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Review for Africa unit test.
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1
This river runs through western Africa.
Nile
Niger
Zambezi
Congo
2
Why is it so difficult to get to the interior of Africa?
The deserts.
Too many peninsulas.
The jungle.
Plateau on plateau on plateau.
3
Name Africa's tallest mountain.
Communism Peak
Mt. Kenya
Mt. Everest
Mt. Kilimanjaro
4
Why is the literacy rate so low?
Need children to work.
Would rather their children learn survival skills.
Lazy
Can't afford to send students to school.
5
What type of economic activity dominates the continent?
Subsistence Agriculture
Mining
Industry
Cash Crops
6
What climate is dominant throughout central Africa?
Tropical Rainforest
Humid Subtropical
Steppe
Tropical Savanna/Tropical Wet & Dry
7
What is the dominant religion in southern Africa?
Judaism
Islam
Traditional
Christianity
8
What climate is found in the northern and southern parts of Africa?
Mediterranean
Rainforest
Steppe
Desert
9
Which tribal group lived in central Africa but started migrating south and east around 2000 BC?
Zulu
Bantu
Masai
Kikuyu
10
This is the longest river in Africa.
Congo
Niger
Nile
Zambezi
11
What is the lingua franca or common language of parts of Africa?
Bantu
Swahili
Arabic
Portuguese
12
In what region of Africa is Islam the dominant religion?
Northern
Southern
Western
Eastern
13
What is Africa's number one problem?
Feeding their people.
HIV/AIDS
Civil Wars
Keeping the animal population under control.
14
What city in Africa has the largest population?
Mogadishu, Somalis
Lagos, Nigeria
Cairo, Egypt
Cape Town, South Africa
15
What makes the Kalahari desert unique?
It is created by a cold ocean current.
It has a wet season and a dry season.
There is iron in the soil which makes the color orange.
It is a totally sand desert.
16
Which river would be great for developing hydroelectric power?
Congo
Niger
Zambezi
Nile
17
Name the largest desert in the world... which is 3.5 million square miles.
Gobi Desert
Sahara Desert
Death Valley
Namib Desert
18
What did the Ghana Empire control?
The slave trade.
Trade routes across western Africa.
The gold trade.
The diamond trade in western Africa.
19
Which country is the most densely populated country?
Sudan
Rwanda
Burundi
Nigeria
20
Which of these qualities make up a successful nation-state?
Economic Freedom
Security
Economic Growth
Quality of Life
21
Which lake is not located in the Great Rift Valley?
Lake Nyasa
Lake Tanganyika
Lake Chad
Lake Victoria
22
How were most cities in the region started?
As the capital city of a country.
Vacation destinations.
Slave trading ports.
Trade ports.
23
What holds back woman from being a financial contributor to the family?
Men
War
World Bank/International Monetary Fund
HIV/Aids
24
Which is not an effect of European colonization of Africa?
Schools and Hospitals build for the African people.
Civil Wars
An unprepared population for independence.
Lack of infrastructure.
25
These are small loans to women to start a business.
micro-companies
micro-entrepreneurs
micro-loans
micro-credit
26
Which of the following are not a duty women provide in Africa?
Raising Children
Carrying Water
Wage Earner
Cooking
27
Victoria Falls, the largest falls in Africa, is located on what river?
Chad
Zambezi
Nile
Niger
28
This is an agricultural or mining product.
Diaspora
Cash Crop
Diversify
Commodity
29
Why is the life expectancy in Africa the shortest of any continent?
Famine
Disease
Mining
Overfarming
30
Why did the Europeans want Africa?
To fuel the industrial revolution.
Resources
To control the water rights.
To spread their religion.
31
Where did the Europeans meet to divide Africa?
Madrid Conference
Berlin Conference
London Conference
Paris Conference
32
What was the route of the slave trade?
Europe, Africa, United States
Europe, Africa, Asia
Africa, Americas, Europe
Europe, Asia, Africa
33
When did the role of woman in Africa start to change?
During colonization.
The slave trade.
the 20th century.
After independence.
34
When did the Europeans first arrive in Africa?
18th century
Late 1400's
1492
Early 1500's
35
In which country was apartheid practiced?
Senegal
Botswana
Swaziland
South Africa
