Unit 9 Test

Question 1

Great Zimbabwe was a large ____________ built by the Shona.

Answer 1

stone city

Question 2

____________ is the only country with three capitals.

Answer 2

South Africa

Question 3

The largest city in Africa is ____________ in Nigeria.

Answer 3

Lagos

Question 4

Cape Agulhas is the ____________ point in Africa.

Answer 4

southernmost

Question 5

Match the country on the map with the name.

political map of Africa

Answer 5

A

Question 6

Leopold II

Answer 6

king who established the Congo Free State as a private kingdom

Question 7

Rough weather and many shipwrecks characterize the ____________ Coast.

Answer 7

Skeleton

Question 8

Black nationalist leader who has ruled Zimbabwe for over 30 years

Answer 8

Robert Mugabe

Question 9

The ____________ is a large, grassy swamp on the White Nile River in Sudan.

Answer 9

Sudd

Question 10

Match the country on the map with the name.

political map of Africa

Answer 10

B

Question 11

____________ has some of the world’s largest deposits of gold, diamonds, and copper.

Answer 11

The Democratic Republic of the Congo

Question 12

Khartoum, located at the confluence of the White and Blue Nile Rivers, is the capital of ____________.

Answer 12

Sudan

Question 13

The largest mountain chain in southern Africa is the ____________ Mountains.

Answer 13

Drakensberg

Question 14

The ____________ Desert covers 85% of Algeria.

Answer 14

Sahara

Question 15

This Merina ruler established Madagascar’s most powerful kingdom.

Answer 15

Adrianampoinimerina

Question 16

The selling of human beings led to Nigeria being called the ____________.

Answer 16

Slave Coast

Question 17

The ____________ Canal is a 400-mile waterway created from lagoons connected by man-made waterways.

Answer 17

Pangalanes

Question 18

Nelson Mandela

Answer 18

South Africa’s first Black president who endured 27 years in prison

Question 19

Abuja became the capital of ____________ in 1991.

Answer 19

Nigeria

Question 20

Match the country on the map with the name.

political map of Africa

Answer 20

D

Question 21

Cecil Rhodes

Answer 21

Englishman who encouraged colonization of Zimbabwe as part of his vision to build a railroad from South Africa to Cairo

Question 22

Match the country on the map with the name.

political map of Africa

Answer 22

C

Question 23

Great Britain’s ____________ Coast colony became the modern country of Ghana.

Answer 23

Gold

Question 24

The world’s largest man-made lake is Lake ____________ in Ghana.

Answer 24

Volta

Question 25

The ____________ believe that the Golden Stool holds the spirit of their people.

Answer 25

Ashantis

Question 26

Pyramid-shaped tombs in Sudan were constructed by the ____________ people.

Answer 26

Meroë

Question 27

A blending of Dutch, French, and German colonists in South Africa created the ____________.

Answer 27

Boers

Question 28

____________ is nicknamed the white city because of its white buildings.

Answer 28

Algiers

Question 29

The ____________ Valley is a partial separation of the earth’s tectonic plates extending across 3,700 miles.

Answer 29

Great Rift

Question 30

Migrating from Ethiopia, the ____________ people settled central Kenya.

Answer 30

Kushites

Question 31

The economy of Nigeria depends heavily on ____________.

Answer 31

oil

Question 32

_______________ Falls in Zimbabwe is a major African tourist destination.

Answer 32

Victoria