Africa Test Prep

Question 1

very low areas

Answer 1

depressions

Question 2

study of remains and ruins of past cultures

Answer 2

archaeology

Question 3

storytellers who pass on the oral histories of their tribes or peoples

Answer 3

griots

Question 4

belief that bodies of water, animals, trees, etc. have spirits

Answer 4

animism

Question 5

to break away

Answer 5

secede

Question 6

a long, deep valley with mountains or plateaus on either side

Answer 6

rift

Question 7

a narrow, steep-walled canyon

Answer 7

gorge

Question 8

flat region surrounded by higher land

Answer 8

basin

Question 9

uppermost layer of trees where the limbs spread out

Answer 9

canopy

Question 10

variation of a language

Answer 10

dialect

Question 11

country surrounded or almost surrounded by another country

Answer 11

enclave

Question 12

South African policy of separation for its people

Answer 12

apartheid

Question 13

special areas where black South Africans had to live

Answer 13

townships

Question 14

penalties

Answer 14

sanctions

Question 15

What is the richest country in Africa?

Answer 15

Ghana

Question 16

What is the poorest country in Africa?

Answer 16

Democratic Republic of the Congo

Question 17

What two oceans touch African?

Answer 17

Atlantic and Indian Ocean

Question 18

What is the highest peak?

Answer 18

Mt. Kilimanjaro

Question 19

Which country can you see one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World?

Answer 19

Egypt

Question 20

Where can you visit Victoria Falls?

Answer 20

Zambia

Question 21

Where were Star Wars and Raiders of the Lost Ark filmed?

Answer 21

Tunisia

Question 22

Cacao trees product what?

Answer 22

cocoa, which makes chocolate

Question 23

What country is Lesotho entirely inside of?

Answer 23

South Africa

Question 24

Most countries in Africa make their money from what three resources?

Answer 24

oil, diamonds, and bauxite

Question 25

Where does malaria come from?

Answer 25

mosquitos

Question 26

What disease do tsetse flies carry?

Answer 26

sleeping sickness

Question 27

How many languages are spoken in Ethiopia?

Answer 27

84

Question 28

The women of Mauritania have a strange tradition. What is it?

Answer 28

They start at a young age to “fatten” their girls, so they will be desirable to men. The heavier a woman is the wealthier a man looks.

Question 29

Which country created Liberia for freed slaves?

Answer 29

The United States of America

Question 30

Who became the president of South Africa four years after getting out of jail?

Answer 30

Nelson Mandela

Question 31

What are white South Africans called?

Answer 31

Afrikaners

Question 32

a city in which almost no taxes are placed on goods sold there

Answer 32

free port