered

d)

All of the above

9.

What can better crop varieties and new ways to conserve water bring back in the Sahel?

a)

Fertile land

b)

The British

c)

Minerals

d)

Water

10.

What project in the Sahel is an attempt to stop the spread of the Sahara?

a)

The Big Black Barrier

b)

The Great Green Wall

c)

The Fixed Fortitude Act

d)

The Great Gatsby

11.

What causes many fatal illnesses in West Africa?

a)

Kurzgesagt

b)

OSHA violations

c)

Death

d)

Poor sanitation

12.

Which of these hinders economic development in West Africa?

a)

Illegal logging

b)

Lack of OSHA enforcement

c)

Corruption

d)

Global warming

13.

Which of these hinders economic development in West Africa?

a)

Fortification

b)

Manhattan herding

c)

Illegal extraction of natural resources

d)

OSHA

14.

What provides food and shelter for fish, as well as food for coastal people in West Africa?

a)

Manmade aquariums

b)

The Great Rift Valley

c)

The Panama Canal

d)

Lagoons and mangrove swamps

15.

Which of these is an important source of food and commercial fishing revenue in West Africa?

a)

The Atlantic Ocean

b)

The Baltic Sea

c)

The Pacific Ocean

d)

The Mediterranean Sea

16.

What do Lake Chad and Lake Volta supply in West Africa?

a)

Food

b)

Better OSHA guidelines

c)

Hydroelectric power

d)

Irrigation for farming

17.

Where is life expectancy, literacy, and living standards the lowest in the world?

a)

North Africa

b)

South Africa

c)

East Africa

d)

West Africa

18.

What has logging to meet local demands for wood in areas without electricity led to in East Africa?

a)

Deforestation

b)

OSHA violations

c)

Increase in aquatic diversity

d)

Irrigation

19.

What is causing pollution in East Africa's waterways?

a)

The EWOKAS Act

b)

Increased urbanization and industrialization

c)

Lowered trade

d)

Lack of OSHA regulations

20.

Why has the elephant and rhinoceroses population lowered in East Africa?

a)

Industrialization

b)

Pollution is destroying their homes

c)

People are poaching them for their horns

d)

Global warming

21.

What does national parks and wildlife reserves do for East Africa?

a)

Brings tourism

b)

Boosts the economy

c)

Boosts support for conservation

d)

All of the above

22.

What can be attributed to poverty in Southern Africa?

a)

Bad waterways

b)

Subsistence farming

c)

Failure to manage valuable resources

d)

Irrigation

23.

Why must people focus primarily on sustaining their families in Southern Africa?

a)

Food is scarce

b)

Religious beliefs encourage it

c)

There is little health care and education

d)

Jobs have become easier

24.

Because of gas and electricity, what have people begun to rely on for warmth in Southern Africa?

a)

Forest fires

b)

Firewood

c)

Lightning

d)

Smokestacks

25.

What is wrong with the water in Southern Africa?

a)

Nestle keeps taking it

b)

It is Dasani

c)

It often contaminated

d)

It is distilled

26.

What are urban areas lacking in Southern Africa?

a)

Sanitation

b)

Economy

c)

OSHA

d)

Defenses

27.

What are many countries in Southern Africa adopting?

a)

Laws to protect wildlife

b)

Foreign immigrants

c)

Annexation from the UN

d)

Indigenous peoples