Africa

(a)   is the world's second-largest freshwater lake and the major source of the Nile River.

(b)   is the longest and second-deepest freshwater lake in the world.

• Lake Victoria

• Lake Tanganyika

• Lake Superior

Answer explanation

Lake Victoria was named by David Livingstone for his queen.

American explorer, _______, traced the Congo to its source.

• Haile Selassie I

• Joseph Mobutu

• Henry M. Stanley

• David Livingstone

Answer explanation

It was 395 years before, Henry M. Stanley, the first white man journeyed up the Congo River into the heart of Africa.

The Congo Free State was governed by the king of Belgium until 1908 when it became an official colony called (a)   .

• Belgian Congo

• Congo Republic

• Belgian Empire

The dictator, (a)   , took over the country of Congo and renamed it ​ (b)   .

• Mobutu
• Zaire
• Kinshasa
• Selassie

Answer explanation

🔹General Joseph Mobutu immediately placed Congo's most important industries under state control.

🔹He tried to remove all foreign cultural influences including the use of Christian names.

🔹He required all citizens to take African names.

🔹Ruthlessly maintained power for some 30 years

What country has the potential to be one of Africa's richest countries due to its lush rainforests, large plantations, deposits of copper and cobalt, and reserves of gold, silver, uranium, diamonds, and oil? Yet, this country is one of the poorest economies in Africa.

• Democratic Republic of the Congo

• Tanzania

• Nigeria

• Kenya

Answer explanation

During his dictatorship, Mobutu led the nation into debt while he became one of the world's richest men.

After a civil war in Zaire, Mobutu stepped down and fled the country. The Zairean constitution was abolished, and the name of the country Zaire was changed to ______.

• United Republic of Congo
• Kinshasa

• Democratic Republic of the Congo
• Addis Abada

(a)   , short descendants of the original inhabitants, still roam the forests of the Democratic Republic of the Congo today, living almost entirely by hunting wild animals and gathering wild plants.

• Pygmies

• Vikings

• Aztecs

Answer explanation

More than 200 tribes live in the Democratic Republic of Congo today. Almost all of the tribes speak their own dialect, but they communicate with each other in French, the official language.

🔶 (a)   is the capital and largest city of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

🔶 (b)   is the capital and largest city in Ethiopia.

🔶 The railroad town of (c)   became the capital of Kenya.

🔶 (d)   is the capital of Tanzania.

• Kinshasa

• Addis Ababa

• Dar es Salaam

• Nairobi

Answer explanation

Most people live in rural villages or towns. Many live by working their own small farms, and others work on plantations or in mines.

Which African nation was never a European colony?

• Nigeria

• Ethiopia

• Ghana

• South Africa

In 1930, ______ began a program of modernization in Ethiopia to increase the prosperity and security of his people.

• General Joseph Mobutu

• Emperor Haile Selassie

• Jomo Kenyatta

• Julius Nyerere

Answer explanation

In 1974, Ethiopia's progress came to a halt when a military revolt overthrew Emperor Selassie and set up a Communist dictatorship.