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Geography of Africa Chapters

1 & 2 Test Review

1. Because the land area of much of Africa is high, the continent is often called the

A. Coastal plain continentB. Mountain continentC. Plateau continentD. River valley continent

2. Why is it impossible for ships to sail from Africa’s interior to the sea?

A. Waterfalls or rapids interrupt the rivers’ flowB. Mountains interrupt the rivers’ flowC. Rift valleys interrupt the rivers flowD. Tributaries interrupt the rivers’ flow

3. The Nile, the Congo, the Zambezi, and the Niger are the names of major

A. Mountains in AfricaB. Rivers in AfricaC. Coastal plains in AfricaD. Rift valleys in Africa

4. Africa’s location near the Equator, its elevation, and its relationship to large bodies of water and landforms affect its

A. LanguageB. GovernmentC. ArchaeologyD. Climate

5. The landform that extends across most of North Africa is

A. The SaharaB. The Namib DesertC. The Nile RiverD. Mount Kilimanjaro

6. What area of land supports tall grasses, thorny bushes, and scattered trees?

A. Coastal plainB. DesertC. Rain forestD. Savanna

7. Because much of Africa is between the Tropic of Cancer and the Tropic of Capricorn, most of the country is located in a

A. Moderate climate regionB. Subtropical climate regionC. Tropical climate regionD. Temperate climate region

8. How do many nomads make their living in the Sahara?

A. They live in one place so they can care for their herds

B. They live in the cities where they can sell their goods

C. They travel to find water and food for their herds

D. They create large farms in the desert to grow food

9. The four geographic regions of Africa are

A. South, East, North, and Central and EasternB. Northeast, South, Central and South, and

EastC. North, West, East, and Central and SouthernD. North, South, East, and West

10. The majority of Africa’s farmland is used for

A. Harvesting treesB. Cash cropsC. Commercial farmingD. Subsistence farming

11. Most of Africa’s workers are employed in

A. TradingB. MiningC. FarmingD. Manufacturing

12. Unlike farmers who raise cash crops, subsistence farmers raise crops to

A. Sell to Western countriesB. Support entire villagesC. Support their familiesD. Sell to other African countries

13. Why did Europeans build empires in Africa after the end of the African slave trade?

A. For the natural resources found thereB. To redesign African bordersC. To unite the African peopleD. Because they were overcrowded in Europe

14. Africa’s most important natural resources are

A. Electricity and tradeB. Crops, minerals, and timberC. Manufacturing, trade, and cropsD. Solar energy, trade, and timber

15. Which European country controlled the trade of East Africa’s coast until well into the 1600s?

A. EnglandB. SpainC. FranceD. Portugal

16. How do producing a variety of crops, raw materials, and manufactured goods affect African countries?

A. They can afford to buy equipment for miningB. They can protect their economies in an

unstable world marketC. They cannot protect themselves if a major

cash crop failsD. They cannot survive a serious drought

17. The power of West African kingdoms was based on

A. The herding of sheep and cowsB. The trade of gold for saltC. The manufacturing of clothingD. The farming of oats and wheat

18. The earliest humans in East Africa got their food by

A. Hunting and gatheringB. Trading and huntingC. Domesticating and herdingD. Farming and gathering

19. The earliest people in Egypt settled

A. In the mountainsB. Near the coastC. Along the banks of the Nile RiverD. in the Sahara

20. In order to win independence from the colonial powers, African leaders encouraged the growth of

A. ReligionB. FarmingC. NationalismD. Trade

21. By the 1600s, Portuguese traders were trading

A. Gold for African saltB. Guns for enslaved AfricansC. Clothing for African cropsD. Salt for African guns

22. How did World War II affect Africa?

A. It inspired African’s to demand their independence

B. It increased trade between Africa and the U.S.

C. It decreased the growth of cash cropsD. It encouraged European countries to seize

more African colonies

23. Islam was spread from Mali into many other parts of Africa by

A. British soldiersB. Muslim tradersC. Arab farmersD. Portuguese sailors

24. In order to depend less on one export, African countries are trying to

A. Decrease their exportsB. Diversity their economiesC. Increase their foreign debtD. Expand their farm communities

25. One important effect of trade on the culture of coastal East Africa was the development of

A. BuddhismB. ChristianityC. FarmingD. Swahili

26. A serious environmental problem facing Africa today is a decrease in the

A. Crop harvestsB. Size of the desertC. Amount of fertile landD. Number of trees that are planted

27. What is a civilization that arose on the Nile River about 5,000 years ago?

A. South AfricaB. NigeriaC. EgyptD. Senegal

Make sure you can identify on a map:

-Atlantic Ocean - Niger River- Indian Ocean - Zambezi River- Mediterranean Sea - Atlas Mountains- Red Sea - Congo Basin- Sahara - Great Rift Valley- Namib- Kalahari- Nile River- Congo River

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