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Grade 10
Third Semester
Social Studies Revision sheet (1)

 Fill in the blanks with the correct answer:

a) Nigeria b) Islamists c) Sharia d) secular

e) theocracy f) Suez Canal g) Alkhomeni h) Sese Seko
i) Gold Coast j)Kurds k)Oil crisis l)Kenyatta
m)savannas n)Jerry Rawlings

1. Vast savannas, or grasslands with scattered trees, make up interior West

Africa, East Africa, and much of central and southern Africa.
2. The first African nation south of the Sahara to win freedom was the British
colony of Gold Coast.
3. Ghana’s last coup, in 1981, was led by a young military officer named Jerry
Rawlings.
4. Kenyatta became the first leader of an independent Kenya.
5. Islamists are people who want government policies to be based on the
teachings of Islam.
6. The United States supported Lumumba’s rival, Colonel Joseph Mobutu, later
known as Mobutu Sese Seko.
7. Nigeria has the largest population in Africa.

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8. The Kurds are an ethnic group with their own unique culture and language.
They are a minority in Turkey, Iran, and Iraq.
9. Oil crisis is when the OPEC cut off oil shipments to the United States and
other countries that had supported Israel.
10.Islamists want to return to Sharia, or Islamic law, blaming social ills on
Western secular ideas.
11.Some Arab nations have adopted secular models for the economy,
government, styles of dress, and behavior.
12.Jamal Abdunnasir worked to modernize Egypt and end Western domination,
including by nationalizing the Suez Canal.
13.An Islamic revolution in Iran was led by Alkhomeni, who condemned
Western influence.
14.A theocracy is a government led by a religious leader.

Write true or false next to the following statements.

1. Africa is the world’s largest continent. (False)

2. Africa has large petroleum reserves. (True)
3. In Kenya, freedom came only after armed struggle. (True)
4. Under Kenyatta’s 15-year rule, Kenya didn’t enjoy political or economic
stability. (False)
5. France was especially reluctant to lose Algeria after gold and diamond
were discovered there in the 1950s. (False)
6. Nigeria won independence peacefully in1960. (True)
7. The Kurds fought against the Iraqi and Turkish governments, which
suppressed their culture and denied them independence. (True)
8. Palestinian and Arabs agreed the UN "solution”. (False)
9. Today, OPEC focuses more on regulating oil prices and setting
production quotas than on politics. (True)
10. Egypt's location is important because it controls the Suez Canal linking
Europe to Asia and East Africa. (True)
11.Iran is the most populous nation in the Middle East. (False)
12.Iran engaged in a long war with Iraq and faced increasing tensions with
the West. (True)
13. Alkhomeni got the critics the freedom to express their opinions. (False)
14.Saudi Arabia has the world's largest oil reserves. (True)
3- Answer the following questions:

A. Who were the Kikuyu? How did they contribute to Kenya’s

independence?

The Kikuyu are Kenya’s largest ethnic group. White settlers had taken
over land in the fertile highlands, where they displaced African farmers.
In the 1950s, more radical leaders turned to guerrilla warfare. They
burned farms and attacked settlers and Africans who worked with the
colonial rulers. To stop the violence, the British arrested Kenyatta and
killed thousands of Kikuyu.

B. Describe the civil war in Algeria 1992.

When the government allowed free elections in 1992, an Islamist party

won the most votes. The military rejected the election results. Seven
years of civil war between the Islamists and the military left 100,000
Algerians dead. Since 1999, the government has largely stopped the
fighting, but the country remains tense.

C. What are the three dominant ethnic groups in Nigeria?

The mainly Christian Ibo (EE boh), and Yoruba (YOH roo buh), people
live in the south, and the mainly Muslim Hausa (HOW suh) people
dominate the north.

D. What nations define the Middle East?

Arabian Peninsula, Egypt, Iran, Iraq, Palestine, Jordan, Lebanon,
Syria, and Turkey.
E. What does OPEC stand for?
Oil-rich nations of the Middle East, along with Venezuela, formed the
Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) in 1960.

F. Why was Anwar Sadat assassinated?

Because he was the first Arab leader to make peace with Israel. He was
assassinated in 1981.