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