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Unit 8 Quiz (Sub-Saharan Africa)

Total questions: 50

Worksheet time: 38mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What country is this?

a)

Algeria

b)

Ghana

c)

Liberia

d)

Nigeria

2.

What country is this?

a)

Algeria

b)

Angola

c)

Mali

d)

Tanzania

3.

What country is this?

a)

Angola

b)

Cameroon

c)

Nigeria

d)

Republic of the Congo

4.

What country is this?

a)

Chad

b)

Niger

c)

South Sudan

d)

Sudan

5.

What country is this?

a)

Democratic Republic of the Congo

b)

Niger

c)

Republic of the Congo

d)

Zambia

6.

What country is this?

a)

Democratic Republic of the Congo

b)

Egypt

c)

Eritrea

d)

Ethiopia

7.

What country is this?

a)

Democratic Republic of the Congo

b)

Eritrea

c)

Ethiopia

d)

Kenya

8.

What country is this?

a)

Ethiopia

b)

Kenya

c)

South Sudan

d)

Tanzania

9.

What country is this?

a)

Madagascar

b)

Mali

c)

Mauritania

d)

Mozambique

10.

What country is this?

a)

Angola

b)

Mozambique

c)

Namibia

d)

South Africa

11.

What country is this?

a)

Angola

b)

Mozambique

c)

Namibia

d)

Zambia

12.

What country is this?

a)

Liberia

b)

Mali

c)

Niger

d)

Nigeria

13.

What country is this?

a)

Mozambique

b)

Namibia

c)

South Africa

d)

Tanzania

14.

What country is this?

a)

Kenya

b)

Mozambique

c)

South Sudan

d)

Tanzania

15.

Which number on the map is the Red Sea?

a)

9

b)

10

c)

11

d)

12

16.
a)
Uganda
b)
Rwanda
c)
Kenya
17.

Identify the physical feature.

a)

Cape of Good Hope

b)

Kalahari Desert

c)

Sahel

d)

Congo Basin

e)

Mount Kilimanjaro

18.

What is the tallest mountain in Africa?

a)

Mt. Kilimanjaro

b)

Ethiopian Highlands

c)

Atlas Mountains

d)

Mt. Everest

19.

What ocean lies in between the U.S. and Africa?

a)

The Pacific Ocean

b)

The North Sea

c)

The Southern Ocean

d)

The Atlantic Ocean

20.
Identify this landlocked country in Southern Africa it has a landscape defined by the Kalahari Desert and the Okavango Delta, which becomes a lush animal habitat during the seasonal floods. 
a)
South Africa
b)
Namibia
c)
Botswana
d)
Zimbabwe
21.
Identify this country linking northeast Africa with the Middle East, dates to the time of the pharaohs. 
a)
Eygpt
b)
Sudan
c)
Chad
d)
Libya
22.

Which of the following physical environments can lions, giraffes, elephants and gazelles be found?

a)

Sahara Desert

b)

Sahel

c)

Savanna

d)

Tropics

23.

Which region is marked by letter A?

a)

Sahara

b)

Sahel

c)

Rainforest

d)

Savanna

24.

Which physical feature is number 6?

a)

Atlas Mountains

b)

Great Rift Valley

c)

Mt. Kilimanjaro

d)

Kalahari Desert

25.

Which region is marked by letter B?

a)

Sahara

b)

Sahel

c)

Rainforest

d)

Savanna

26.

Which physical feature is number 3?

a)

Lake Victoria

b)

Nile River

c)

Niger River

d)

Congo River

27.

Which physical feature is number 5?

a)

Lake Victoria

b)

Nile River

c)

Niger River

d)

Congo River

28.

What physical feature is this?

a)

Horn of Africa

b)

Lake Victoria

c)

Great Rift Valley

d)

Niger River

29.

What is Africa's transition zone between desert and rain forest?

a)

Shara

b)

Atlas Mountains

c)

Equator

d)

Sahel

30.

What is an area of relatively level high ground called?

a)

chaparral

b)

topography

c)

plateau

d)

climate

31.

What is the name of the dip in the Earth's surface that was caused by separating tectonic plates?

a)

Sahel

b)

Mt. Kilimanjaro

c)

Sahara

d)

Great Rift Valley

32.
Which European nation took control of the Congo?
a)
Britain
b)
Belgium
c)
Portugal
d)
France
33.
The Berlin Conference was a .....
a)
meeting of European nations to split up Asia.
b)
meeting of European nations to unify Africa.
c)
meeting of European nations to divide up Africa.
d)
European party.
34.
This king of Belgium conquered the Congo region utilizing harsh tactics. 
a)
Leopold II
b)
Henry Stanley
c)
Dr. Livingstone
d)
Cecil Rhodes 
35.
When a stronger country takes over a weaker country. 
a)
Nationalism
b)
Imperialism
c)
Militarism 
d)
Alliance System 
36.
Economic motives for imperialism include _________.
a)
a desire to spread Christianity
b)
a need for military bases around the world
c)
a need for raw materials to be used in factories
d)
a desire to gain glory
37.

Who was excluded (left out) from the Berlin Conference?

a)

representatives for the US

b)

representatives of European countries

c)

representatives of African countries

d)

representatives of the 3rd Estate

38.

Based on this map (& the map in your notes), what two African countries remained free of European imperialism?

a)

Liberia & Ethiopia (Abyssinia)

b)

Kenya & Rhodesia

c)

Somaliland & Egypt

d)

Nigeria & Togoland

39.

What was the motive for Belgium and King Leopold to take over the Congo?

a)

Rubber

b)

Oil

c)

Cotton

d)

Iron

40.
Which of these developments in Africa was a cause of the other three?
a)
Rival tribal groups fought wars
b)
The Berlin Conference of 1884 influenced colonial boundaries
c)
African economies became dependent on the sale of cash crops and raw materials.
d)
Traditional territories and culture groups were permanently fragmented.
41.

__________ is an energy resource that WILL NOT run out in the next several hundred years.

a)

Renewable Energy Resource

b)

Nonrenewable Energy Resource

c)

Fossil fuels

d)

biodegradable

42.

__________ is an energy resource that WILL run out in the next several hundred years.

a)

Renewable Energy Resource

b)

Nonrenewable Energy Resource

c)

natural resources

d)

pollution

43.

Name the country with a big "X"

a)

Madagascar

b)

Botswana

c)

Rwanda

d)

Malawi

44.

The Country Labeled with a big "X"

a)

Gabon

b)

Kenya

c)

Angola

d)

Mozambique

45.

Name the country with a big "X"

a)

Zambia

b)

Zimbabwe

c)

Uganda

d)

Democratic Republic of Congo

46.

Name the country with a big "X"

a)

Kenya

b)

Zambia

c)

Malawi

d)

Zimbabwe

47.

Which physical feature is number 2?

a)

Atlas Mountains

b)

Great Rift Valley

c)

Mt. Kilimanjaro

d)

Kalahari Desert

48.
Identify this North African country bordering the Atlantic Ocean and Mediterranean Sea, it is distinguished by its Berber, Arabian and European cultural influences.
a)
Western Sahara
b)
Algerica
c)
Morocco
d)
Mauritania
49.
a)
Uganda
b)
Mayotte
c)
 Malawi
50.

What country is this?

a)

Chad

b)

Egypt

c)

South Sudan

d)

Sudan

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