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1
About 800,000 people were killed in the Rwandan genocide
True
False
2
Apartheid in South Africa was the practice of what?
Farming
Parlimentary system
Economic systems
Segregation
3
Africa is home to about what percent of the world's arable land?
90%
60%
30%
20%
4
The battle of Adwa was bettween who?
England and Egypt
Italy and Nigeria
France and Ethiopia
Italy and Ethiopia
5
The eastern part of Turkey is also called what?
Kurdistan
Anatolia
Mespotampia
IDK
6
The Soviet Union maintained control over which region until 1991?
Central Asia
North Africa
U.A.E
Saudi Arabia
7
Which is the largest lake in Africa
Lake Titicaca
Lake Volta
Lake Chad
Lake Victoria
8
What sports do I coach?
Water Polo
Water Polo and Swim
Water Polo and Track
Water Polo and Wrestling
9
Why did many Muslims learn to speak Arabic?
To read the Quran
It's their natural language
They were forced to
10
What is the most common religion in North Africa/ Middle East?
Islam
Judasim
Zoroastroism
Christianity
11
Africa's longest mountain range is?
Himalayas
Atlas
Hejaz
Andes
12
The economies of many Middle Eastern and north African countries are heavily tied to which industry?
Tourism
Manufacturing
Agriculture
Oil
13
Around which of the following rivers do we find the earliest evidence of civilization?
Nile
Niger
Mississippi
Euphrates
14
About what year do we see farming communities develope around fertile river beds?
0
6,000 BCE
3,000 BCE
2,000 CE
15
This building is currently a
Mosque
Church
Museum
16
Who controlled what is now Palestine before WWI?
They were independent
Ottoman Empire
Austria-Hungary
Seljuks
17
What country has the largest zone of tropical rainforest in Africa?
Congo
Democratic Republic of the Congo
Nigeria
Tanzania
18
The Sahara was once a grassland
True
False
19
Mansa Musa was the king of which Empire?
Babalyonian
Mali
Ethopia
Ottoman
20
Zionism is what?
Call for Jewish people to return to Palestine
Hiking of Mt. Zion
Call of Nationalism
Zion I's first album
21
This area is known as?
Fertile Cresent
Cradle of Civilization
Bablyon
Mesopotamia
22
About how much of Earth's land is covered in a desert?
10%
20%
33%
15%
23
About how many years did the Ottoman Empire last?
600
1,000
400
1,200
24
Of the 3 main religions, which is the oldest?
Islam
Christianity
Judasim
Rastafarian
25
Nigeria is an African nation that is a member of what
NATO
NAFTA
OPEC
EU
26
What % of Egyptian population lives in the Nile delta?
90%
60%
70%
80%
27
Which of the following rivers is the deepest river in the world?
Mississippi
Nile
Congo
Amazon
28
Which direction did the first humans migrate from the great rift valley?
South
North
West
East
29
About how many ethnic groups are located in Africa?
1,362
1,000
900
3,000
30
What kind of farming do most Africans take part in?
Shifting
Substience
Commerical
Sedintary
31
Did the Persian empire force their way of life on conquered territories?
Maybe
IDK
Yes
No
32
South Africa is the worlds #1 producer of what?
Gold
Bananas
Plutonium
Oil
33
How much of the land in North Africa and the Middle East is considered a desert?
60%
50%
30%
40%
34
Which of the following is not a mountain or mountain range in Africa?
Mt. Kilamanjaro
Ruwenzori
Drakensburg range
Himalayas
35
By the year 2050 the Population of the Sahel is expected to
Grow 15%
Triple
Double
Be about the same
36
Africa has the 2nd highest average elevation
False
True
37
Who are many African economies geared to?
Local tribes
Propping up Governments
Foreign contries/ Exports
38
Who was elected president after the first open election in South Africa?
Nelson Mandela
Christiaan Barnard
Thabo Mbeki
Nevile Chamberlain
39
West African merchants traded gold for what product, which brought by Arab merchants across the Sahara
Iron
Diamonds
Salt
40
Which of the following is NOT an effect of desertification?
Famine
Deforestation
Erosion
Loss of farmland
