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Updated Africa quiz

Total questions: 71

Worksheet time: 2hrs 22mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What was a major landform of Northern Africa?

a)

Kalahari Desert

b)

Sahara

c)

Rocky Mountains

d)

Mt. Kilimanjaro

2.

What is the worlds longest River?

a)

Amazon River

b)

Nile River

c)

Congo River

d)

Niger River

3.

What is the tallest mountain in Africa?

a)

Mt. Fuji

b)

Mt. Everest

c)

Atlas Mountains

d)

Mt. Kilimanjaro

4.

What is the worlds largest hot desert?

a)

Sahel

b)

Tropical Rain Forest

c)

Sahara

d)

Kalahari Desert

5.

What is the southernmost country in Africa?

a)

Namibia

b)

South Africa

c)

Botswana

d)

Madagascar

6.

Africa is the 2nd largest Continent

a)

True

b)

False

7.

Which Continent is Africa?

a)

7

b)

3

c)

4

d)

2

8.

Egypt is a country that you can find in Africa

a)

True

b)

False

9.

Which wild animal can only be found in Africa?

a)

Lion

b)

Deer

c)

Monkeys

d)

Kangaroos

10.

The Culture and Language of Eastern Africa?

a)

Bantu

b)

Berber

c)

Swahili

d)

SwineFlu

11.
Which one of these West African kingdoms developed first?
a)
Ghana
b)
Mali
c)
Songhai
d)
Egypt
12.
Mansa Musa is most famous for..?
a)
converting to Christianity
b)
making a pilgrimage to Mecca
c)
ruling Songhai
d)
not being an efficient leader
13.
Which kingdom came into power after Ghana?
a)
Mali
b)
Songhai
c)
Egypt
d)
Ghana Dos 
14.

For thousands of Years, the hot, dry Sahara isolated North Africa from the rest of the continent.

*** Then the ____________ Tribe of North Africa found ways to cross the desert to West Africa. (ISLAMIC)

a)

Berber

b)

Bantu

c)

Banna

d)

Balla

15.

The _________ tribe travelled from mid lower Africa Across the Sahara spreading African Culture not ISLAM?

a)

Berber

b)

Bantu

c)

Banna

d)

Balla

16.

Another name for the most popular sport in Africa is____________.

a)

ice skating

b)

cheer leading

c)

basketball

d)

football

17.

A group of people descended from the same ancestor is a

a)

generation

b)

clan

c)

community

d)

team

18.

What religion spread from Arabia into Africa beginning in the A.D. 600's?

a)

Judaism

b)

Islam

c)

Daoism

d)

Christianity

19.

What type of culture traces its descent through its mothers?

a)

matrilineal

b)

patrilinial

c)

omnilineal

d)

terelineal

20.
Which one of these West African kingdoms developed first?
a)
Ghana
b)
Mali
c)
Songhai
d)
Egypt
21.
Mansa Musa is most famous for..?
a)
converting to Christianity
b)
making a pilgrimage to Mecca
c)
ruling Songhai
d)
not being an efficient leader
22.

Desertification is CAUSED by

a)

deforestation, drought, and overgrazing

b)

crop rotation, fertilizers, and insecticides.

c)

overpopulation, migration, and decline.

d)

sewage, parasites, and poor sanitation

23.

Many people in Africa do not have access to safe drinking water because the water is

a)

polluted by slash and burn agriculture.

b)

contaminated by drought.

c)

polluted by irrigation.

d)

infected by parasites and bacteria.

24.

The process of overgrazing and drought that results in a decrease in the grassland region.

a)

irrigation

b)

desertification

c)

deforestation

d)

pollution

25.
What country is colored red?
a)
Egypt
b)
Sudan
c)
Libya
d)
Somalia
26.
What country is colored orange?
a)
Egypt
b)
Sudan
c)
Libya
d)
Somalia
27.
What country is colored blue?
a)
Mozambique
b)
Malawi
c)
Madagascar
d)
Mauritania
28.

What country is shown on the map?

a)

China

b)

India

c)

Egypt

d)

France

29.

Which African country is this?

a)

Angola

b)

Libya

c)

Algeria

d)

Morocco

30.

Which African country is this?

a)

Libya

b)

Chad

c)

Democratic Republic of the Congo

d)

Sudan

31.

Which African country is this?

a)

Libya

b)

Ethiopia

c)

Egypt

d)

Algeria

32.

Which African country is this?

a)

Egypt

b)

Ethiopia

c)

Somalia

d)

Sudan

33.

