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1
What is the situation of Cape Town, South Africa?
An important religious pilgrimage site
A city located on the trans-Siberian railroad
A center of Islamic culture
A supply station for ships
2
What is the tallest mountain in Africa?
Mt. Kenya
Mt. Kilimanjaro
Mt. Kalahari
Mt. Mawenzi
3
The leader who led a long struggle to end apartheid that resulted in himbeing imprisoned.
Bishop Desmond Tumaric
Nelson Mandela
Desmond Briere
Nelson Maratii
4
What country on the map is labeled "7"?
Canary Islands
Madagascar
Victoria
Mali
5
What river is labeled "4"?
Nile
Congo
Zambezi
Niger
6
What country on the map is labeled "10"?
Burkina Faso
Ghana
Sierra Leone
Cote D'Ivoire
7
What is the second tallest mountain in Africa?
Mt. Kenya
Mt. Sahara
Mt. Mutumbo
Mt. Kilimanjaro
8
What river is labeled "2"?
Congo
Nile
Orange
Zambezi
9
What country on the map is labeled "5"?
Gabon
Tanzania
Nigeria
Namibia
10
What country on the map is labeled "9"?
Uganda
Tanzania
Rwanda
Kenya
11
A type of African art that inspired Pablo Picasso.
Sculpture-de-Trufairee
cave paintings
Botswana Tribal paintings
Fang Sculpture
12
This river is the world's longest and flows more than 4,000 miles out to Egypt.
The Congo
The Nile
The Zambezi
The Niger
13
Why is it difficult to transport goods on the rivers in Africa?
The major rivers are only in North Africa
The rivers do not extend into the interior very far
The rivers are too narrow
The rivers have many rapids and waterfalls
14
What statement best describes the economy of Africa?
Most countries rely on heavy industry
Agriculture is the most important economic activity
Most countries assemble goods such as cars or computers
Most of the countries rely on oil for income
15
What river is labeled "3"?
Orange
Nile
Zambezi
Congo
16
The major cultural and religious influence in Africa.
Hinduism
Islam
Christianity
Buddhism
17
What country on the map is labeled "6"?
Algeria
Egypt
Libya
Sudan
18
What country on the map is labeled "3"?
Kenya
Sierra Leone
Rwanda
South Africa
19
The _________ is a large grassland in East Africa that attracts many tourists.
basin
rift valley
escarpment
savanna
20
Much of the cultural history of African tribes has been kept alive through:
Textbooks in Africa's public schools
The work of archaeologists
International organizations
Oral traditions
21
Africa has a large number of landlocked countries.
True
False
22
Which of these is
NOT
a characteristic of a developing country?
low literacy rate
low per capita GDP
low birth rate
high infant mortality rate
23
What river is labeled "6"?
White Nile
Blue Nile
24
Even though Africa is rich in mineral resources, why are the countries still poor?
Difficulty in extracting natural resources
The minerals do not bring a high price on the market
International competition
Poor infrastructures, government corruption, and conflict
25
An expansion of dry conditions into moist areas that are next to deserts.
desertvacation
arid area increase
arid expansion
desertification
26
Which one of the following statements best describes the natural resources of Africa?
Rich mineral resources such as diamonds and gold
Large forests in every country
Large deposits of uranium ore in North Africa
Poor mineral resources
27
What river is labeled "1"?
Orange
Nile
Zambezi
Congo
28
What country on the map is labeled "8"?
Zimbabwe
Angola
Bostwana
South Africa
29
What kind of city was Timbuktu, the capital of the Mali Empire?
A manufacturing city for bauxite and iron ore
A British colonial capital
A major port city for the African slave trade
A city on an important trade route
30
The world's largest desert is located in Africa. What is it called?
The Namib Desert
The Kalahari Desert
The Mojave Desert
The Sahara Desert
31
___________ are stores of underground water. In some places it comes up to earth's surface.
spelunker
oasis
sahara
aquifiers
32
What country on the map is labeled "4"?
Libya
Chad
Sudan
Egypt
33
What river is labeled "5"?
Blue Nile
White Nile
34
What statement best describes the physical features of Africa?
Africa is a mountainous continent
Africa is a large plateau with several major mountain ranges
Africa is a large plateau with a narrow coastal plain
Africa is composed of a flat, grassy plain
35
The most prominent physical feature in East Africa is:
The Great Rift Valley
The Sahara Desert
The Kalahari Desert
The Niger River
36
Formed in 1884-1885 by 14 European nations to lay down rules for dividing Africa.
Botswana Meeting
Berlin Conference
Niger delta region Meeting
South Africa Conference on Human Affairs
37
A depression in a plateau where water collects.
basin
rift valley
desertification
escarpment
38
Theuppermost layer of branches in a rain forest, about 150 feet above the ground.
convertible
shade ambiance
shade factor
canopy
39
A society in which people rely on family lineages to govern themselves.
classless society
"society of mussier"
"society of one"
stateless society
40
Which statement best describes the climate of Africa?
Africa has similar climates north and south of the equator
Africa has a cold climate in the north and south
The climate of Africa is similar to North America
Africa has mainly mid-latitude climate zones
41
A region that contains most of Nigeria’s oil.
Botswana delta
Orange River
Kalahari delta plain
Niger delta
42
Apartheid laws put many restrictions on:
nonwhites
prisoners
whites
Parliament
43
An uncontrollable outbreak of disease affecting a large population.
Botswana belt
panhandling
escarpment
pandemic
44
An _______ is a steep slope with a nearly flat plateau on top. It is not as steep as a cliff.
oasis
serengeti
escarpment
aquafier
45
What country had an ethnic conflict in the 1990s that resulted in genocide?
Rwanda
Mozambique
Angola
Egypt
46
As the continental plates pulled apart, huge cracks appeared in the earth to create ________.
rift valleys
The Nile River
basins
The Congo River Basin
