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Geo Test Africa

Total questions: 30

Worksheet time: 15mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
This desert is the largest in the world and is found on the African continent
a)
Sahara
b)
Death Valley
c)
Kalahari
d)
Namib
2.
The highest point in Africa
a)
Mount Kilimanjaro
b)
Mount Kenya
c)
Mount Stanley
d)
Mount Speke
3.
Large Island off the Eastern Coast of Africa
a)
Seychelles
b)
Comoros
c)
Madagascar
d)
Cameroon
4.

In what country does the Nile River end?

a)
Egypt
b)
Ethiopia
c)
Eritrea
d)
Kenya
5.
What is the Grassland of Africa called?
a)
Sahel
b)
Rainforest
c)
Savannah
d)
Outback
6.
Where do the majority of Egyptians live?
a)
In 5.5% of land near the Nile
b)
Along the Railroad lines
c)
Along the coastline
d)
Spread out throughout the country
7.
Energy produced by water
a)
Cataract
b)
Escarpment
c)
Hydroelectric
d)
Desertification
8.
Changing of semi-desert land into desert
a)
Leaching
b)
Desertification
c)
Drought
d)
Cataracts
9.
Steep Cliff
a)
Escarpments
b)
Cataracts
c)
Sahel
d)
Savannah
10.
What is the longest river in Africa?
a)
Congo
b)
Niger
c)
Nile
d)
Zambezi
11.
A negative effect of Africa's tropical climate is that...
a)
most of it is south of the Equator
b)
there are few rivers
c)
disease-carrying insects breed easily
d)
few people can live near the coasts
12.
Why is the flooding of the Nile important?
a)
Deposits rich soil along the valley
b)
Huge loss of human lives
c)
Building of temples and palaces
d)
Dangerous leaching of the soil
13.

Which river is the second longest

a)
Nile
b)
Congo
c)
Niger
d)
Zambezi
14.
Which sea is this?
a)
Mediterranean Sea
b)
Red Sea
c)
Caspian Sea
d)
Black Sea
15.
What religion was spread due to the Trans-Sahara trade?
a)
Christianity
b)
Hinduism
c)
Islam
d)
Buddhism
16.
What leader built many mosques in Mali & spread gold through the middle east?
a)
Sunni Ali
b)
Mansa Musa
c)
Askia Muhammad
d)
Mr. Livingston
17.
What were the 3 main reasons for Imperialism?
a)
Gold, diamonds, rubies
b)
Economic, political, and religious
c)
Ethnocentrism, economic, energy
d)
Good, Bad, & UGLY!!!
18.
Why did African resistance to European expansion fail?
a)
Africans refused to fight
b)
European armies were larger than Africa's
c)
Menelik II did not get enough support
d)
Europeans had more powerful weapons
19.
What countries did not fall to European Imperialism?
a)
Liberia & Ethiopia
b)
Libya & Eritrea
c)
Lithuania & Estonia
d)
Nigeria & Ethiopia
20.
What is the grasslands of Africa called?
a)
Savanna
b)
Rainforest
c)
outback
d)
Sahel
21.
Africa is ____________ of Europe.
a)
North
b)
South
c)
East
d)
West
22.
Africa is the ____ largest continent.
a)
Forth
b)
Third
c)
Second
d)
First
23.
In this area, tectonic plates are moving in opposite directions creating mountains and lakes.
a)
Savannah
b)
Great Rift Valley
c)
Sahara Desert
d)
Cape of Good Hope
24.

Identify the primary reason why the Nile River has been crucial in the development of civilizations in Egypt.

a)

It is a major source of diamonds.

b)

It provides a significant transportation route.

c)

It floods annually, providing fertile soil.

d)

It is the deepest river in Africa.

25.

African folktales reflect traditional Sub-Saharan Africa culture because they have been

a)

recreated by moviemakers and playwrights

b)

passed on orally for generation to generation

c)

carved in stone monuments for all to see

d)

preserved in African libraries for centurie

26.

Under apartheid, the education system in South Africa

a)

distributed money equally for the education of all children

b)

provided education only to whites

c)

provided more qualified teachers for black students

d)

Separated education by race

27.

The deliberate killing of a large group of people, such as the Hutu attempted to perpetrate against the Tutsis in Rwanda

a)

colonization

b)

Imperialism

c)

genocide

28.

How has the history of Sub-Saharan Africa contributed to political instability?

a)

European colonization left some nations struggling

b)

national boundaries has caused a clash of cultures

c)

The end of foreign aid to the region 

d)

Second World War has left some nations struggling to recover

29.

Commercial farms south of the Sahara

a)

are focused on subsistance

b)

are focused on cash crops

c)

are focused on mining

d)

are focused on conservation

30.

Farming that is focused on a community's or an individual's needs is

a)

Cash Crop farming

b)

conservation farming

c)

commercial farming

d)

subsistence farming