- 1. What is a raised area of relatively level land? In Africa, it can be found in the north and west coastlines.
A) Sahel
B) Savanna
C) Desert
D) Plateau
- 2. What does a Paleontologists study? They have discovered human remains in Kenya and South Africa.
A) Maps
B) Plants
C) Fossils
D) Medicine
- 3. This area stretches from the Red Sea to Mozambique. It has been formed due to the Earth’s tectonic plates pulling away from each other forming a steep-walled valley.
A) Great Rift Valley
B) Sahara Desert
C) Mount Kimimanjaro
D) Douro Valley
- 4. Which group began a migration throughout Africa around 1000 B.C.? They are located throughout Africa and learned to grow and use different plants.
A) Hutu
B) Tutsi
C) Bantu
D) Zulu
- 5. What is a semiarid region south of the Sahara Desert? The area is experiencing desertification and many plants are not able to grow in this area
A) Great Rift Valley
B) Sahel
C) South Africa
D) Savanna
- 6. This person ruled from 1312 to 1332 and under his rule the Mali Empire flourished. He made a religious pilgrimage to Mecca and persuaded Muslims to return to Mali and make the main city a cultural center.
A) Hammurabi
B) Mansa Musa
C) King Affonso
D) Prince Philip
- 7. What is a process by which a desert spreads due to a drought?
A) Trubutary
B) Deforestation
C) Savanna
D) Desertification
- 8. A missionary is a person who goes…
A) To another country to fight for his nation.
B) To another country to do religious and social work.
C) Stays in his country to help with the economics.
D) To another country to help with the government.
- 9. A drought occurs because…
A) The Nile River overflows
B) Of too much rain in one area
C) The Atlantic Ocean grows to be too big.
D) Of a lack of rain in one area.
- 10. The MAJORITY ethnic group that is mainly located in central Africa. This group lost the 1994 conflict and lost tons of power in their regions.
A) Tutsi
B) Bantu
C) Zulu
D) Hutu
A) Found in BOTH desert and tropical areas and are flat grasslands.
B) Found in ONLY semiarid areas and are hilly grasslands.
C) Found in BOTH semiarid and tropical areas and are flat grasslands.
D) Found in ONLY tropical areas and are flat grasslands.
- 12. The MINORITY ethnic group in central Africa that formed a new government in Rwanda. They have the better education and jobs between the main ethnic groups.
A) Zulu
B) Hutu
C) Bantu
D) Tutsi
- 13. What is an example of a nonrenewable resource?
A) Wind
B) Diamond
C) Water
D) Trees
- 14. The unfounded belief that one race is inferior to another race. This was seen throughout Africa.
A) Divorce
B) Segregation
C) Communism
D) Racism
- 15. Renewable resources such as trees, are used to make which product in Africa?
A) Coffee
B) Nickel
C) Tin
D) Copper
- 16. Nigeria is a country with many cultures and religions. They have many people that believe in different things, so that means they have…
A) Adversity
B) Diversity
C) Reality
D) Durability
- 17. Apartheid strictly separated people by _________________. Many people resisted it and in 1991 it finally ended in many countries in Africa.
A) Gender
B) Color
C) Language
D) Ethnicity
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