Africa Review (7th grade)

Which country was not involved in the 'Scramble for Africa'?

True or false? Rwandan genocide was based on ancient hatreds, going back before colonialism.

What was the name of the official system of segregation in South Africa (1902-1994)?

What is the name of this small African country, which experienced brutal genocide in 1994?

What ancient kingdom ruled West Africa before the arrival of Islam to the region?

What is the name of this irrigation tool, used to water crops in Egypt?

What was the name of the meeting in which 7 European countries divided up African territories?

What religion did Mansa Musa follow, which required him to journey across Africa to Arabia?

What is the term used to describe the purposeful killing of an entire group of people?

What is the name of the process of expanding deserts, which has left Africa less farm land?

True or False? Racial divisions no longer exist in South Africa at all.

What was the name of this ancient Egyptian sacred writing form?

What is the name of the large desert that separates Northern Africa from the southern half?

In what year did South Africa hold its first multi-racial election?

What major river runs north from the Sahara into the Mediterranean Sea?

What resource that came across the Sahara attracted European attention to sub-saharan Africa?

Who was the king of Ancient Egypt, who was believed to be a god and control the Nile?

Who was the anti-apartheid activist who was elected the first black president of South Africa?

What very successful ancient civilization developed along the nile?

What improved technologies allowed Europeans to begin exploring sub-saharan Africa?

What is one cause of desertifcation?

What natural resource helped the Ghana empire gain power?

Which country ruled West Africa?

Which jobs were considered 'noble' in ancient Egypt?

What language would you expect many West Africans to speak today?

True or false? Predictable flooding of the Nile helped Egyptian agriculture.

What empire took over Ghana and West Africa and traded their gold for North African salt?

What religious empire traded salt to the Malian Empire in exchange for gold?

Which country ruled Egypt and South Africa?

Who is the Malian King who traveled across Africa with so much gold he crashed the economy?

Which of the following is not a cause of European imperialism in Africa?

What kingdom from the Southern Nile (modern Sudan) conquered Egypt for a period of time?