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Geography of Africa Test
Geography of Africa Test
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Largest hot desert in the world is...
Kalahari
Sahara
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The country in eastern central Africa bordered by Lake Victoria and the Indian Ocean is
South America
Nigeria
Kenya
Sudan
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What is the oldest and largest ethnic group in Africa?
Arab
Bantu
Swahili
Ashanti
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Absence of rain from an area of land over a long time is ...
Famine
Drought
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Ethnic group found in mostly northern Africa that speaks Arabic and is mostly Sunni Muslim is..
Ashanti
Arab
Bantu
Swahili
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Tropical grassland with scattered trees and shrubs home to many of Africa's wild animals is ...
Sahel
Tropical Rainforest
Savanna
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People need firewood for fuel, to clear land for farming, to build on, and to make money
deforstation
water pollution
desertification
water pollution
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Which of these countries is most likely affected by Africa's deforestation?
Egypt
South Africa
Kenya
Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC)
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Most African's trace their roots back to this ancient culture
Ashanti
Bantu
Swahili
Arab
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Which ethnic group's language is a blend of Bantu and Arabic?
Swahili
Ashanti
Arab
Bantu
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Country directly south of Egypt with a border on the sea is ...
Sudan
Isreal
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Longest river in Africa is...
Congo
Nile
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Environmental problem in Africa that causes soil erosion and results in poor soil for farming
deforestation
desertification
lack of water
water pollution
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Africa's largest lake and source of the Nile is
Lake Kenya
Lake Victoria
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The large arid/semi-arid sandy area in southern Africa
Sahara Desert
Mojave Desert
Kalahari Desert
Tropical Rainforest
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Serious African problem caused by animal, human, and industrial waste, which leads to sickness
deforestation
lack of water
water pollution
desertification
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Religion that came to Africa with the Arab traders, especially to northern Africa in the 700s:
Islam
Christianity
Judaism
Animism
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Spreading of the desert is
Desertification
Deforestation
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Desert transition zone; semi-arid land on the southern border of the Sahara is
Savanna
Sahel
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The second longest river in Africa is the
Niger
Nile
Orinoco
Congo
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Removal of trees from an area of land to make way for human development is ...
drought
desertification
deforestation
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Deforestation in Africa causes all of following
EXCEPT
:
loss of medicines
more oxygen
erosion
extinction of plants and animals
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In what geographic region of Africa would you most likely find desertification happening?
Savanna
Sahel
Sahara
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Ethnic group located in Ghana and the Ivory Coast; practice traditional religions; supreme god
Ashanti
Bantu
Swahili
Arab
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One cause of desertification on the Sahel is
poor plumbing and water sanitation
farming involving clearing land, burning, and replanting
burning coal for electricity
the poaching/killing of animals illegally in the rain forest