Africa

What is the longest river in Africa, flowing northward to Egypt?

• Nile

• Congo

• Niger

• Zambezi

What is the deepest river in Africa, flowing through the world's 2nd largest rainforest?

• Nile

• Congo

• Niger

• Zambezi

What is the semi-arid grassland located to the south of the Sahara Desert?

• Serengeti Plain

• Sahel

• Great Plains

• Namib Desert

Weather patterns like precipitation, temperature, and seasons are known as...

• Landforms

• Climate

• Regions

• Political boundaries

Are Africa's climate zones diverse (lots of variety) or uniform (the same)?

• Diverse--it has deserts, rainforests, grasslands, and tropical coastlines

• Uniform--it is all desert

Nelson Mandela is famous for being...

• elected the first black president of South Africa & working to end apartheid

• the dictator responsible for the Civil War in Sudan

• the first refugee to settle in the United States after fleeing Africa

Apartheid was the...

• segregation or separation of races in South Africa

• time when South Africa moved toward equality and fair treatment for all people

• cause of the civil war in Sudan that started in the 1950s

When South Africa began to move toward ending apartheid, they...

• released Nelson Mandela from prison & allowed all races to vote

• created stricter segregation laws

• ended freedom of speech and took away the right to protest

When Dutch and British colonizers settled in South Africa, it led to apartheid laws like all of the following EXCEPT:

• All races being paid equally for the same jobs

• Non-white South Africans could not vote

• Land was separated into homelands for black South Africans

• Non-white South Africans had to carry passbooks (ids) everywhere they went, restricting their movement

Why is building cities near rivers or lakes important?

• They provide freshwater for drinking

• They are good for trading, travel, & tourism

• They can be a source of food

• All of these answers are correct