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Basic questions about Africa (3rd grade social studies) #africa #geography
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1
Which 2 seas border Africa?
Mediterranean and Caspian
North and Mediterranean
Mediterranean and Red
Red and Caspian
2
What were two popular commodities traded in Precolonial West Africa?
salt and oil
gold and oil
gold and salt
salt and pepper
3
A ___________ is an area of fairly level high ground relative to the surrounding area.
Plateau
Savannah
Tundra
Mesa
4
Wide open grasslands where many of the animals associated with Africa live are _____________.
Chaparrals
Savannahs
Deserts
Rain Forests
5
What is the highest peak on the African Continent?
Mt. Olympus
Mt. Kilimanjaro
Mt. Everest
Mt. Mitchell
6
What borders Africa to the West?
Mediterranean Sea
Atlantic Ocean
Indian Ocean
Red Sea
7
What is the longest river in Africa?
Mississippi
Congo
Euphrates
Nile
8
___________ receive less than 10 inches of rain a year.
Desert
Rain Forest
Savannah
Chaparral
9
One similarity between Egypt, Ghana, Mali and Songhai is that all of them were located:
on major trading routes
on major sea ports
in the rainforest
in mountainous terrain
10
How many people traveled to Mecca with Mansa Musa?
72
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72,000,000
72,000
11
What holy city did Mansa Musa go on pilgrimage to?
Jerusalem
Mecca
Paris
Medina
12
What three kingdoms dominated West Africa during the Middle Ages?
France, England and Germany
Britian, Mali and Songhai
Egypt, Mesopotamia and Saudi Arabia
Ghana, Mali and Songhai
13
What happened to the value of gold due to Mansa Musa giving away so much on his hajj to Mecca?
it crashed
it decreased
it stayed the same
it increased
14
What desert in Africa did merchants have to travel across to trade with people of West Africa?
Sahara
Gobi
Mojave
Namib
15
Which of these is NOT a biome in Africa?
Desert
Rain Forest
Tundra
Savannah
16
Africa is ____________ of Europe.
South
East
North
West
17
What is the largest lake in Africa?
Lake Victoria
Jordan Lake
Lake Superior
Lake Kenya
18
In the ___________ many parts receive over 100 inches of rain a year.
Desert
Rain Forest
Chaparral
Savannah
19
Which of the three kingdoms was smallest in size?
Ghana
Songhai
Mali
20
What was one advantage for merchants and traders who converted to Islam?
Merchants wanted Allah to grant them great wealth
All people of Africa were Muslims
The Pope would grant them an indulgence
Arabic would become common language, making trade easier.
21
True or False: Africa has a lot of resources.
True
False
22
Mansa Musa's Hajj to Mecca is evidence that:
most African leaders were educated in the Middle East
the Crusades had a great influence on West Africa
European culture was superior to cultures of West Africa
Islam had a major influence on West African culture
23
Climate Zones with the same average temperature and precipitation are ______________.
biomes
layers of the Earth
landforms
plateaus
