Africa Unit Test

Name: Ryan Maier

30 points total
Question #1:The continent of Africa is primarily what physical Question #2: Overall, what is the greatest challenge for the
or climate characteristic? continent based on its physical characteristics?

Ο Mountainous Ο Pollution

Ο Rivers and Major Waterways Ο Lack of usable water

Ο Desert Ο Spread of disease from tropical weather zones

Ο A variety of physical and climate characteristics depending on Ο Cooperation with other nations
region

Question #3: What waterway is most significant to the Question #4: What waterway is most significant to the Western
Northern region due to its vast resources? region due to its vast resources?

Ο Mediterranean Sea Ο Niger River

Ο Nile River Ο Nile River

Ο Tigris River Ο Tigris River

Ο Red Sea Ο Red Sea

Question #5: What religion is most common in the West, North Question #6: What type of government controlled South Africa
and East regions (Think Mansa Musa)? during the apartheid?

Ο Christianity Ο Oligarchy

Ο Islam Ο Theocracy

Ο Judaism Ο Monarchy

Ο Buddhism Ο Dictatorship

Question #7: What is a group of people traveling through rough Question #8: A holy journey to Mecca is a..
terrain?
Ο Caravan
Ο Caravan
Ο Mosque
Ο Mosque
Ο Pilgrimage
Ο Pilgrimage
Ο Berber
Ο Berber
Question #9: Name at least three government structures and a brief description of what it
is. 9 points total. 1 point for each structure given, 2 points for an accurate description.

Structure #1:

Dictator power over run by brute force and people have no rights

Structure #2:
Monarchy royal people believed to be chosen by god

Structure #3:
Presidential one persioen elected to be the leader of a nation
 Question #10 and #11 please give an example of an open and closed ended
question. 1 point each

#10 Open- Ended Question:

Do you have a cat?

#11 Close- Ended Question:

How are cats so fast?

Question #12: What is the large mountain in Eastern Africa? Question #13: What was the apartheid?

Ο Mt. Kilimanjaro Ο Freedom

Ο Mt. Everest Ο Descrimination in the South

Ο Mt. Kenya Ο A set of laws in South Africa that created descrimination

Ο Mt. Africa Ο What Nelson Mandela fought to put in place

Question #14: What is responsible for destroying 90% of West Question #15: Who was Nelson Mandela?
Africa's Rainforest?
Ο A civil rights activist from South Africa
Ο Logging
Ο A civil rights activist
Ο Road Construction
Ο A business partner to Martin Luther King Jr.
Ο Slash and Burn Farming
Ο Africa’s first president
Ο All the Above
Question #16: Why was the Mali Empire (Mansa Musa) hidden from most of the world
for so long, think physical characteristics? What journey did he take (be specific) and
what was its lasting impact? (5 points).

Answer: masa muse was a crishtion and developing islom and was on a pilgrimage to show of his gold
around the world and in the pilgrimage ( holly junney) they conquered timbuktu and modernized it with his
gold unfortunately because he showed his vast resources and showed other nations timbuktu was conquered
and looted.
Question #17: List one pro and one con about the Aswan dam. 2 points total 1 point
for each.

Pro: the aswan dam holds water so the water way does not flood

Con: if it burst it will immediately flood the waer way and the aswn dam is ment to slow water but not to speed it
up so the water could stop and they would not be able to water crops