607 Africa Quiz 3

Front 1

The river which flows south to north through Sudan and Egypt is the ______ River.

Back 1

Nile

Front 2

Africa's tallest peak is Mount ______ in Tanzania.

Back 2

Kilimanjaro

Front 3

The desert which covers most of North Africa and is growing bigger every year is the ______ Desert.

Back 3

Sahara

Front 4

The mountains which cross the center of Morocco in northwest Africa are the ______ Mountains.

Back 4

Atlas

Front 5

The Suez Canal in Egypt allows ships to pass from the Mediterranean to the ______ Sea.

Back 5

Red

Front 6

The world's second largest lake, which lies across the borders of Kenya, Uganda, and Tanzania, is Lake ______.

Back 6

Victoria

Front 7

The world's largest man made lake is Lake ______ in Ghana.

Back 7

Volta

Front 8

The world's longest lake is in east Africa and is called Lake ______.

Back 8

Tanganyika

Front 9

way of life for a people group

Back 9

CULTURE

Front 10

sudden forcible change in government

Back 10

coup d'etat

Front 11

ruler with complete power

Back 11

dictator

Front 12

hot region near the equator

Back 12

tropical

Front 13

neither hot nor cold climate

Back 13

temperate

Front 14

no government or law

Back 14

anarchy

Front 15

able to produce much

Back 15

fertile

Front 16

hard, white tusk of elephant or walrus

Back 16

ivory

Front 17

ships can travel on it

Back 17

navigable

Front 18

person traveling for pleasure

Back 18

tourist

Front 19

South Africa is Africa's most developed nation and the home of the Boer people.

Back 19

True

Front 20

Madagascar is the world's fourth largest island and the biggest producer of natural vanilla in the world.

Back 20

True

Front 21

Zimbabwe, once called Rhodesia, had a White dominated government until 1980.

Back 21

True

Front 22

Angola was a Portuguese colony whose communist government stayed in power with the help of 55,000 Cuban troops.

Back 22

True

Front 23

Namibia was a German colony conquered by a neighbor during World War II and not freed until 1990.

Back 23

True

Front 24

Madagascar was a German colony conquered by a neighbor during World War II and was not freed until 1990.

Back 24

False

Front 25

The European nations divided Africa up among themselves at the ______ Conference in 1885.

Back 25

Berlin

Front 26

In 1994, South Africa elected its first black ______.

Back 26

President

Front 27

South Africa's system of separating the races and keeping the best for the Whites was called ______.

Back 27

apartheid

Front 28

The Zambezi River was explored by the famous missionary/explorer Dr. David ______.

Back 28

Livingstone

Front 29

Bad ______ causes many African nations with good resources to be very poor.

Back 29

government

Front 30

Botswana, Swaziland, and Lesotho all asked to become British Protectorates to prevent ______ settlers from stealing their land.

Back 30

European

Front 31

Africa is the ______ largest continent in the world.

Back 31

second

Front 32

Between the 1400s-1800s, Europe was primarily interested in Africa as a source of:

Back 32

slaves

Front 33

Famine in Africa is usually caused by:

Back 33

war

Front 34

The most important religion of northern Africa is:

Back 34

Islam

Front 35

Most African nations before 1990 had governments that were either one party or:

Back 35

military

Front 36

Traditional African religions include:

Back 36

Animism

Front 37

Nigeria's civil war with Biafra was a good example of:

Back 37

Tribalism

Front 38

Benin, Dahomey, Kongo, and Aksum were African:

Back 38

kingdoms

Front 39

Coffee, cocoa, sisal, and tea are examples of African:

Back 39

cash crops

Front 40

One party governments are usually:

Back 40

corrupt