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Geography Unit 5--"Africa"
Geography Unit 5--"Africa"
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Review for the Unit 5 Test about Africa. #africa #geography
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1
A mineral which is the main source of aluminum is
bauxite
gold
silver
platinum
2
The last and greatest prophet (according to Islamic teachings) is
Muhammad
John the Baptist
Taylor Swift
Moses
3
A practice used to dominate other countries' government, trade, and culture is
mobsterism
nationalism
imperialism
communism
4
Political boundaries drawn by European colonizers
kept people of the same religion together
generally followed climate zones
often separated members of the same ethnic group
kept people who spoke the same language together
5
The two most common religions in West Africa are
animism and Buddhism
animism and Islam
Christianity and Buddhism
Christianity and Islam
6
The waterway which connects the Mediterranean and Red Seas (a shortcut around Africa) is the
Erie Canal
Panama Canal
Suez Canal
Grand Canal
7
Madagascar receives income from
sugar and clove exports
vanilla and coffee exports
tourism
all of the above
8
The organization of South Africans which opposed the policy of apartheid was the
Anti-Apartheid Committee
Organization of African States
African Unity Committee
African National Congress
9
Most North African people practice the religion of
Judaism
Christianity
Buddhism
Islam
10
A regional variety of a language is called a
dialect
bauxite
famine
malaria
11
What covers most of North Africa?
the Atlas Mountains
spring-fed oases
the Sahara Desert
fertile wetlands
12
An important trade route to the interior of Central Africa is the
Cameroon canal
Congo River
coastal railroad
Kinshasa highway
13
What was South Africa's past policy of separation of the races called?
townships
enclaves
sanctions
apartheid
14
The person who was elected president of South Africa in 1994 when apartheid ended is
Morgan Freeman
Nelson Mandela
Frederick de Klerk
Barack Obama
15
A river in the southern part of Central Africa that many other rivers and Lake Nyasa flow into.
Zambezi
Nile
Tigris
Congo
16
What is genocide?
restrictions on international shipping
the intentional destruction of a people
a policy of colonization
ineffective government policies
17
The great Kingdoms of West Africa became powerful by
trading with groups in East Africa
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controlling trade routes across the Sahara
using ships to send goods around the world
18
Since independence, a problem with many countries in Central Africa has been
fighting among ethnic groups
high taxes and few farmers
conflicts with European countries
attacks by people from different regions
19
A large grasslands area in Tanzania where wildlife thrives is
the Gobi
the Kalahari
the Serengeti Plain
the Great Rift Valley
20
A strip of land that divides the desert from wetter regions is the
Sahel
Serengeti Plain
Corn Belt
savanna region
21
Egypt's economy depends on
water purification and tourism
communication and the high-tech industry
agriculture, oil, and tourism
fertilizer, oil, and communications
22
The spread of desertlike conditions is called
famine
deserting
desertification
spreadification
23
The Shona are best known for their stone-walled capital city, called
Cape Town
Great Zimbabwe
Johannesburg
Windhoek
24
Mount Kilimanjaro is covered in snow and ice because of its
high elevation
low latitude
moist climate
rugged highlands
25
A disease spread by mosquitoes that causes fever and pain and sometimes death is
ebola
chickenpox
malaria
anemia
26
What is a major barrier to travel on Central Africa's main rivers?
rapids and waterfalls
flooding
mudslides
drought
27
Southern Africa is rich in mineral resources, including
platinum and diamonds
gold and copper
all of the above
coal and iron
28
A widely spoken language in East Africa is
German
Swahili
English
French
29
The main source of the Nile River is
Lake Victoria
Lake Malawi
Lake Tanganyika
the Aral Sea
30
The name of the early African empire in South Africa in the 1300s was the
Zimbabwe
Shona
Phoenicians
Swahili
31
Widespread hunger usually caused by drought or war is called a
famine
strike
fast
Ramadan
32
A landform in East Africa formed by the movement of tectonic plates is the
Great Rift Valley
Sudan Basin
Serengeti Plain
Nubian Desert