Africa Review
Quiz by Melissa Mapes
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- Q1What is the theme of most African spirituals sung by slaves?LoveMoneyFreedomHappiness30sEditDelete
- Q2When apartheid ended, South Africans gained moremilitary strengthcrime reductioneconomic restrictionspersonal freedoms30sEditDelete
- Q3Which continent has the most influence over Africa in the 19th century?EuropeNorth AmericaAsiaSouth America30sEditDelete
- Q4Which of the following leads to "desertification"?Over farmingDroughtAll of theseOvergrazing30sEditDelete
- Q5What was the name for the time period that began during the late 18th century when goods went from being hand-made to being mass produced by machines?RenaissanceApartheidIndustrial RevolutionWestward Expansion30sEditDelete
- Q6Who was the leader of the struggle against apartheid in South AfricaGandhiMuhammadNelson MandelaMao Zedong30sEditDelete
- Q7A group's shared beliefs and behaviors is:cultural diffusioncultural borrowingcultureculture trait30sEditDelete
- Q8A system in South Africa that separated people based on their race and skin color was know as:interdependenceimperialismapartheidethnocentrism30sEditDelete
- Q9Larger, more powerful countries extending their authority beyond their borders is known as:imperialismapartheidcolonialismehtnocentrism30sEditDelete
- Q10When European countries began to come take over countries in Africa only two remained independent. What countries were they?Liberia and LibyaSomalia and MaliLiberia and EthiopiaAngola and Ethiopia30sEditDelete
- Q11What type of government is found in a country that is self-governing and people elect the president?democracymonarchyoligarchydictatorship30sEditDelete
- Q12What geographic feature is responsible for the prosperous mining in South Africa that has greatly boosted their economy?arid climateplentiful natural resourcesocean trade routesmountainous countryside30sEditDelete
- Q13What led the the appearance of African music and dance in the Americas?foreign tourismexplorationuniversitiesslave trade30sEditDelete
- Q14The official language of Zambia is English. What can explain this?Zambia was once a British colonyZambia's leader speaks EnglishZambia learned English from American touristsZambia sent many students to British universities30sEditDelete
- Q15When a country has a leader that establishes himself as the "sole" leader and rules according to his own political system, what type of governments is it?OligarchyDictatorshipMonarchyDemocracy30sEditDelete
- Q16In 1994, what was the goal of the Hutu-led rebel groups in Rwanda?promote ethnic toleranceeliminate the Tutsishare leadership of Rwanda with the Tutsieliminate the Twa30sEditDelete
- Q17What is Africa often referred to as because of its location between the Tropic of Cancer and Tropic of Capricorn?Rainforest ContinentIsland ContinentEquatorial ContinentTropical Continent30sEditDelete
- Q18What type of economy is controlled and directed by the government?CommandFree-MarketTraditionalMixed30sEditDelete
- Q19What part of Africa did the majority of slaves come from?East CoastSouth CoastWest CoastNorth Coast30sEditDelete
- Q20What two countries were in the news headlines because genocide was occurring there in the 1990's and 2000s?Ethiopia and SomaliaKenya and EthiopiaSudan and RwandaSouth Africa and Rwanda30sEditDelete