1) What is the tallest mountain in Africa? a) Mt. Atlas b) Mt. Kilamanjaro c) Mt. Kenya d) Mt. Olympus 2) Which continent is the 2nd largest in the world? a) Asia b) Africa c) Europe d) South America 3) Which landform of grasslands is beneath the Sahara Desert and marks the beginning of Sub-Saharan Africa? a) The Atlas Mountains b) The Sahel c) The Horn of Africa d) The Cape of Good Hope 4) Which landform is the largest desert south of the Sahara? a) Arabian Desert b) The Sahel c) The Great Rift Valley d) Kalahari Desert 5) Which landform is a series of deep valleys that separates east and west Africa a) The Great Divide b) The Great Rift Valley c) The Cape of Good Hope d) The Horn of Africa 6) What landform divides the Red Sea and Indian Ocean? a) The Cape of Good Hope b) The Great Rift Valley c) The Horn of Africa d) Mt. Kenya 7) Which river provides water to much of the interior of Africa? a) Niger River b) Congo River c) Nile River d) Sahel River 8) Which river is in the west part of Africa near the Ivory Coast? a) The Nile River b) The Niger River c) The Congo River d) The Senegal River 9) Which body of water is a vital source of water for the country of Chad? a) Lake Victoria b) Lake Chad c) Chad River d) Indian Ocean 10) Which lake is the largest in Africa? a) Lake Kilamanjaro b) Lake Chad c) Lake Victoria d) Lake Eerie 11) Which landform is a major tourist attraction with millions of gallons of water crashing over the falls? a) Victoria Falls b) Niger Falls c) Falls of Sahara d) Nile falls 12) Which landform is at the southern tip of Africa between Africa and Antarctica? a) The horn of Africa b) The Cape of Good Hope c) The Ivory Coast d) The Congo 13) The time period BEFORE Europe began claiming territory in Africa is known as: a) Pre-European Colonization b) Post-European Colonization c) Anti-European Colonization d) Pre-Historic Colonization 14) The time period AFTER Europe began claiming territory in Africa is known as: a) Pre-European Colonization b) Post-European Colonization c) Anti-European Colonization d) Pre-Historic Colonization 15) A group of states or countries under the authority of a single leader is called: a) An Empire b) An apartheid c) A trade route d) Ivory Coast 16) This empire was successful in the gold trade and famous for iron smelting to make weapons: a) Ghana Empire b) Mali Empire c) Zulu Empire d) Bantu Empire 17) This empire brought wealth, culture, & the religion of Islam to West Africa: a) Ghana Empire b) Mali Empire c) Zulu Empire d) Bantu Empire 18) This empire was the largest known empire in Africa and successful in the gold and salt trade: a) Ghana Empire b) Mali Empire c) Zulu Empire d) Bantu Empire 19) Historians believe this African ruler to be the richest man in history: a) Shaka Zulu b) Mansa Musa c) Bantu Banto d) Tusla Tesla 20) In the early 19th century this kingdom controlled most of South Africa: a) Zulu b) Bingu c) Somalia d) Algerian 21) This trade route linked Sub-Saharan Africa to North Africa: a) The Silk Road b) The Trans-Saharan Trade Route c) Nile river trade route d) The Congo trade route 22) On the Trans-Saharan Trade Route, merchants crossed which desert? a) The Sahara desert b) The Kalahari Desert c) The Arabian Desert d) The Congo Desert 23) The trading of goods between countries and continents spreads which of the following? a) ideas b) religion c) culture 24) Something that is found in nature that can be used by humans is known as a: a) Natural disaster b) Natural Resource c) Natural products d) Agrarian resources 25) The time period when many European countries raced to take over parts of Africa to get access to the natural resources is known as: a) Great Race b) Scramble for Africa c) Africa conquest journey d) Mali Empire 26) This term means "the treatment of human beings as property" a) Freedom b) Humanitarian c) Slavery d) Suffrage 27) During the __________________________, around 10 million Black Africans were taken from their homes, transported across the Atlantic ocean, and sold into slavery. a) Atlantic Slave Trade b) Mali Empire c) Slavery act of 1994 d) Indian Ocean slave trade 28) A person who seeks to improve people’s lives and reduce suffering is known as a: a) Humanitarian b) Opposing force c) Apartheid d) Suffrage 29) The South African policy of segregation or discrimination because of race is known as: a) Suffrage b) Apartheid c) Freedom d) Dividing laws 30) The right to vote in political elections is known as: a) Suffrage b) Apartheid c) GDP d) Humanitarian 31) ____________________ was elected the 1st black president of South Africa. a) Mansa Musa b) Nelson Mendela c) Martin Luther King d) Ghana Gollum

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