WorksheetsAfrica
Total questions: 60
Worksheet time: 30mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
a business or manufacturing activity carried on in a person's home.
a)
cottage industries
b)
Suffrage
c)
birth rate
d)
fertility
2.
A change that improves an individual's ability to survive in a particular environment.
a)
desert
b)
Adaptation
c)
service industry
d)
independence
3.
A climate zone near the equator characterized by warm temperatures. Has the most diverse plant and animal life on the planet.
a)
soil erosion
b)
cottage industries
c)
tropical zone
d)
government subsidies
4.
a farming technique in which trees are cut down and burned to clear and fertilize the land
a)
slash and burn agriculture
b)
epidemic
c)
proximity
d)
service industry
5.
A huge desert stretching across most of North Africa. Receives 0-3" of rain per year. It limited the migration of people from North Africa into Sub-saharan Africa and led to 2 distinct cultures.
a)
Sahara
b)
Adaptation
c)
urban
d)
Desalination
6.
a job or profession
a)
service industry
b)
occupation
c)
desert
d)
Nile River
7.
a large-scale production of crops for sale, intended for widespread distribution to wholesalers or retail outlets
a)
birth rate
b)
Commerical Agriculture
c)
Suffrage
d)
literacy
8.
a long period without rain
a)
South Sudan
b)
conservation
c)
drought
d)
proximity
9.
A movement from one country or region to another
a)
Migration
b)
Sahara
c)
drought
d)
Desertification
10.
A widespread outbreak of an infectious disease.
a)
Segregation
b)
epidemic
c)
Desertification
d)
Commerical Agriculture
11.
an agreement between member countries to remove taxes and trade barriers on products traded among them
a)
Free Trade Agreement
b)
infrastructure
c)
import
d)
occupation
12.
An extremely dry area with little water and few plants
a)
Nile River
b)
Highland
c)
desert
d)
cottage industries
13.
An increase in population over a period of time. Leads to war over land, destruction of ecosystems, and rising demand for food, water, infrastructure, and jobs. Can be slowed by education for women and family planning.
a)
population growth
b)
Tropical Savanna
c)
Apartheid
d)
infrastructure
14.
An indicator of the level of development for each country that is based on income, literacy, education, and life expectancy. Africa has high poverty rates due to war, exploitation of their natural resources, and disease.
a)
Human Development Index (HDI)
b)
primitive
c)
exploit
d)
Sahara
15.
Any kind of economic activity that produces a service rather than a product
a)
service industry
b)
irrigation
c)
Immigration
d)
urban
16.
Belt south of the Sahara where it transitions into savanna across central Africa. Receives 5-20" of rain per year.
a)
Sahel
b)
Apartheid
c)
tropical zone
d)
industralization
17.
Body of water in the Sahel that is shrinking due to irrigation and climate change.
a)
Humid Tropical
b)
Judicial Branch
c)
Lake Chad
d)
Human Development Index (HDI)
18.
Branch of government that decides if laws are carried out fairly. (Courts/Supreme Court)
a)
socialist economy
b)
Judicial Branch
c)
currency
d)
subsistence agriculture
19.
characterized by grasses and scattered trees in climates that receive less precipitation than some other tropical areas
a)
Migration
b)
hinders
c)
Tropical Savanna
d)
Segregation
20.
city
a)
slash and burn agriculture
b)
urban
c)
Desalination
d)
life expectancy
21.
closeness
a)
currency
b)
proximity
c)
socialist economy
d)
Lake Chad
22.
create difficulties
a)
independence
b)
industralization
c)
hinders
d)
currency
23.
Culturally similar to the Middle East.
a)
urban
b)
North Africa
c)
Adaptation
d)
irrigation
24.
Development that meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs.
a)
poverty
b)
sustainable development
c)
export
d)
North Africa
25.
economy in which the government owns and operates large-scale companies for the benefit of the public
a)
socialist economy
b)
Judicial Branch
c)
Humid Tropical
d)
soil erosion
26.
elevated land area such as a hill, mountain, or plateau
a)
North Africa
b)
Highland
c)
government subsidies
d)
soil erosion
27.
extremely dry
a)
Desalination
b)
arid
c)
slash and burn agriculture
d)
diversity
28.
Financial help by the government to a person or group in support of a business regarded as being in the public interest
a)
cottage industries
b)
government subsidies
c)
soil erosion
d)
birth rate
29.
freedom
a)
import
b)
infrastructure
c)
independence
d)
Migration
30.
Laws (no longer in effect) in South Africa that physically segregated different races into different geographic areas. (restricted rights and opportunities). Whites were first, Asians and coloreds were second class citizens, and Blacks were treated the worst.
a)
Apartheid
b)
arid
c)
sustainable development
d)
conservation
31.
