World Geography Africa Unit 6

What means "shore of the desert" in Arabic?

Is Angola a part of Southern Africa? (yes or no)

Several nations in Africa are called "_________" countries, because they rely only on one or two principle commodities.

Mosquitoes can carry malaria.

• True

• False

A _____________ is one in which people rely on family lineages to govern themselves, rather than an elected government or monarch.

The ______________ are famous for their work in weaving colorful asasia.

A __________ is an uncontrollable outbreak of a disease affecting a large population over a wide geographic area.

What is the largest desert in the world?

• Namib

• Sahel

• Sahara

• Kalahari

A god-king in Egypt is known as the

• King

• Pharaoh

• God

• Prince

The picture above is:

• George Rutaganda

• Morgan Freedman

• Nelson Mandela

• Paul Rosesabegina

What movement of people helped to bring a sense of unity of language to much of Africa?

AIDS has become a pandemic.

• TRUE

• FALSE

The United States is larger than Africa.

• True

• False

__________ region of Africa has been invaded and occupied by many people and empires from outside Africa. (The answer is of the five regions of Africa in chapter 19)

Most of Africa is located between the Tropic of Capricorn and the Tropic of Cancer.

• True

• False

Africa's highest mountain is:

• Mt. Kenya

• Mt. Everest

• Mt. Kilimanjaro

The population density in Egypt is concentrated near..

• The Red Sea

• The Mediterranean Sea

• The Nile River

• Central parts of Egypt

What is a major cultural and religious influence in North Africa?

• Christianity

• Islam

• Judaism

• Buddhism

• Hunduism

Which of the following countries is NOT a part of Africa?

• Cameroon

• Zimbabwe

• Zambia

• Kenya

• Georgia

Much of Central Africa's art has reflected attitudes towards colonialism.

• True

• False

_______: complete separation of the races.

• Apartheid

• Integration

• Both A & B

• Neither A or B

Which of the following countries is known as the "gift of the Nile"?

• Cameroon

• Sudan

• Somalia

• Eritrea

• Egypt

Lack of clean water supply/sanitation can lead to

• AIDS

• HIV

• Cholera

The red lines in the drawing above represent:

• The Great Rift Valley

• Rivers

• Lakes

_________, or marketplaces, are common features of life in North Africa.

• Rai

• Souks

• Oasis

• Ottoman

Three major trading empires in West Africa were:

• Ghana, Mali, Roman

• Roman, Ottoman, Mali

• Ghana, Mali, Songhai

• Songhai, Mali, Ottoman

Who was the president of the Democratic Republic of Congo from 1967-1997?

• Mobutu Sese Seko

• George Rutaganda

• Fidel Castro

• Amadou Toumani Toure

• Mikhail Sakasvili

The United States is more populated than Africa.

• True

• False

Most animals in the rain-forest live in the __________.

• Canopy

• Forest floor

• Underwater

The Atlas Mountains of Africa are located in:

• Northern Africa

• Southern Africa

• Eastern Africa

• Western Africa

The Berlin Conference was held during which years?

• 1884-1885

• 1885-1886

• 1876-1878

• 1881-1882

• 1882-1883

________ emerged in Ethiopia in the A.D. 100s.

• Aksum

• Masai

• Mutapa Empire

• Mali Empire

• NONE OF THE ABOVE

Around 1000, the Shona established a city called _______ in what is now the country of Zimbabwe.

• Cairo

• Windhoek

• Mutapa Empire

• Great Zimbabwe

• NONE OF THE ABOVE

The Kikuyu are the largest ethnic group in Africa.

• TRUE

• FALSE

West Africa includes:

• Chad, Niger, Sudan, Senegal

• Chad, Ethiopia, Somalia, Liberia

• Nigeria, Burkina Faso, Mali, Gambia

• Angola, Lesotho, Kenya, Rwanda

West Africa includes:

• Benin

• Chad

• Haiti

• Lesotho

• Both A & B

Who led the Ethiopian forces to defeat the Italians in 1896?

• King George lll

• Nelson Mandela

• Menelik l

• Menelik ll

• Constantinople

Ghana's economy mostly relies on the export of:

• Gold

• Diamonds

• Magnesium

• Oil

• A, B, C

When did the apartheid begin in South Africa?

• 1972

• 1989

• 1948

• Around 1800's

Libreville is to Gabon as Bangui is to

• Chad

• Central African Republic

• Ethiopia

• Cameroon

• Angola

Rai was developed in....

• Amsterdam

• Morocco

• Mali

• Egypt

• Algeria