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WorksheetsSub-Saharan Africa Pop Quiz
Total questions: 25
Worksheet time: 19mins
Uses water as a source of energy to make electricity. What is this called?
Hydroelectric Power
Solar Power
Nucleus of the atom
AC/DC
A process when fertile soil becomes desert as a result of a drought or deforestation is called ____________.
deforestation
desertification
irrigation
savanna
Very high temperatures with high average of rainfall found in tropical areas is known as a _____________.
desert
savanna
rainforest
highland
European nations came to African countries and took over the countries' natural resources, religions, and way of life. This is called what?
desertification
migration
deforestation
colonization
What group of people migrated from West Africa into Central Africa, East Africa, and Southern Africa?
Bantu
French
British
Asians
Illegal hunting of animals is called ____________.
ecotourism
poaching
deforestation
desertification
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.
Basin
Rift Valleys
Savannas
Steppes
Why did civilizations mostly build near waterways?
Because waterways are good for national parks
They need waterways to paint great scenes for art.
Waterways provided fertile soil, better climate, and transportation for civilizations to grow.
Civilizations could plan secret war attacks to fight off their enemies.
The natural home of animals, plants, and other living organisms is better known as what?
desert
climate
poaching
habitat
Human movement into animal habitats and poaching can result into what?
Animals becoming extinct.
Building more civilizations where both humans and animals exist together.
Humans becoming extinct
tectonic plates crashing.
Based upon our reading, what is a pride?
feeling of accomplishment
a group of elephants
a group of lions
land that has become a desert
It focuses on wildlife protection and responsible use of land and resources.
deforestation
desertification
ecotourism
climate
The best way to describe the word "empire".
a weekly television program
a kingdom
an industry
a colony
* 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
Trans Atlantic Slave Trade
Trans-Saharan Trade
Middle Passage
Timbuktu Trade Empire
What region is known as the "Horn of Africa"?
West Africa
Central Africa
Southern Africa
East Africa
___________ 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.
Deforestation
Desertification
Earthquakes
Volcanoes
Why are the griots important to African history?
They teach African dance to other continents.
They pass down history orally (telling stories) to future generations.
They wrote down the history in books for future generations to read.
Griots teach the countries how to develop economically.
Before Europeans colonized Africa, how did African cultural groups define their borders?
climate patterns
map lines
wooden fences
natural borders
Which type of music was influenced by the music of Africa?
classical
opera
jazz
country
How many languages are spoken in Sub-Saharan Africa today?
500
1,000
750
1,500
What was the basis of the West African Kingdom, Ghana's, wealth?
its sources of alluvial gold
trading with other cultures outside of Africa
its salt mines in the desert
its position between two important resources
What was the Middle Passage?
voyage carrying enslaved Africans from island to island in the Caribbean
a caravan taking enslaved Africans from Central Africa to the coast
a caravan taking enslaved Africans across the Sahara
a caravan carrying enslaved Africans from Africa across the Atlantic.
What is a result of farmers growing cash crops rather than food crops?
less food to feed Africans
more farmers are growing legumes
many farmers going out of business
farmland has become more susceptible to drought
Which nation is in Sub-Saharan Africa?
Morocco
Libya
Ethiopia
Egypt
What is an example of a desert climate?
Less than 4 inches of rainfall a year
more than 10 inches of rainfall a year
cold and dry air for more than half of the year.
tropical weather all year.
