INSTRUCTIONS 1) Choose a category 2) Correctly answer questions/statements 3) If your wrong you loose the amount of money you were playing for 4) Whoever has the most money wins.
Are You Smarter Than a 7 th Grader? AFRICA $10,000 Economy Political Features Physical Features Major Religions Climate History Government Type of Governments Population Distribution Environmental Issues $1000 $900 $800 $700 $600 $500 $400 $300 $200 $100
Economy $100 What is the natural resource is Nigeria based on trading?
Answer Oil
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Economy $ How does the literacy rate affect the standard of living?
Answer The literacy is the ability to read and write. The higher the literacy in a country, the better the standard of living and economic growth.
Economy $300 Describe the role of entrepreneurship.
Answer Their work is important for economic growth. They are often leaders that create goods and services no one else has and the new market helps the economy
Economy 1. Gold, coal, diamonds, and platinum are all major resources for which African Region?
Answer Southern
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Economy $400 Explain how the distribution of diamonds, gold, uranium, and oil affects the economic development of Africa.
Answer The distribution of the mineral resources in Africa is not evenly distributed. Countries with many resources will have thriving mixed economies and are developed, whereas countries with few resources must import or result to traditional economic systems and are developing.
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Physical Features $100 What is the largest desert in Africa?
Answer Sahara
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Physical Features $200 What is the name of Africa’s largest lake?
Answer Lake Victoria
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Physical Features What body of water does Egypt and Sudan rely on for irrigation of their crops?
Answer Nile River
Physical Features $300 A major river that supports the Central Africa region
Answer Congo River
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Physical Features $300 What is the largest lake in Africa?
Answer Lake Tanganyika
Physical Features 1. Sudan borders which major physical feature in Africa?
Answer Sahara Desert
Physical Features 1. Located in Africa’s Eastern region, this is the highest mountain
Answer Mount Kilimanjaro
Physical Features $400 Located in Africa’s southern region, this desert is the second largest in Africa
Answer Kalahari
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Physical Features $500 This natural features is on the northwest coast of Africa and stretches from southwest Morocco to northern Tunisia.
Answer Atlas Mountains
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Physical Features $ What natural feature passes through the Mauritania, Mali and Nigeria and supports western Africa?
Answer Niger
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Physical Features $700 Which climate zone in Africa has tropical grasslands with scattered trees are home to an amazing variety of wildlife?
Answer Savannahs
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Climate $100 Explain why the population of the Sahara is low.
Answer Limited access to water
Climate 1. The absence of rainfall is referred to as
Answer Drought
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Climate $200 Western and central Africa that has densely populated areas of trees and annual rainfall of at least 60 inches
Answer Tropical rainforest
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Climate 1. Which is the best climate zone in Africa for crop production?
Answer Savannah
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Government $100 What type of government does South Africa have?
Answer Federal Republic
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Governments $200 Today Sudan government is in transitional democracy after years of civil war. Before this it had been led by a military government. What type of government is this?
Answer Dictatorship
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Government $300 South Africa and Sudan is considered to have a bicameral legislature and Kenya is unicameral legislature, explain what this means.
Answer Bicameral means the legislature has two houses and unicameral means the legislature has one house.
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Government $400 Compare Kenya, South Africa, and Sudan’s governments. Distinguishing the form of government, branches and role of the citizen in terms of voting and personal freedoms.
Answer Kenya and South Africa have republic systems of government, Sudan has a dictatorship. Each country has three branches and citizens are able to vote at various levels.
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Population Distribution $100 Where do most of Africa’s population live?
Answer Along the coastal area, near river and other water resources
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Population Distribution $200 What is the name of Africa’s most populated country?
Answer Nigeria
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Political Features $100 What is the name of Africa’s largest country?
Answer Sudan
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Political Features $200 What is the name of the country located at Africa’s most southern tip?
Answer South Africa
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Political Features $300 This nation has Libya to it west, the Mediterranean Sea to it north and Sudan is to its south
Answer Egypt
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Political Features $400 This nations has Uganda, Rwanda and Zambia, Angola to its south and Tanzania to its east and Central African Republic is north
Answer Democratic Republic of Congo (DROC)
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Major Religions $100 Which of Africa’s regions do most Arab Muslims live?
Answer Northern
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Major Religions $200 Which of the African ethnic groups practice traditionally belief of the mystical Golden Stool?
Answer Ashanti
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Major Religions $300 Arab and Bantu have mixed to form this ethnic group culture
Answer Swahili
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History $100 What is nationalism?
Answer Strong pride in one’s country; desire for self-government
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History $200 Explain how nationalism led to independence in South Africa, Kenya, and Nigeria.
Answer Nationalism helped to unify the people of the countries and strengthen resistance against oppression.
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History $300 What is apartheid?
Answer A system of laws created in 1948 by the British to establish control of South Africa by separating the ethnic groups. The laws were repealed in 1991.
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History $400 Explain the impact of the Pan-African movement and African Union.
Answer Pan-Africanism is the idea that there is a global community of native Africans and slave descendants. The African Union is an organization of 53 nations working together for peace and security.
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History $500 Explain the creation and end of apartheid in South Africa and the roles of Nelson Mandela and F.W. de Klerk
Answer Apartheid was created to control other South Africa ethnic groups. It was abolished in 1991 by South African president F.W. de Klerk. Nelson Mandela was an activist and spiritual leader of the movement against apartheid. He was released from prison in 1990 and later became the first black president in 1994.
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Types of Governments $100 A government led by religious leaders
Answer Theocracy
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Types of Governments $200 A type of government that has a monarch and elected officials working together to run the country
Answer Constitutional Monarchy
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Types of Governments $300 A government system in which one person has unlimited power and citizens have little role in the government
Answer Unitary Autocracy
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Environmental Issues $100 Explain the relationship between poor soil and deforestation in Sub- Saharan Africa.
Answer Both poor soil and deforestation turns Sub-Saharan Africa’s farmland into unusable desert
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Environmental Issues $200 Explain the impact of desertification on the environment of Africa from the Sahel to the rainforest
Answer Desertification is the transformation of farmland into unusable desert. Droughts, deforestation and over farming threatens the land from the Sahel to the rainforest
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Environmental Issues $300 Explain how water pollution and the unequal distribution of water impacts irrigation, trade, industry, and drinking water.
Answer Water pollution by people and industry decreases drinking water. Unequal water distribution slows trade, creates conflicts (water wars) and available water resources for some African nations
$10,000 Question Describe the impact of government stability on the distribution of resources to combat AIDS and famine across Africa.
$10,000 Answer HIV/AIDS is a threat to Africa. Unstable government contribute to poverty. It is important to have strong governments to combat HIV/AIDS.
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