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Africa Quiz

Total questions: 36

Worksheet time: 38mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What country is #1

a)

Uganda

b)

South Africa

2.

What Ocean is #2

a)

Atlantic Ocean

b)

Indian Ocean

3.

What country is #3

a)

Madagarscar

b)

Ethiopia

4.

What country is #4

a)

Angola

b)

Democratic R. of Congo

5.

What Ocean is #5

a)

Atlantic

b)

Indian

6.

What country is #6

a)

Democratic Republic of Congo

b)

Tanzania

7.

What country is #7

a)

Democratic Republic of Congo

b)

Tanzania

8.

What country is #9

a)

Kenya

b)

Ethiopia

9.

What country is #10

a)

Somalia

b)

Algeria

10.

What country is #11

a)

Libya

b)

Ethiopia

11.

What country is #12

a)

Nigeria

b)

Libebia

12.

What country is #13

a)

Benin

b)

Morocco

13.

What country is #14

a)

Egypt

b)

Cote D'ivior

14.

What country is #15

a)

Madagascar

b)

Liberia

15.

What country is #16

a)

Angola

b)

Siberia Leone

16.

What sea is #17

a)

Red Sea

b)

Mediterranean

17.

What country is #18

a)

Egypt

b)

Libya

18.

What country is #19

a)

ALgeria

b)

Libya

19.

What country is #20

a)

ALgeria

b)

Libya

20.

What country is #21

a)

Morocco

b)

Nigeria

21.

What country is #22

a)

Morocco

b)

Tunisia

22.

What sea is #23

a)

Mediterranean

b)

Red

23.

MItochondrial Eve is what scientists call...

a)

Biblical Eve

b)

the genetic mother of Europeans

c)

the genetic mother of Africans

d)

the genetic mother of us all

24.

What is the significance of the discoveries at Blombos Cave?

a)

They showed that man was creating art 140,000 years earlier than first believed.

b)

They showed the development of marking stones for personal possession.

c)

They showed the development of a tool using society years earlier than first thought.

d)

They weren't nearly as important as the discoveries at Lascaux.

25.

We have been in class for about 18 days, what new thing have you learned so far?

4 lines
26.

Name the West African Kingdoms in order.

a)

Mali-Ghana-Songhai

b)

Ghana-Mali-Songhai

c)

Songhai-Mali-Ghana

d)

Mali-Songhai-Ghana

27.

Which of the following pillars of Islam was Mansa Musa practicing when he visited Cairo, Egypt?

a)

Sawn (Fasting)

b)

Zakat (Almsgiving)

c)

Salat (Prayer)

d)

Hajj (Pilgrimage)

28.

The Ghana Empire was known as the Land of...

a)

Salt

b)

Gold

c)

Silver

d)

Diamonds

29.

The trading network in Ghana also spread ____________ south of the Sahara.

a)

Salt

b)

Christianity

c)

Islam

d)

Iron

30.

The Mali Empire replaced the ___________ Empire.

a)

Songhai

b)

Ghana

c)

Aksum

d)

Benin

31.

Why is Timbuktu such as important city in West Africa?

a)

It was once the greatest trading city in sub-Saharan Africa

b)

Timbuktu became an educational and religious city after Mansa Musa visited Mecca

c)

Timbuktu was the capital of the Songhai Empire

d)

Timbuktu was the capital of the Mali Empire

32.

Who was the first emperor of the Songhai Empire?

a)

Sundiata Keita

b)

Sunni Ali

c)

Mansa Musa

d)

Askia Muhammad

33.

Which characteristic of the Mali Empire is most closely associated with this image?

a)

trade with North Africa

b)

training wild animals for celebrations

c)

a powerful military

d)

wealth obtained from gold mines

34.

What was an important trading city in Mali?

a)

Cairo

b)

Gao

c)

Timbuktu

d)

Alexandria

35.
Mansa Musa, even today, is the richest man in the world valued at $400 billion dollars.  But his greatest impact was that he...
a)
He spread Islam and the Islamic culture throughout West Africa
b)
He controlled the gold and salt trade
c)
He made a pilgrimage to Mecca to show off all of his wealth
d)
He was a model of behavior as a Muslim King who is charitable.
36.
What was the main religion of the Empire of Songhai?
a)
Christianity
b)
Buddhism 
c)
Hinduism
d)
Islam