Unit Test: Sub Saharan Africa - Grade 6

English and French are languages spoken in many parts of Sub Saharan Africa due to -

• war with the U.S.

• trade with Australia

• French missionaries

• European colonization

What event is being described?

• Apartheid

• Kente

• Assal

• Kraal

Which of the following best replaces the question mark?

• Genocide in urban areas

• In severe debt to other countries

• Refugees flee the region

• Increase in civil war

The ancient and powerful Ghana Empire adapted to their environment by -

• using camels to transport goods across the Sahara

• building homes higher off the ground to avoid flooding

• creating and using the first sunscreen lotions

• building irrigation systems throughout the Sahel

What is being described in the excerpt above?

• The Holocaust

• Hotel Rwanda

• Apartheid

• The Lost Boys of Sudan

Which of the following best explains the reason for the bulleted list above?

• Missionaries influenced the daily life of the Kush

• Imperialism caused the Kush to lose their culture

• Trade with the Egyptians caused cultural diffusion

• Ethnic diversity led to political conflict

Newspaper headlines like these are examples of Christians

• establishing voting centers

• creating schools to educate children

• being persecuting under Islamic law

• trying to take over the government

In the 17th and 18th centuries, many Sub Saharan Africans were enslaved and sent to the Americas to work through the -

• Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade

• Underground Railroad

• Trail of Tears

• Indigenous Passage

Determine which part of the except BEST describes the concept of apartheid.

• Textbox 1

• Textbox 2

• Textbox 3

• Textbox 4

The excerpt addresses what event?

• Genocide

• Apartheid

• Salt March

• Refugees arriving