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Africa Common Assessment Review
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1
What is Africa's largest lake?
Lake Tanganyika
Lake Chad
Lake Victoria
Lake Malawi
2
What was the importance of Timbuktu in the Mali Empire?
It controlled the routes from the Indian Ocean.
It welcomed ships from Europe.
It was the center of trade for gold and salt.
It was a pilgrimage site for early Christians.
3
What disease is spread by mosquitoes and is very common in Central Africa?
AIDS
Africa Sleeping Sickness
malaria
Ebola
4
How can droughts affect human populations?
They create new farming areas.
They make it difficult to produce food.
They encourage people to move inland.
They lead to population increases.
5
What country am I?
Somalia
Ethiopia
Rwanda
Tanzania
6
What is the name given to the belief that one's own culture is superior to any other culture?
imperialism
ethnocentrism
cultural diffusion
colonialism
7
What country am I?
Libya
Ethiopia
Tunisia
Egypt
8
What country am I?
Chad
Benin
Sudan
Nigeria
9
How does trade benefit countries in Africa?
It increases the gap between the rich and poor.
It increases the amount of goods available.
It provides religious freedom to all citizens.
It provides education in cities.
10
Where and when was this photo MOST LIKELY taken?
China during the Mogul period.
Israel during the Palestinian conflict.
South Africa during apartheid.
Sudan after the civil war.
11
Which of the following men helped bring an end to apartheid in South Africa?
Osama Bin Laden
Nelson Mandela
Mohandas Gandhi
Ibn Battuta
12
What country is highlighted on the map?
Comoros
Madagascar
Cape Verde
Seychelles
13
What is the main goal of the African Union (AU)?
To tie Africa and Europe more closely together.
To promote cooperation among African countries.
to unite Africa under one dictator.
To raise awareness of Africans in other parts of the world.
14
Central Africa's tropical forests are threatened by
corrupt government officials.
civil wars.
logging and hunting.
endangered animals.
15
Why did the Germans, Portuguese, and other Europeans establish colonies in Africa?
to study at African Universities
to spread Islam
to put an end to the slave trade
to make money from resources
16
Which African country has THREE national capitals (Pretoria, Cape Town, and Bloemfontein)?
Namibia
Angola
South Africa
Swaziland
17
Which two trade goods were MOST central to the ancient civilizations of West Africa?
iron and wheat
gold and salt
silver and gold
copper and rice
18
In a theocracy, the government is run by
a small group of wealthy merchants.
religious leaders.
a king and queen.
the common people.
19
What is the capital of Egypt?
Suez
Alexandria
Tunis
Cairo
20
Which describes African slave trade in the 1700s?
Traders no longer used water routes to move slaves.
All countries decided to stop trading slaves.
African leaders refused to allow the trade to continue.
Europeans wanted slaves to work on their plantations.
21
Mount Kilimanjaro is covered in snow and ice because of its
low latitude
high elevation
rugged highlands
moist climate
22
What is the dominant ecosystem of North Africa?
tropical rainforest
desert
tundra
savanna
23
What country am I?
Democratic Republic of the Congo
Central African Republic
Cameroon
Uganda
24
In which body of water are these people MOST LIKELY fishing?
Nile River
Congo River
Lake Victoria
RedSea
25
Political boundaries drawn by European colonizers
generally followed climate zones.
kept people who spoke the same language together.
often separated members of the same ethnic group.
kept people of the same religion together.
26
What country is highlighted on the map?
Morocco
Libya
Eritrea
Tunisia
27
What country is shown on the map?
Tanzania
Kenya
South Africa
Zambia
28
What country am I?
Eritrea
South Sudan
South Africa
Zimbabwe
29
What religion do most North Africans follow?
Chrsitianity
Buddhism
Judaism
Islam
30
What do ships use to avoid sailing around Southern Africa?
the Nile
the Strait of Gibraltar
the Suez Canal
the Panama Canal
31
What country am I?
Togo
Mali
Ghana
Western Sahara
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What river is shown in dark blue?
Blue Nile
Congo
Niger
Orange
