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Africa

Total questions: 16

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

THE LARGEST AND RICHEST GOLD FIELD IN THE WORLD IS.......

a)

Ghana

b)

Aksum

c)

Rand

d)

Nairobi

2.

What is the capital and largest city in Kenya?

a)

Rand

b)

Nairobi

c)

Kenya

d)

Uganda

3.

The flat grasslands on the plateaus in South Africa are called?

a)

grass

b)

Rand

c)

apartheid

d)

veldts

4.

When south of the equator summer is in......

a)

July

b)

September

c)

January

d)

March

5.

What two cash crops are grown in Kenya, Rwanda, Burundi, and Uganda?

a)

salt and pepper

b)

silk

c)

tea and coffee

d)

bananas and oranges

6.

The descendants of the Dutch are called the Afrikaners.

a)

true

b)

false

7.

Who emerged as the leader of the ANC (African Nationalist Congress)?

a)

F.W. de Klerk

b)

Nairobi

c)

Nelson Mandella

d)

Apartheid

8.

What was the name of the official policy of segregation in South Africa?

a)

apartheid

b)

afrikaners

c)

tourism

d)

veldt

9.

Kenya makes most of it's money on....

a)

silk

b)

tea

c)

coffee

d)

tourism

10.

Women weren't allowed to hold a job in Rwanda

a)

True

b)

False

11.

Which trading empire built great stone walls and buildings?

a)

Shona

b)

Rwanda

c)

South Africa

d)

Masai

12.

South Africa does NOT have the strongest economy in the region

a)

false

b)

true

13.

Which product is not from China that were sought after by the trading empires of Africa?

a)

bananas

b)

china (porcelain)

c)

silk

d)

spices

14.

After Shaka Zulu's death who started taking over the African's land?

a)

Afrikaners

b)

Masai

c)

Europeans

d)

Dutch

15.

What was the 3.5 million year old skeleton's name?

a)

Sarah

b)

Olivia

c)

Lucy

d)

Jacob

16.

The Masai grazed their herds through Tanzania and Kenya....

a)

True

b)

False