607 Africa Quiz 2

Front 1

plant with starchy root

Back 1

cassava

Front 2

ack of food in an area

Back 2

famine

Front 3

plant used to make rope

Back 3

sisal

Front 4

government takes land or business from private owner

Back 4

nationalize

Front 5

person who flees to find safety

Back 5

refugee

Front 6

neither hot nor cold in climate

Back 6

temperate

Front 7

ruler who has complete power

Back 7

dictator

Front 8

illegal hunting

Back 8

poaching

Front 9

brutal killing of many people

Back 9

massacre

Front 10

not army

Back 10

civilian

Front 11

The central region of the Democratic Republic of the Congo is covered by the ______.

Back 11

Congo River Basin

Front 12

When the Portuguese first reached the African east coast, trade between Africa and the Far East was controlled by:

Back 12

city-states

Front 13

People hunt animals, but do not kill them on a:

Back 13

photo safari

Front 14

The people do not own any of the businesses or land under:

Back 14

communism

Front 15

Fighting between ethnic groups is called:

Back 15

tribal warfare

Front 16

The African jungle is also known as a:

Back 16

tropical rainforest

Front 17

Anyone can be arrested or killed for little or no reason under:

Back 17

mass terror

Front 18

People can only vote for one person for each office under:

Back 18

one-party governments

Front 19

Farms owned by the government and run by people who split any profit equally, no matter who did the work, are called:

Back 19

collective farms

Front 20

A small port at the mouth of the Red Sea with no other resources is ______ .

Back 20

Djibouti

Front 21

The first African colony to become independent under the control of freed American slaves was ______.

Back 21

Liberia

Front 22

Due to clan warfare among its Sunni Muslim people, ______ has suffered famine and anarchy in the 1990s.

Back 22

Somalia

Front 23

The three main tribes are divided by culture, religion, and location with the Muslim Hausa being the largest group in

Back 23

Nigeria

Front 24

A beautiful lake covered nation that was created by combining several independent kingdoms under British rule is ______.

Back 24

Uganda

Front 25

The Mau Mau rebellion occurred in ______.

Back 25

Kenya

Front 26

Approximately 200,000 people, mostly Tutsi, were killed by Hutus after the Hutu president died in a plane crash in ______ in 1995.

Back 26

Rwanda

Front 27

A Christian nation that never became a European colony is ______.

Back 27

Ethiopia

Front 28

Once the private property of the King of Belgium and now is almost entirely the private property of its president, Mobutu Sese Seko is the country of ______.

Back 28

Zaire

Front 29

Mt. Kilimanjaro is located in ______ where Kiswahili is the official language.

Back 29

Tanzania

Front 30

Many African nations who have good resources are so poor because the governments are corrupt and unstable.

Back 30

True

Front 31

The three important religions practiced in Africa are Christianity, Islam, and Voodoo.

Back 31

False

Front 32

An example of an African food crop would be coffee.

Back 32

False

Front 33

In 1967-1970, the Ibo people of Nigeria revolted and formed a nation they called Biafra.

Back 33

True

Front 34

Ethiopia was not conquered by Islamic armies in the A.D. 700s because its location made it difficult to attack.

Back 34

True

Front 35

Benin, Oyo, and Dahomey were African Kingdoms.

Back 35

True