Location of Features
Environmental Issues
Location, Climate, and Population
Cultural Characteristics
Random Multiple choice
100
Which river runs through Nigeria and is important for farming and trade?
a) Niger River
b) Congo River
c) Nile River
d) Zambezi River
Niger river
100
What is desertification?
a) The spread of desert into fertile land
b) The cutting down of trees
c) The pollution of rivers
d) The flooding of farms
The spread of desert into land that was once fertile.
100
Why do few people live in the Sahara Desert?
It is too hot and dry, little water, little farmland.
100
What is the difference between an ethnic group and a religious group?
Ethnic group: people who share culture, language, ancestry, and traditions.
Religious group: people who share the same belief system.
100
What Physical feature is labeled as the number 14?
The Nile River
200
Which river runs through central Africa and is the second-longest in Africa?
a) Congo River
b) Nile River
c) Zambezi River
d) Niger River
Congo River
200
What are two main causes of desertification in Africa?
Overgrazing, deforestation, drought, and climate change.
200
What resources are found in the tropical rainforest?
a) Timber, minerals, cocoa, and coffee
b) Oil and salt
c) Fish and wheat
d) Cotton and rice
Timber, minerals, crops like cocoa and coffee.
200
Where do most Arabs in Africa live? What religion do they practice?
a) South Africa – Christianity
b) North Africa – Islam
c) East Africa – Judaism
d) Central Africa – Animism
Arabs live mostly in North Africa and practice Islam.
200
What number is the Atlas Mountains labeled as?
7
300
Which desert is located in southern Africa, mainly in Botswana and Namibia?
a) Sahara Desert
b) Gobi Desert
c) Kalahari Desert
d) Sahel
Kalahari desert
300
How does desertification impact people who live in the Sahel?
Less farmland, food shortages, and people must migrate to other areas.
300
Why is the Sahel becoming harder to farm?
a) Too much rainfall
b) Desertification and drought
c) Too many cities
d) Cold weather
Because of drought and desertification.
300
The Swahili people are a mix of which two cultures? Where do they live today?
a) Arab and African
b) Asian and European
c) Egyptian and Bantu
d) Greek and Roman
Swahili are a mix of Arab and African cultures, living along the East African coast.
300
What CLimate region is labeled with the number 5?
The Sahel
400
What is the transition zone south of the Sahara called?
a) Rainforest
b) Sahel
c) Savanna
d) Great Rift Valley
Sahel
400
Why does unequal access to water make farming difficult?
a) Crops get too much water
b) Crops don’t get enough clean water
c) It creates bigger rivers
d) Farmers don’t need water for crops
Without clean water, crops cannot grow, leading to food shortages.
400
Why do many people live in the Savanna?
a) Good land for farming and grazing
b) Too dry to farm
c) Covered in mountains
d) Too many floods
It has good farmland and grazing land, so more people can survive there.
400
What is unique about Ashanti beliefs, especially their Golden Stool?
a) They believe the Golden Stool represents the soul of the Ashanti people
b) They only believe in rain spirits
c) They believe the desert is holy
d) They follow Buddhism
Ashanti believe the Golden Stool is sacred and represents the soul of the Ashanti people.
400
What country is labeled with the number 4?
Nigeria
500
Which region of Africa has thick vegetation and year-round rainfall?
Tropical Rainforest
500
How does water pollution affect drinking water?
a) Makes it unsafe and causes disease
b) Makes it taste better
c) Increases rainfall
d) Cleans the rivers
Makes drinking water unsafe, causes illness and disease.
500
What types of goods were traded across the Sahara in ancient times?
a) Salt and gold
b) Wheat and rice
c) Diamonds and oil
d) Fish and timber
Salt and gold (also slaves and ivory in history).
500
The Bantu ethnic group migrated across Africa, spreading culture and language.
True or false
true
500
What country is labeled as 3?
Egypt