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Second Semester

Total questions: 50

Worksheet time: 4mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
A serious food shortage that causes many people to starve and die.
a)
Famine
b)
Endangered Species
c)
Poacher
2.
A person who kills animals illegally. 
a)
Famine
b)
Game Reserve
c)
Poacher
3.
The equator runs through all the countries except
a)
Ethiopia
b)
Somalia
c)
Kenya
d)
Uganda
4.
What is the largest lake in Africa?
a)
Lake Superior
b)
Lake Ethiopia
c)
Lake Victoria
5.
Which two countries are constantly fighting each other?
a)
Tanzania and Uganda
b)
Uganda and Rwanda
c)
Somalia and Ethiopia
6.
Which is a famous mountain in Africa?
a)
Mount Kilimanjaro
b)
Mount Olympus
c)
Mount Sinai
7.
What do countries usually fight over?
a)
land (borders)
b)
religion
c)
food
8.
Africa grows enough food to feed all the people living there.
a)
True
b)
False
9.
The Masai people are considered protectors of the snakes.
a)
True
b)
False
10.
This West African city was a great center of trade that had mosques, universities, and libraries.
a)
Mecca
b)
Rome
c)
Los Angeles
d)
Timbuktu
11.
How did West Africans record their history.
a)
orally
b)
in books
c)
on tape
d)
with hyroglyphs
12.
This was traded for gold and was considered to have the same worth pound for pound.
a)
millet
b)
salt
c)
books
d)
textiles
13.
How did the king of Ghana become wealthy?
a)
by selling salt
b)
by converting to Islam
c)
by taxing trade
d)
by trading camels
14.

Why was salt so important to the people of West Africa?

a)

It was used to preserve food and replace nutrients lost from sweating

b)

it helped the crops grow

c)

It was used as a construction material

d)

It was used to build all of the mosques in West Africa

15.
What country is pictured?
a)
Guinea
b)
Gambia
c)
Senegal
d)
Guinea-Bissau
16.
What country is pictured?
a)
Niger
b)
Chad
c)
Mali
d)
Mauritania
17.

What is the name of this country?

a)

Ivory Coast

b)

Ghana

c)

Liberia

d)

Togo

18.
Which of the following does NOT describe the majority of North Africa's climate?
a)
Desert
b)
Dry
c)
Tropical
d)
Arid
19.
What geographic feature covers MOST of North Africa?
a)
Nile River Valley
b)
Sahara Desert
c)
Atlas Mountains
d)
Libya Desert
20.
How does the Suez Canal affect world trade?
a)
Ships can pass through the canal at no charge.
b)
It makes world trade faster and less expensive.
c)
Less goods can be transported from Africa to Europe.
d)
Less foreign goods are available to North Africans.
21.
What was an influence of European rule on North Africa?
a)
caused independence movements throughout North Africa
b)
many North Africans are able to speak a European language, like French
c)
there are many aspects of European culture present in North Africa
d)
All of the above
22.
What language unifies much of North Africa?
a)
English
b)
French
c)
Arabic
d)
Moroccan
23.
What religion is practiced by most people in North Africa?
a)
Catholicism
b)
Islam
c)
Judaism
d)
Hinduism
24.
According to the resource map above, what is the main natural resource found in Egypt?
a)
oil
b)
gas
c)
diamonds
d)
gold
25.
Which country is Egypt?
a)
A
b)
B
c)
D
d)
E
26.

How does São Tomé and Príncipe differ from all the other Central African nations?

a)

It is the only Central African nation that is not located near the Equator.

b)

It is the largest nation in Central Africa.

c)

It is the only landlocked Central African nation.

d)

It is the only island nation in Central Africa.

27.

Which of the following countries is the largest in Central Africa?

a)

Gabon

b)

Democratic Republic of the Congo

c)

Cameroon

d)

Central African Republic

28.

Which is not a resource found in Central Africa?

a)

Aluminum

b)

Copper

c)

Diamonds

d)

Timber

29.

How many Bantu ethnic groups exist in DRC?

a)

100

b)

200

c)

300

d)

400

30.

an Afrikaans word meaning “separateness”

a)

civil rights

b)

segregation

c)

apartheid

d)

subsistence farming

31.

Southern Africa is the name of ___.

a)

an archipelago

b)

a country

c)

a region

32.

Which ocean is located east of Southern Africa?

a)

Atlantic Ocean

b)

Arctic Ocean

c)

Indian Ocean

33.

The place in Southern Africa where the Indian Ocean meets the Atlantic Ocean is called the ___.

a)

Arabian Peninsula

b)

Cape of Good Hope

c)

Mozambique Channel

34.

The ____ is located between the island of Madagascar and mainland Southern Africa.

a)

Mozambique Channel

b)

Red Sea

c)

Arabian Sea

35.

The Great Escarpment stretches across which three countries?

a)

Malawi, Zimbabwe, and Mozambique

b)

Botswana, Zambia, Mozambique

c)

Angola, Namibia, and Republic of South Africa

36.

Which of these deserts are located in Southern Africa?

a)

The Sahara and the Libyan Desert

b)

The Arabian Desert and the Syrian Desert

c)

The Namib Desert and the Kalahari Desert

37.

The ____ River is the longest river in Southern Africa.

a)

Limpopo

b)

Orange

c)

Zambezi

38.

Lines of ______ run left to right and measure how far from the equator a place is.

a)

longitude

b)

latitude

c)

hemisphere

d)

equator

39.

Lines of _____ run from the North Pole to the South Pole.

a)

longitude

b)

latitude

c)

hemisphere

d)

equator

40.

A ___ is half the earth.

a)

degree

b)

line of longitude

c)

line of latitude

d)

hemisphere

41.

The states in the area known as the "Southwest" of the United States are often grouped together because they are very hot and dry desert-like areas. This is an example of which theme of geography?

a)

Region

b)

Location

c)

Place

d)

Movement

42.

Soccer, a popular sport in the United States, originated in China. This is an example of which theme of geography?

a)

Location

b)

Place

c)

Movement

d)

Human-Environment Interaction

43.

Which of the following is an example of absolute location?

a)

42 Wallaby Way, Sydney, Australia

b)

West of Lake Michigan

c)

Next to the statue of George Washington

d)

Huntington

44.

Which of the following is an example of a human feature when describing a place?

a)

a river

b)

the climate

c)

a forest

d)

a bridge

45.
a)

North America

b)

South America

c)

Asia

d)

Africa

46.
a)

Europe

b)

Asia

c)

Africa

d)

Australia

47.
a)

Pacific Ocean

b)

Atlantic Ocean

c)

Arctic Ocean

d)

Indian Ocean

48.
a)

Asia

b)

Europe

c)

Antarctica

d)

Australia

49.
Which sea borders Europe to the south? 
a)
North
b)
Baltic
c)
Mediterranean
d)
Caspian
50.
Which of the following are major landforms in Europe?
a)
the Alps
b)
Italian Peninsula
c)
Iberian Peninsula
d)
all of these

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