Africa Test Prep

An area that has no access to coast or ocean is called:

• Basin

• Savanna

• Landlocked

• Highlands

Which of these is the largest desert in Southern Africa?

• The Congo Basin

• The Sahara

• The Kalahari

• The Gobi

Which of these is a major geographic feature in East Africa?

• Great Rift Valley

• Great Escarpment

• Mount Cameroon

• Kalahari Desert

Deforestation is:

• The separation of races.

• The transition from productive land to less productive land.

• Having no direct access to coast or ocean.

• The removal of trees and vegetation from an area.

If a volcano is DORMANT that means it is:

• An active volcano

• An inactive volcano

Which of the answers best describes the Sahel?

• A chain of valleys in East Africa

• A transition zone that separates desert and tropical grassland

• The largest desert in Southern Africa

• An area of land that surrounds a river.

Which of these is a surviving Bantu language that is spoken mainly in East Africa?

• Portuguese

• Yoruba

• Swahili

• Zulu

The practice of directly controlling and settling foreign territories is called:

• Imperialism

• Segregation

• Missionaires

• Colonialism

This person was the ruler of the Mali Kingdom. He controlled the gold and salt trade.

• Jomo Kenyatta

• Nelson Mandela

• Mansa Musa

• Askia Muhammad

Lingua Franca is:

• A persons second language spoken.

• A term used to describe legal separation of races in South Africa.

• The major geographic feature of Southern Africa.

• A common language spoken between multiple groups of people.