Laws (no longer in effect) in South Africa that physically separated different races into different geographic areas
a)
population growth
b)
Apartheid
c)
fertility
d)
South Sudan
32.
money
a)
Sahel
b)
currency
c)
diversity
d)
Apartheid
33.
Movement of individuals into a population
a)
Immigration
b)
diversity
c)
Sahel
d)
primitive
34.
One country taking over another area to be used for their benefit. Colonizers usually used the land and limited the rights of the colonized people.
a)
HIV/AIDS
b)
Colonization
c)
literacy
d)
poverty
35.
Protecting and preserving natural resources and the environment
a)
government subsidies
b)
North Africa
c)
conservation
d)
Tropical Savanna
36.
separation of the races
a)
subsistence agriculture
b)
Colonization
c)
Segregation
d)
Adaptation
37.
simple and not complicated
a)
industralization
b)
independence
c)
primitive
d)
epidemic
38.
Small scale agriculture in traditional societies. Uses livestock to farm. Caused by lack of technology, electricity, infrastructure, and good road systems.
a)
conservation
b)
subsistence agriculture
c)
South Sudan
d)
Sub-Saharan Africa
39.
Supplying water to an area of land
a)
irrigation
b)
exploit
c)
primitive
d)
socialist economy
40.
the ability to read and write
a)
Highland
b)
literacy
c)
Nile River
d)
desert
41.
The average number of years an individual can be expected to live, given current social, economic, and medical conditions. Life expectancy at birth is the average number of years a newborn infant can expect to live.
a)
Commerical Agriculture
b)
life expectancy
c)
Sub-Saharan Africa
d)
Colonization
42.
the basic physical and organizational structures and facilities (e.g., buildings, roads, and power supplies) needed for the operation of a society or enterprise.
a)
infrastructure
b)
drought
c)
Sahara
d)
Free Trade Agreement
43.
the change from an agricultural based economy to an industrial based economy; more factories
a)
fertility
b)
population growth
c)
industralization
d)
export
44.
the changes that humans make to the natural environment in order to live comfortably in the environment. Differs based on location. example: igloos in Alaska and adobe houses in New Mexico
a)
Free Trade Agreement
b)
occupation
c)
Human Modification
d)
Humid Tropical
45.
The gradual transformation of habitable land into desert. Caused by overgrazing and bad farming techniques
a)
Desertification
b)
Apartheid
c)
Tropical Savanna
d)
Human Modification
46.
the number of births in a population in a certain amount of time
a)
Human Modification
b)
birth rate
c)
Lake Chad
d)
sustainable development
47.
the part of Africa below the Sahara Desert
a)
Human Development Index (HDI)
b)
Sub-Saharan Africa
c)
life expectancy
d)
Apartheid
48.
The production of offspring within a population
a)
Desertification
b)
fertility
c)
Segregation
d)
hinders
49.
the removal of salt from seawater to make it usable for drinking and farming
a)
export
b)
poverty
c)
Desalination
d)
import
50.
the right to vote
a)
hinders
b)
Suffrage
c)
Migration
d)
Highland
51.
the state of being extremely poor
a)
occupation
b)
poverty
c)
Free Trade Agreement
d)
population growth
52.
The world's longest river, which flows northward through East Africa into the Mediterranean Sea. Attracts people because of fresh water and fertile soil.
a)
Colonization
b)
Nile River
c)
subsistence agriculture
d)
Suffrage
53.
to carry into the country
a)
import
b)
Lake Chad
c)
Human Modification
d)
tropical zone
54.
to carry out of the country
a)
life expectancy
b)
Human Development Index (HDI)
c)
export
d)
drought
55.
to take advantage of
a)
exploit
b)
proximity
c)
epidemic
d)
Sahel
56.
variety; many
a)
Immigration
b)
irrigation
c)
diversity
d)
exploit
57.
Virus that destroys the immune system that should protect the body from diseases. The disease is passed from person to person through body fluid transfer. Worse in Africa due to little access to health care, limited transportation and communication.
a)
Sub-Saharan Africa
b)
Commerical Agriculture
c)
HIV/AIDS
d)
arid
58.
Warm with high amounts of rain year-round
a)
literacy
b)
HIV/AIDS
c)
Humid Tropical
d)
Segregation
59.
wearing away of surface soil by water and wind
a)
soil erosion
b)
sustainable development
c)
arid
d)
Immigration
60.
World's newest country. Created by peaceful political process- voting
a)
tropical zone
b)
South Sudan
c)
Apartheid
d)
slash and burn agriculture
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