Which African country is this?

a)

Niger

b)

Nigeria

c)

Chad

d)

Democratic Republic of the Congo

34.

What ocean is circled?

a)

Pacific Ocean

b)

Atlantic Ocean

c)

Indian Ocean

d)

Arctic Ocean

35.

What country is in green?

a)

Ghana

b)

Chad

c)

Ethiopia

d)

South Africa

36.

What country is in green?

a)

Zimbabwe

b)

Egypt

c)

Ivory Coast

d)

Madagascar

37.

What body of water is circled?

a)

Pacific Ocean

b)

Meiterrenean Sea

c)

Red Sea

d)

Lake Victoria

38.

What geographical feature is circled on the map?

a)

Kalahari Desert

b)

Nile River

c)

Mount Kilimanjaro

d)

Sahara Desert

39.

What country is in green?

a)

South Africa

b)

Chad

c)

Sudan

d)

Kenya

40.

What country is in green?

a)

Somalia

b)

Cote D'Ivoire

c)

Zimbabwe

d)

Egypt

41.

What country is in green?

a)

Ghana

b)

Cote D'Ivoire

c)

Chad

d)

Ethiopia

42.

What body of water is circled?

a)

Mediterranean Sea

b)

Pacific Ocean

c)

Atlantic Ocean

d)

Indian Ocean

43.

Which region of Africa is this?

a)

Southern

b)

North

c)

West

d)

East

44.

Which region of Africa is this?

a)

West

b)

East

c)

North

d)

Central

45.

Which region of Africa is this?

a)

East

b)

West

c)

Southern

d)

North

46.

Which region of Africa is this?

a)

West

b)

East

c)

North

d)

Central

47.

Which region of Africa is this?

a)

East

b)

West

c)

Southern

d)

North

48.
What country is this?
a)
Nigeria
b)
Mali
c)
Mauritania
d)
Liberia
49.

What is the name of the country that is highlighted in red?

a)

Nigeria

b)

Togo

c)

Liberia

d)

Egypt

50.

What is the name of the country that is highlighted in red?

a)

Guinea

b)

Benin

c)

Ivory Coast

d)

The Gambia

51.

What is the name of the country that is highlighted in red?

a)

Libya

b)

Senegal

c)

Togo

d)

Mali

52.

What is the name of the country that is highlighted in red?

a)

Nigeria

b)

Somalia

c)

Mauritania

d)

Ghana

53.

What is the name of the country that is highlighted in red?

a)

Nigeria

b)

South Africa

c)

Guinea

d)

Niger

54.

What is the name of the country that is highlighted in red?

a)

Morocco

b)

The Gambia

c)

Burkina Faso

d)

Western Sahara

55.

What is the name of the country that is highlighted in red?

a)

Liberia

b)

Somalia

c)

Sierra Leone

d)

Nigeria

56.

Which Country is this

a)

Algeria

b)

Tunisia

c)

Morocco

d)

Mauritania

57.

Which country is this

a)

Algeria

b)

Morocco

c)

Libya

d)

Mali

58.

Which country is this

a)

Algeria

b)

Libya

c)

Egypt

d)

Tunisia

59.

Which country is this

a)

Algeria

b)

Libya

c)

Egypt

d)

Tunisia

60.

Which country is this

a)

Egypt

b)

Algeria

c)

Chad

d)

Libya

61.

Which country is this

a)

Egypt

b)

Libya

c)

Sudan

d)

Morocco

62.

Which country is this

a)

South Sudan

b)

Sudan

c)

Chad

d)

Niger

63.

Which country is this

a)

Chad

b)

Sudan

c)

Niger

d)

Libya

64.

Which country is this

a)

Chad

b)

Mali

c)

Niger

d)

Cameroon

65.

Which country is this

a)

Mali

b)

Mauritania

c)

Algeria

d)

Niger

66.

Which country is this

a)

Morocco

b)

Mali

c)

Mauritania

d)

Western Sahara

67.

Which country is this

a)

Sudan

b)

South Sudan

c)

Egypt

d)

Cameroon

68.

Which country is this

a)

Niger

b)

Cameroon

c)

Mali

d)

Chad

69.

What city in Egypt has the continent's largest metropolitan area

a)

Libya

b)

Cairo

70.

What is the name of the man-made waterway that provides a direct shipping channel between the Red Sea and the Mediterranean Sea?

a)

panama canal

b)

Suez Canal

71.

what is the main language spoken in North Africa?

a)

English

b)

Arabic

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