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Africa Quiz
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True or False? Ancient Ghana was located in the same place as the modern-day country of Ghana.
True
False
2
Ellen Johnson Sirleaf was the first female president in Africa - where?
Ethiopia
South Africa
Rwanda
Liberia
3
Only African countries not conquered by Europeans:
Ethiopia & Liberia
Ghana & Egypt
Liberia & Ghana
Ethiopia & Egypt
4
What allowed early African and Arab traders to cross the Sahara desert?
Horses
Trucks
Portable Water
Camels
5
What desert can be found in the Northern part of Africa?
Zambezi
Sahara
Kalahari
Gobi
6
What are the two largest rivers in Africa?
Nile and Zambezi
Congo and Amazon
Zambezi and Niger
Nile and Congo
7
Another word for colonialism.
Democracy
Independence
Monarchy
Imperialism
8
All of the following diseases have caused problems for Africa except....
HIV/AIDS
Flu
Malaria
Ebola
9
What percentage of the world's cocoa comes from Africa?
50%
70%
25%
90%
10
Who was the first king of Mali?
Zambezi
Mansa Musa
Bornu
Sundiata
11
One example of imperialism is...
Non-governmental organizations (NGOs) helping people
When millions of Africans were sold as slaves.
When Europe split up Africa into 50 countries.
China investing in building highways in Dem. Rep. of Congo
12
What two empires rose up in West Africa during the Middle Ages?
The Zulu and Songhai
Ghana and Mali
Ghana and Egypt
Kilwa and Egypt
13
Apartheid was all of the following EXCEPT...
Fully ended when Nelson Mandela became president.
A system of racial groups being segregated in South Africa.
An idea Americans brought to South Africa
Part of a history of racism starting with imperialism.
14
Name of the meeting where Europeans divided up Africa between them in 1884?
Committee on the Prevention of War in Africa
Paris Convocation
Berlin Conference
London Exchange
15
Why is it impossible for ships to sail from Africa's interior to the sea?
Mountains interrupt the rivers' flow.
Waterfalls and rapids interrupt the rivers' flow.
It is possible to sail into the interior.
Tributaries interrupt the rivers' flow.
16
Largest city in Africa today is:
Nairobi, Kenya
Lagos, Nigeria
Cairo, Egypt
Djibouti, Djibouti
17
Africa's biggest trading partner today is:
Each other
China
Europe
United States
18
Africa is:
a cool song from the 1980s
A country
a place with only poor people
A continent
19
Area of grasslands between desert and forest.
Kalahari
Savanna
Sahel
Sahara
20
All of the following is true of Nelson Mandela EXCEPT...
He was sent to prison for 27 years.
Martin Luther King Jr. attended a protest rally for him after his arrest
Advocated violent revolution to overthrow Apartheid
He was the first Black president of South Africa.
21
True or False? Slavery is no longer a problem in Africa.
False
True
22
The African country that is only 9 miles away from the Rock of Gibralter in Europe is
Libya
Morocco
Tunisia
Algiers
23
Africa's deadliest animal is:
Cape Buffalo
Hippo
Hyena
Lion
24
A griot was...
The historian for West African villages.
The only one in the village who could speak to the ancestors
The iron worker in West African villages.
A person who fights for independence.
25
Rainforest in central Africa.
Amazon
Rift Valley
Nile
Congo
26
There are about how many languages spoken in Africa today:
1,000
200
50
2,000
27
Ghana and Mali became rich due to...
Conquering other nations
The University of Timbuktu
The Gold-Salt Trade
The Slave Trade
28
What was Mansa Musa famous for?
Building a university at Timbuktu, making a hajj to Mecca w/ 60,000 people
Taking over Songhai and converting to Islam, converting his whole kingdom
Being the first king of Mali, traveling to Europe, and giving away silver
Building university at Timbuktu, expanding Mali's army, conquering enemies
29
True or False? Early African kingdoms traded with Spain, Portugal and Italy.
True
False
30
Because much of Africa is high and flat, the continent is often called the...
Plateau Continent
Mountain Continent
River Valley Continent
Coastal Plain Continent
31
True or False? Early African kingdoms traded with India and Asia.
True
False
32
Why were the Agojie warriors of the Dahomey Kingdom famous?
They were all women
They never lost
They defended Mansa Musa
They fought on horses like European knights
33
Which invention is NOT by an African?
Refrigerated Trucks - for food, donated blood, etc.
CT (CAT) Scan - to scan soft tissue in humans
Portable electronic device to scare sharks while scuba/snorkeling
Car-mounted flame thrower to deter car-jacking
34
Most people in North Africa follow what religion?
Christianity
Judaism
Islam
Hinduism
35
City in Mali famous for a university built there during the Middle Ages.
Bornu
Ghana
Kilwa
Timbuktu
