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Africa Final Test Study Guide
1. What was built to shorten the sea route between the Mediterranean Sea and Indian Ocean? __________________
2. The main religion of Northern Africa is .
3. Ancient picture symbol writing is known as ______________________________
4. A technique that is used to clear land quickly is ____________ .
5. What was found that was the key to deciphering the ancient picture writing? __________________________
6. Hunting animals illegally to sell their remains is called ____________________________.
7. A _______ is a small plot where a farmer grows only enough food to feed his own family.
8. What are some causes of desertification? _______________________________________________________
9. What is known as the “Lifeline of Egypt” and is the longest river in the world? ______________________
10. What are the three ancient kingdoms of Western Africa? _________________________________________
11. A person who flees to another country to escape persecution or disaster is a .
12. Who were the first known people of North Africa? _______________________
13. Name 3 items that Africans traded with Europeans in the 1700’s? ___________________________________
14. What is Kenya’s capital ____________________________________
15. What two groups fought a civil war in Rwanda? _________________________________
16. What is Africa’s longest lake? ______________________________________
17. What is the most common language in Northern Africa? _____________________________________
18. What is Africa’s tallest mountain? _____________________________
19. What is the capital of Egypt? _______________________________________
20. What is Africa’s largest lake? ________________________________
21. The process of grassland turning to desert is called _____________________________.
22. What was the Democratic Republic of the Congo known as up until 1997? ___________________
23. A small country located entirely inside a larger country is a(n) ________________ .
24. An umbrella-like forest covering in a rainforest is called a ________________________.
25. The main reason that Europeans colonized Africa was _________________________________.
26. What is the name of the large national park in Tanzania that is home to thousands of animals? ____________
27. Where did apartheid take place? ____________________________________
28. What desert runs almost the entire length of Namibia’s coast? _______________________
29. Laws that forced the separation of black and white people within South Africa was called ________________
30. What year did the South African government officially end Apartheid? ______________________
31. A major conflict among different groups within a country is a ______________ .
32. The large waterfall located in Zambia and is one of the world’s largest is ________________________.
33. __________________________ is the widespread cutting down of trees.
34. When the population of one specific type of animal drastically falls very low, that animal is said to be considered an ________________________________.
35. A long period of time with little to no precipitation is a .
36. When a specific type of animal disappears forever, it is known as _______________________.
37. A widespread lack of food is called a _____________ .
38. The systematic extermination of a specific group of people is known as a _______________________.
39. He was jailed for 27 years during the Apartheid of South Africa. __________________________
40. What is the West African country that was never a colony of Europe? ____________________________
41. What ethnicity was created by the marrying of Arabs and Africans? _______________________
42. A grassland in the tropics with few trees is the ____________ .
43. What major mountain range is found in the Northwest corner of Africa throughout Morocco, Algeria, and Tunisia? ____________________________________
44. An area formed by plate movements that contains deep lakes, early human fossils, and mountains in East (Central) Africa is the _________ .
45. What is the first West African country to have become independent from Europe? _____________________________
46. The most south-western point on the African continent is the .
Extras: Aside from the questions located above, the students are responsible for being able to use the following maps.
1. Students must be able to label all of the 54 countries of Africa (You guys can do this. We have been practicing these for months!!!)
2. Students must be able to label the physical features on the given Physical Map of Africa
South Sudan
Namib Desert