Africa Review Trivia Game

Question 1 What are the 4 environmental issues affecting Africa?

Question 1 Answer 1)Unequal Distribution/scarcity of Water 2)Water Pollution 3)Deforestation 4)Desertification

Question 2 Which river is the most south?

Question 2 Congo

Question 3 What area of the continent are most Ashanti found?

Question 3 Answer Western

Question 4 Who was the South African president who helped to end apartheid?

Question 4 Answer F.W. de Klerk

Question 5 A series of meetings where the European powers met to divide Africa amongst themselves. No Africans were invited.

Question 5 Answer Berlin Conference

Question 6 What body of water does the Nile flow into?

Question 6 Answer Mediterranean Sea

Question 77 What statistic refers to the total goods and services produced within a country in one year?

Question 7 Answer GDP (Gross Domestic Product)

Question 8 If a culture does not value education for girls then …

Question 8 Answer Literacy rates for females will be low

Question 9 The Central Government holds all the power. The local/regional governments have very little power. This exemplifies (demonstrates) what type of power- sharing?

Question 9 Answer Unitary

Question 10 If South Africa has a parliamentary democracy, who chooses the executive branch?

Question 10 Answer The Legislative Branch (for South Africa, this is the National Assembly)

Question 11 What is the dominant ethnic group in North Africa?

Question 11 Answer Arab

Question 12 What are South Africa’s most valuable natural resources? (2)

Question 12 Answer Gold and diamonds

Question 13 Which religion found in Africa believes that all living things have souls?

Question 13 Answer Animism

Question 14 This process decreases the grassland region and increases the size of the Sahara

Question 14 Answer Desertification

Question 15 What often happens to the soil in areas where the forests are cleared (deforestation)?

Question 15 Answer The soil becomes barren/useless for farming

Question 16 This movement was a philosophy that began in the late 1800s. It called for all people of African descent all over the world to join together and think of themselves as one people. It later led to nationalism and independence movements in African countries.

Question 16 Answer Pan-Africanism

Question 17 What resource is causing conflict between the North and South Sudanese people?

Question 17 Oil

Question 18 The deliberate extermination of an entire group of people. This could be an ethnic group, a religious group, nationality, political group, etc.

Question 18 Answer Genocide

Question 19 A widespread shortage of food

Question 19 Answer Famine

Question 20 When a small group rules the country

Question 20 Answer Oligarchy

Question 21 The largest lake in Africa

Question 21 Answer Lake Victoria

Question 22 If an area does not have sufficient access to water, then the population ….

Question 22 Answer The population will be low

Question 23 A person who travels from place to place in search of water or food

Question 23 Answer Nomad

Question 24 Apartheid occurred in which country?

Question 24 Answer South Africa

Question 25 What are the 3 causes of desertification?

Question 25 Answer 1)Drought 2)Animals overgrazing 3)Deforestation

Question 26 What are the 4 ethnic groups we studied?

Question 26 Answer 1)Arab 2)Ashanti 3)Bantu 4)Swahili

Question 27 If the regional or local governments are more powerful than the central government, what type of power- sharing does this demonstrate?

Question 27 Answer Confederation

Question 28 Ruled by one person

Question 28 Answer Autocracy

Question 29 What role do citizens play in a democracy? (hint- what do they get to do?)

Question 29 Answer Citizens get to vote so they play a large role

Question 30 What type of power-sharing is it when both the central government and the regional governments SHARE power?

Question 30 Answer Federal

Question 31 If a country invests in human capital and capital goods, then … a)It will make little difference b)It will increase the GDP c)It will decrease the GDP

Question 31 Answer b) It will increase the GDP

Question 32 What is the difference in leadership in Kenya and South Africa?

Question 32 Answer Kenya- 2 leaders  1 president (chief of state) and 1 prime minister (head of government) South Africa- 1 leader  president (called a president but elected by legislature)

Question 33 Why were Africa’s colonial borders considered “artificial”?

Question 33 Answer Europeans drew these borders without consulting Africans. They disregarded current borders and tribal differences.