Unit 9 test

Question 1

The __________ is a 3,700-mile-long geological feature created by the partial separation of two tectonic plates.

Answer 1

Great Rift Valley

Question 2

Almost 6,000 feet above sea level, __________ is the capital of Kenya.

Answer 2

Nairobi

Question 3

Jomo Kenyatta is considered the Father of __________.

Answer 3

Kenya

Question 4

Ottoman admiral-in-chief __________, who drove the Spaniards out of Algeria, was nicknamed Redbeard.

Answer 4

Barbarossa

Question 5

Sahara

Answer 5

a large desert covering 85% of Algeria

Question 6

Sudd

Answer 6

a huge, grassy swamp on the White Nile River

Question 7

The Sudanese government-supported Arab horsemen who attacked rebels and villagers in the __________ region.

Answer 7

Darfur

Question 8

The capital of Algeria, __________, is nicknamed the white city.

Answer 8

Algiers

Question 9

The __________ movement was started by four tribes seeking independence for Kenya.

Answer 9

Mau Mau

Question 10

__________ is dough-like cornmeal that has been cooked in water.

Answer 10

Ugali

Question 11

Ottoman __________ were raiders who terrorized shipping in the Mediterranean Sea.

Answer 11

corsairs

Question 12

The capital of Sudan, __________, sits on the confluence of the White and Blue Nile Rivers.

Answer 12

Khartoum

Question 13

Migrating from Ethiopia, the __________ were early settlers in central Kenya.

Answer 13

Kushites

Question 14

The largest country in Africa is __________.

Answer 14

Algeria

Question 15

The seafaring __________ established trading posts in Algeria.

Answer 15

Phoenicians

Question 16

The __________ people built small pyramidal tombs in Sudan.

Answer 16

Meroë

Question 17

Qualities such as leadership, bravery, and wealth are reflected in the colorful patterns of ______________ cloth.

Answer 17

kente

Question 18

Journalist Nnamdi Azikiwe was the first president of ______________.

Answer 18

Nigeria

Question 19

______________ has only been the capital of Nigeria since 1991.

Answer 19

Abuja

Question 20

The Congo Free State was a private kingdom created by ______________’s King Leopold II.

Answer 20

Belgium

Question 21

The Gulf of ______________ is part of the Atlantic Ocean.

Answer 21

Guinea

Question 22

Ghana’s Ashantis believe that the ______________ holds the spirit of their people.

Answer 22

Golden Stool

Question 23

The ______________ were Nigeria’s most advanced prehistoric culture.

Answer 23

Noks

Question 24

In ______________, the capital of the Congo, poverty is everywhere.

Answer 24

Kinshasa

Question 25

Construction of Akosombo Dam created Lake Volta, the world’s largest man-made lake.

Answer 25

Ghana

Question 26

Which resource has been both a blessing and curse for Nigeria?

Answer 26

Oil

Question 27

What is the dominating feature of the Congo?

Answer 27

Congo River basin

Question 28

Ghana’s largest city, ______________, is also its capital.

Answer 28

Accra

Question 29

Ghana was once Great Britain’s colony named the ______________ Coast.

Answer 29

Gold

Question 30

Cape ______________ is Africa’s southernmost point.

Answer 30

Agulhas

Question 31

The Shona people built a city with large stone structures called Great ______________.

Answer 31

Zimbabwe

Question 32

______________ has a capital city for each of its three branches of government: Cape Town, Bloemfontein, and Pretoria (Tshwane).

Answer 32

South Africa

Question 33

______________ is a “bone turning” ceremony in which the Malagasy dig up relatives’ bones.

Answer 33

Famadihana

Question 34

______________ was a South African government policy that segregated white and black societies.

Answer 34

Apartheid

Question 35

The 400-mile-long Pangalanes Canal was created out of lagoons and man-made waterways.

Answer 35

Madagascar

Question 36

The ______________ people use clicking sounds in their language.

Answer 36

Xhosa

Question 37

Nelson Mandela

Answer 37

Before he became South Africa’s first black president, he spent 27 years in prison.

Question 38

______________ is the world’s fourth-largest island.

Answer 38

Madagascar

Question 39

A(n) ______________ is a South African colonist of mixed Dutch, German, and French descent.

Answer 39

Boer

Question 40

The capital of Zimbabwe, ______________, was originally founded as Salisbury by the British.

Answer 40

Harare

Question 41

A(n) ______________ is open land in southern Africa.

Answer 41

veld