Do You Know About Africa?
15 Questions
| Total Attempts: 142
In this quiz, you will learn more about Africa
Questions and Answers
- 1.What were the apartheid laws that required Black South Africans to carry ID cards?
- A.
Group Areas Act
- B.
Population Identification
- C.
Pass Laws
- D.
Influx Control
- 2.Three of these African cultures have economies that are (or were) based on cattle herding. Which one doesn't?
- A.
Fulani
- B.
Dinka
- C.
Gikuyu
- D.
Xhosa
- 3.Which country claims to be the world's hottest place, with a year-round average temperature of 90 degrees Fahrenheit?
- A.
Egypt
- B.
Sudan
- C.
Ethiopia
- D.
Algeria
- 4.Who wrote the African-American Literature Narrative of Sojourner Truth, "A Northern Slave"?
- A.
James Weldon Johnson
- B.
Adolphe Roberts
- C.
Sojourner Truth
- D.
Langston
- 5.In South Africa, what what would you do with Biltong?
- A.
Smoke It
- B.
Use It As A Herbal Remedy
- C.
Eat It
- D.
Drink It
- 6.What is the capital city of Kwa-Zulu Natal?
- A.
Rourkes Drift
- B.
Pietermaritzburg
- C.
Johannesburg
- D.
Durban
- 7.Which sub-Saharan colony was the first to achieve independence?
- A.
Gold Coast
- B.
Nyasaland
- C.
South Africa
- D.
Rhodesia
- 8.In 1975, Angola and Mozambique gained independence from which European country?
- A.
Spain
- B.
France
- C.
Portugal
- D.
Germany
- 9.Under South African apartheid, which was not a race classification?
- A.
Mixed
- B.
Bantu
- C.
Colored
- D.
White
- 10.Which country supplied 50,000 troops during the Angolan Civil War?
- A.
United States
- B.
Soviet Union
- C.
Cuba
- D.
Angola
- 11.What two items were the basis of West African trade?
- A.
Linen And Mahogany
- B.
Salt And Gold
- C.
Iron And Salt
- D.
Gold And Silver
- 12.What former province of Mali became an empire on its own?
- A.
Benin
- B.
Diehne
- C.
Ghana
- D.
Songhai
- 13.What was one of the main trade goods of Aksum?
- A.
Gold
- B.
Spices
- C.
Ivory
- D.
Furs
- 14.Which king made Christianity the official religion of Aksum?
- A.
King Knos-Us
- B.
King Ezana
- C.
King Khofu
- D.
King Kongrati
- 15.Which Christian king of East Africa had his people carve underground churches?
- A.
Mansa Musa
- B.
Lalibela
- C.
Sundiata
- D.
Ezana
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