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WorksheetsGeography Spring 2025 Final
Total questions: 43
Worksheet time: 22mins
What is the most famous mountain pass in Southwest Asia?
Khardung La
Boreas Pass
Khyber Pass
Molas Pass
What TWO cities are linked by the Khyber Pass?
Peshwar, Pakistan
Tel Aviv, Israel
Kabul, Afghanistan
Tehran, Iran
Why is it so easy to float in the Dead Sea?
Because there is nothing else in it.
The high amount of salt makes the water more dense.
Because of low elevation.
You actually float just the same in the Dead Sea as any other body of water.
For an area to be considered a desert, how much rainfall (or precipitation) does it get per year?
less than 10 inches a year
between 10 and 20 inches a year
between 40 and 50 inches a year
no rain at all
The world's largest deposits of what natural resource are found in Southwest Asia?
gold
iron
petroleum (oil)
water
What were the large, pyramid-shaped temple towers built by the Sumerians and Babylonians called?
pyramids
ziggurats
temple mound
pagodas
What was the Sumerian writing system that was wedge-shaped and done on wet clay tablets left to harden in the sun called?
demotic script
hieroglyphics
cuneiform
calligraphy
What is the name of the pro-democracy protests and uprisings in North Africa and Southwest Asia took place in 2010 and 2011?
Arabian Independence Movement
Operation Arabian Democracy
Arab Spring
Arabian Spring Revolutionary War
This is the belief in one god.
animism
monotheism
sikhism
polytheism
This is the belief in more than one god.
animism
monotheism
sikhism
polytheism
What direction does the Nile River flow?
north
south
east
west
An area where sand, silt, clay, or gravel is dropped at the mouth of a river.
delta
alluvial plain
watershed
wadi
This is land drained by a river and its tributaries.
delta
alluvial plain
watershed
wadi
Who joined Upper and Lower Egypt?
Menes
King Tut
pharaohs
Arab traders
What is the national language of all five North African countries?
Arabic
Berber
French
English
Which North African country if farthest east?
Morocco
Egypt
Libya
Saudi Arabia
This is an underground layer of rock through which water flows.
wadi
aquifers
fossil water
rain shadow
What is a rain shadow?
an area that receives reduced rainfall because it is on the side of a mountain facing away from the ocean
a dry riverbed that fills with water when rare rains fall in a desert
a drought
an area of increased rainfall
This is the border between the Sahara and the rest of Africa.
the Sudd
the Sahel
Rub al-Khali
Hamadas
What TWO groups were part of the genocide in Rwanda?
Arab & Bantu
Hindu & Turks
French & British
Hutu & Tutsi
Where are many of the lakes in East Africa located?
near the Sudd
the Sahel region
the south where there is more rain
along the Great Rift Valley
This is the average number of people living within a square mile or kilometer.
population distribution
population density
imperialism
clans
What is malnutrition?
a lack of food and other substances needed for health
a prolonged period without rain
a shortened lifespan caused by contagious disease
a widespread shortage of food
What TWO languages combined to form the language of Swahili?
Arab & African
Arabic & Bantu
hieroglyphics & Bantu
Swahili has always existed
What is Central Africa's primary landform?
Congo Watershed/Basin
Great Rift Valley
Sahara
Mt. Kilimanjaro
Where were most enslaved Africans sent?
the Americas
Birtain
Asia
other parts of Africa
How has the history of West Africa been preserved?
passed down through generations orally
ancient books recorded it
wall paintings and tombs portrayed it
colonists wrote it down
This is an action in which a group of individuals seize control of a government.
coup
refugees
rebellion
civil war
How did Europeans decide where to put the borders of their colonies?
They used Africa's natural features such as rivers.
They divided Africa to meet their own resource needs.
They asked Africans to identify their cultural borders.
They researched the borders of ancient African empires.
He was a famous emperor of Mali who spread gold and Islam through his travels
Mansa Musa
Nelson Mandela
Dr. Kwame Nkrumah
Muhammad
What is pidgin?
A language formed by combining parts of different languages.
Two or more languages that blend and become the language of the region
a regional variety of a language with unique features like vocabulary, grammar, and pronunciation
a common language that emerges when countries trade with each other
What is creole?
A language formed by combining parts of different languages.
Two or more languages that blend and become the language of the region
a regional variety of a language with unique features like vocabulary, grammar, and pronunciation
a common language that emerges when countries trade with each other
This is a person who believes in spirits that can exist apart from bodies.
animist
Buddhist
Muslim
griot
What force has worn most of the land of West Africa into a rolling plateau that slopes to the coast?
weathering
erosion
harmattan
desertification
What is West Africa's longest and most important river?
Senegal River
Congo River
White Volta
Niger River
How do rock drawings from 8000 BC depict the Sahara? (What did it look like?)
desert
rainforest
savanna
tundra
Why did the British found Freetown in 1787?
To have a place where there were no laws
To have a place where there were no taxes on trade
to create an independent and free country in Africa
to create a safe haven for freedom or runaway slaves
The United States created a colony similar to Freetown in 1822, what was it called?
Liberia
Ghana
Ivory Coast
Sierra Leone
This group of people are descendants of the Dutch Boers.
Shona
Zulu
Rozwi
Afrikaners
This was the system of laws in South Africa aimed at separating the races.
apartheid
Jim Crow laws
segregation
bein' a jerk
Who built Great Zimbabwe?
Rozwi
Shona
Zulu
Mutapa
What was the first colony in Southern Africa?
Great Zimbabwe
Union of South Africa
Cape Colony
Etosha
Who founded the first colony in Southern Africa?
Shona
British
Dutch
Etosha
