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Africa Test Review #2

Total questions: 25

Worksheet time: 13mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What country, with a popluation over 200 million, is the most populous in all of Africa?

a)

Nigeria

b)

Egypt

c)

South Africa

d)

Chad

2.

What is the largest city in all of Africa?

a)

Cape Town

b)

Mogadishu

c)

Lagos

d)

Cairo

3.

Term for tropical grassland with scattered trees.

a)

savanna

b)

tropical rain forest

c)

desert

d)

plains

4.

People who share a common language, culture, and history.

a)

animist

b)

polytheistic

c)

ethnic group

d)

culture group

5.

An extreme shortage of water.

a)

drought

b)

oasis

c)

savanna

d)

sahel

6.

What is the capital of Egypt?

a)

Tunisia

b)

Algiers

c)

Cairo

d)

Lagos

7.

A crack in the earth's crust.

a)

desertification

b)

fault

c)

coral

d)

delta

8.

People who hunt illegally.

a)

animists

b)

poachers

c)

stealers

d)

sorids

9.

The largest lake in Africa is what?

a)

Lake Malawi

b)

Lake Nile

c)

Lake Algeria

d)

Lake Victoria

10.

The people who are originally from a place,  as opposed to colonial populations

a)

animists

b)

original

c)

indigenous

d)

patriarichal

11.

Growing large quantities of crops or livestock in order to sell them for a profit

a)

subsistence farming

b)

commercial farming

c)

industrial farming

d)

wild wing farming

12.

A term that means "self-government"

a)

communism

b)

democracy

c)

theocracy

d)

autonomy

13.

A person who must flee his or her country to  seek safety somewhere else.

a)

immigrant

b)

refugee

c)

nomad

d)

traveler

14.

Small countries surrounded by a larger country.

a)

exclaves

b)

delta

c)

enclaves

d)

externals

15.

A long cliff that separates lands at two different altitudes.

a)

escarpment

b)

estuary

c)

delta

d)

rain shadow

16.

This is the most comon religion practiced in Southern Africa.

a)

Christianity

b)

Islam

c)

Buddhism

d)

Animism

17.

A government system established in South Africa in 1948 that segregated the black and whites in housing, jobs and rights.

a)

urbanization

b)

communism

c)

apartheid

d)

theocracy

18.

In what year were the first free elections held iin South Africa?

a)

1899

b)

1925

c)

1994

d)

2005

19.

What is the name of the man who is elected president of South Africa after the first free elections where held?

a)

Nelson Mandela

b)

Charles De Gual

c)

James Naismith

d)

William De Klerk

20.

The migration of epopel from rural areas to urban areas.

a)

urbanization

b)

migration

c)

ruralification

d)

destination

21.

A tiny area of a country separated from its main part

a)

exclave

b)

enclave

c)

indoclave

d)

outoclave

22.

A term for a large waterfall

a)

delta

b)

estuary

c)

cataract

d)

exclave

23.

This newly built dam in Ethiopia is the largest hydroelectric power plant in Africa.

a)

Grand Millennium Dam

b)

Ethiopian Grand Dam

c)

Nile Dam

d)

East African Dam

24.

In what year did South Sudan gain it's independance?

a)

1992

b)

1805

c)

2011

d)

2020

25.

What is the capital of Sierra Leone

a)

Freetown

b)

Mogadishu

c)

Talipia

d)

Cape Town