Africa Final Test S.s.

Front 1

What was built to shorten the sea route between the Mediterranean Sea and Indian Ocean?

Back 1

Suez Canal

Front 2

The main religion of Northern Africa is _________

Back 2

Islam

Front 3

Ancient picture symbol writing is known as __________

Back 3

hieroglyphics

Front 4

People who share a common history, language, religion, and culture are members of an __________

Back 4

ethnic group

Front 5

Hunting animals illegally to sell their remains is called _________

Back 5

poaching

Front 6

A _________ is a small plot where a farmer grows only enough food to feed his own family

Back 6

subsistence farm

Front 7

What are some causes of desertification?

Back 7

overgrazing and droughts

Front 8

What is known as the "Lifeline of Egypt" and is the longest river in the world?

Back 8

Nile River

Front 9

What are the three ancient kingdoms of Western Africa?

Back 9

Ghana, Mali, Songhai

Front 10

A person who flees to another country to escape persecution or disaster is a __________.

Back 10

refugee

Front 11

Who were the first known people of North Africa?

Back 11

Berbers

Front 12

Name 3 items that Africans traded of North Africa?

Back 12

gold, ivory, slaves

Front 13

What is Kenya's capital?

Back 13

Nairobi

Front 14

What two groups fought a civil war in Rwanda?

Back 14

Hutus and Tutsis

Front 15

What is Africa's longest lake?

Back 15

Lake Tanganyika

Front 16

What is the most common language in Northern Africa?

Back 16

Arabic

Front 17

What is Africa's tallest mountain?

Back 17

Mt. Kilimanjaro

Front 18

What is the capital of Egypt?

Back 18

Cairo

Front 19

What is Africa's largest lake?

Back 19

Lake Victoria

Front 20

The process of grassland turning to a desert is called ______

Back 20

desertification

Front 21

What was the Democratic Republic of the Congo known as up until 1997?

Back 21

Zaire

Front 22

A small country located entirely inside a larger country is a(n) __________

Back 22

enclave

Front 23

An umbrella-like forest covering in a rain forest is called a _________

Back 23

canopy

Front 24

What is the name of the large national park in Tanzania that is home to thousands of animals?

Back 24

Serengeti

Front 25

Where did apartheid take place?

Back 25

South Africa

Front 26

What desert runs almost the entire length of Namibia's coast?

Back 26

Namib Desert

Front 27

Laws that forced the separation of black and white people within South Africa was called ________

Back 27

apartheid

Front 28

A major conflict among different groups within a country is a _________

Back 28

civil war

Front 29

The large waterfall located in Zambia and is one of the world's largest is ___________

Back 29

Victoria Falls

Front 30

_____________ is the widespread cutting down trees

Back 30

Deforestation

Front 31

When the population of one specific of animal drastically falls very low, that animal is said to be considered an _____________

Back 31

endangered species

Front 32

A long period of time with little to no precipitation is a ______________

Back 32

drought

Front 33

When a specific type of animal disappears forever, it is known as ______________

Back 33

extinction

Front 34

A widespread lack of food is called a ___________

Back 34

famine

Front 35

The systematic extermination of a specific group of people is known as a _________________

Back 35

genocide

Front 36

He was jailed for 27 years during the Apartheid of South Africa.

Back 36

Nelson Mandela

Front 37

What is the West African country that was never a colony of Europe?

Back 37

Liberia

Front 38

What ethnicity was created by the marrying of Arabs and Africans?

Back 38

Swahili

Front 39

A grassland in the tropics with few trees is the ______________

Back 39

savanna

Front 40

What major mountain range is found in the Northwest corner of Africa throughout Morocco, Algeria, and Tunisia?

Back 40

Atlas Mountains

Front 41

An area formed by plate movements that contains deep lakes, early human fossils, and mountains in East (Central) Africa is the ______________

Back 41

Great Rift Valley

Front 42

What was the first West African country to have become independent from Europe?

Back 42

Ghana

Front 43

The most south-western point on the African continent is the _____________

Back 43

Cape of Good Hope

Front 44

An overseas settlement founded by another country is called a ________________

Back 44

colony

Front 45

A fertile area in a desert supplied by ground water is a(n) ______________

Back 45

oasis