Worksheets7th Grade Unit 9 Test
Total questions: 38
Worksheet time: 19mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Boer means _________ in Dutch, the language spoken in Holland.
a)
slave
b)
leader
c)
white
d)
farmer
2.
___________ travel from place to place in search of food.
a)
Industrialists
b)
Nomads
c)
Migrants
d)
Immigrants
3.
_________ assumed control of South Africa in 1795, after the Napoleonic Wars in Europe.
a)
Spain
b)
Germany
c)
France
d)
Great Britain
4.
People from Great Britain settled in South Africa after gold and ______ were discovered.
a)
oil
b)
silver
c)
silk
d)
diamonds
5.
Eighty percent of South Africa’s land was set aside exclusively for _________.
a)
Bantu's
b)
Boers
c)
whites
d)
blacks
6.
Many devout Christians traveled to Africa on _________ to teach their religion
a)
missions
b)
journeys
c)
camels
d)
assignment
7.
Livingstone was an Englishman who believed slave trade could be destroyed with _______________
a)
laws
b)
money
c)
war
d)
Christianity
8.
Livingstone supported his missionary work by __________ about his travels.
a)
lecturing
b)
painting pictures
c)
writing books
d)
selling souvenirs
9.
Livingstone called the_____________ “the open sore of Africa."
a)
Portuguese
b)
Dutch
c)
Sahara
d)
slave trade
10.
The New York Herald newspaper sent Henry Morton Stanley to find out what had happened to ______
a)
Dr. Doolittle
b)
Dr. Sanjay Gupta
c)
Dr. Livingstone
d)
Dr. Doom
11.
Maafa is a Kiswahili term for "_________"
a)
diaspora
b)
slave
c)
exodus
d)
disaster
12.
Imperialism is the practice of building ________ to support trade.
a)
empires
b)
cities
c)
roads
d)
alliances
13.
The barbarous “_______” began shortly after Europeans began exploring the west coast of Africa.
a)
silk road
b)
camel caravan
c)
triangle trade
d)
Atlantic crossing
14.
King Leopold II of Belgium forced Africans to work under cruel conditions in _________ plants.
a)
silver
b)
gold
c)
cotton
d)
rubber
15.
Prince Henry the Navigator seldom left his home in ____________.
a)
Spain
b)
England
c)
Portugal
d)
Africa
16.
The ____________ is the largest desert in the world
a)
Sahara
b)
Gobi
c)
Kalahari
d)
Arabian
17.
Henry the Navigator wanted to find a water route to _________.
a)
Africa
b)
the new world
c)
India
d)
China
18.
Henry set up a _______ for sailors to learn the secrets of the ocean.
a)
library
b)
school
c)
bank
d)
competition
19.
A ___________ is someone who can imagine something that hasn’t yet happened.
a)
tyrant
b)
astrologer
c)
triumph
d)
visionary
20.
Aksum (also spelled Axum) is today a rural and easily overlooked town in northern ________.
a)
Ghana
b)
Nigeria
c)
Ethiopia
d)
South Africa
21.
Aksum was a center of trade and where ________ was first introduced to sub-Saharan Africa.
a)
Islam
b)
Buddhism
c)
Christianity
d)
Hinduism
22.
Aksum’s wealth was derived from its location on the ________.
a)
Red Sea
b)
Mediterranean Sea
c)
Atlantic Ocean
d)
Indian Ocean
23.
_______ established the Ethiopian Orthodox Church in the fourth century.
a)
Saint Patrick
b)
Pope Leo III
c)
Roman Catholic missionaries
d)
King Ezana
24.
_______,was a great city that flourished on the Niger River for more than four hundred years.
a)
Mali
b)
Ghana
c)
Timbuktu
d)
Ethiopia
25.
Timbuktu was on the _________ route that linked sub-Saharan Africa to North Africa and Arabia.
a)
triangular trade route
b)
silk road
c)
salt route
d)
camel caravan
26.
Timbuktu was located near several _______ mines in the Sahara Desert.
a)
salt
b)
gold
c)
iron
d)
coal
27.
Mansa Musa built a great ____, or Islamic temple, in Timbuktu attracting scholars from far away
a)
kaaba
b)
mosque
c)
church
d)
library
28.
At one time, historians estimate that more than __________ people lived in Timbuktu.
a)
50,000
b)
100,000
c)
200,000
d)
1,000,000
29.
Mansa Musa made a pilgrimage to ________ in 1324.
a)
Jerusalem
b)
Mecca
c)
Timbuktu
d)
India
30.
A Muslim is a person who practices ________.
a)
Jihad
b)
Christianity
c)
Islam
d)
Hinduism
31.
Mansa Musa was a rich king. He was said to have taken more than 500 people with him on the ____
a)
highway
b)
boat
c)
confession
d)
hajj
32.
When Mansa Musa got to Cairo, he gave away so much _____ the economy was affected for 20 years
a)
gold
b)
silver
c)
salt
d)
money
33.
After Mali the neighboring kingdom of ________ developed into the last black empire.
a)
Ghana
b)
Ethiopia
c)
Songhai
d)
Islam
34.
The archaeologists referred to the ancient culture as Nok, the name of a modern _______ village
a)
European
b)
Ethiopian
c)
Mali
d)
Nigerian
35.
Nok artifacts included sculptures of ____________.
a)
kings
b)
animals and people
c)
chariots
d)
bridges
36.
Terra cotta is __________ that has been baked in an oven.
a)
clay
b)
metal
c)
charcoal
d)
silk
37.
The Nok discovered they could “smelt” ____ by heating certain rocks to a high temperature.
a)
copper
b)
bronze
c)
iron
d)
terra cota
38.
When two rivers come together it is called a __________.
a)
merge
b)
stand still
c)
confluence
d)
gridlock
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