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Sub-Saharan Africa Pop Quiz

Total questions: 25

Worksheet time: 19mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Uses water as a source of energy to make electricity. What is this called?

a)

Hydroelectric Power

b)

Solar Power

c)

Nucleus of the atom

d)

AC/DC

2.

A process when fertile soil becomes desert as a result of a drought or deforestation is called ____________.

a)

deforestation

b)

desertification

c)

irrigation

d)

savanna

3.

Very high temperatures with high average of rainfall found in tropical areas is known as a _____________.

a)

desert

b)

savanna

c)

rainforest

d)

highland

4.

European nations came to African countries and took over the countries' natural resources, religions, and way of life. This is called what?

a)

desertification

b)

migration

c)

deforestation

d)

colonization

5.

What group of people migrated from West Africa into Central Africa, East Africa, and Southern Africa?

a)

Bantu

b)

French

c)

British

d)

Asians

6.

Illegal hunting of animals is called ____________.

a)

ecotourism

b)

poaching

c)

deforestation

d)

desertification

7.

Deep valleys that formed when the Earth's crust separated and broke apart that stretch from the Red Sea southward through Mozambique and Southern Africa.

a)

Basin

b)

Rift Valleys

c)

Savannas

d)

Steppes

8.

Why did civilizations mostly build near waterways?

a)

Because waterways are good for national parks

b)

They need waterways to paint great scenes for art.

c)

Waterways provided fertile soil, better climate, and transportation for civilizations to grow.

d)

Civilizations could plan secret war attacks to fight off their enemies.

9.

The natural home of animals, plants, and other living organisms is better known as what?

a)

desert

b)

climate

c)

poaching

d)

habitat

10.

Human movement into animal habitats and poaching can result into what?

a)

Animals becoming extinct.

b)

Building more civilizations where both humans and animals exist together.

c)

Humans becoming extinct

d)

tectonic plates crashing.

11.

Based upon our reading, what is a pride?

a)

feeling of accomplishment

b)

a group of elephants

c)

a group of lions

d)

land that has become a desert

12.

It focuses on wildlife protection and responsible use of land and resources.

a)

deforestation

b)

desertification

c)

ecotourism

d)

climate

13.

The best way to describe the word "empire".

a)

a weekly television program

b)

a kingdom

c)

an industry

d)

a colony

14.

* Merchant travel across the Sahara

* Introduced the religion of Islam to the continent of Africa

* Introduced new trade products to West Africa

What are these clues describing

a)

Trans Atlantic Slave Trade

b)

Trans-Saharan Trade

c)

Middle Passage

d)

Timbuktu Trade Empire

15.

What region is known as the "Horn of Africa"?

a)

West Africa

b)

Central Africa

c)

Southern Africa

d)

East Africa

16.

___________ exposes the land to erosion and poor use by people. This leads to leaving the soil less fertile; therefore, leaving the industry of agriculture to suffer.

a)

Deforestation

b)

Desertification

c)

Earthquakes

d)

Volcanoes

17.

Why are the griots important to African history?

a)

They teach African dance to other continents.

b)

They pass down history orally (telling stories) to future generations.

c)

They wrote down the history in books for future generations to read.

d)

Griots teach the countries how to develop economically.

18.

Before Europeans colonized Africa, how did African cultural groups define their borders?

a)

climate patterns

b)

map lines

c)

wooden fences

d)

natural borders

19.

Which type of music was influenced by the music of Africa?

a)

classical

b)

opera

c)

jazz

d)

country

20.

How many languages are spoken in Sub-Saharan Africa today?

a)

500

b)

1,000

c)

750

d)

1,500

21.

What was the basis of the West African Kingdom, Ghana's, wealth?

a)

its sources of alluvial gold

b)

trading with other cultures outside of Africa

c)

its salt mines in the desert

d)

its position between two important resources

22.

What was the Middle Passage?

a)

voyage carrying enslaved Africans from island to island in the Caribbean

b)

a caravan taking enslaved Africans from Central Africa to the coast

c)

a caravan taking enslaved Africans across the Sahara

d)

a caravan carrying enslaved Africans from Africa across the Atlantic.

23.

What is a result of farmers growing cash crops rather than food crops?

a)

less food to feed Africans

b)

more farmers are growing legumes

c)

many farmers going out of business

d)

farmland has become more susceptible to drought

24.

Which nation is in Sub-Saharan Africa?

a)

Morocco

b)

Libya

c)

Ethiopia

d)

Egypt

25.

What is an example of a desert climate?

a)

Less than 4 inches of rainfall a year

b)

more than 10 inches of rainfall a year

c)

cold and dry air for more than half of the year.

d)

tropical weather all year.