This document is a 25 question multiple choice exam on world geography focusing on sub-Saharan Africa. It covers topics like apartheid in South Africa, colonialism, major geographic features of Africa like rift valleys and Mount Kilimanjaro, cash crops, tribes like the Masai, diseases prevalent in Africa such as malaria, cholera and HIV/AIDS, and the impact of factors like infrastructure, desertification, and epidemics. It also has 5 extra credit questions related to African tribes, diseases, ancient Egypt, human origins, and the 2014 Ebola outbreak in West Africa.

1. World Geography: Sub-Sahara Africa Exam
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Choose the letter of the best answer.
1. A policy of complete separation of the races, instituted by the white minority government of
South Africa.
A. Segregation
B. Apartheid
C. authoritarian government
D. socialist government
2. ______________ is the takeover of a country or territory by a more powerful country with the
intent of dominating political, economic, and social life of the people of the colony,
A. conquer theory
B. colonization
C. manifest destiny
D. imperialism
3. Long, thin valleys that formed in Africa as continental plates pulled apart are called
A. rift valleys.
B. cataracts.
C. basins.
D. Plateaus
4. Africa's highest peak is called
A. Mount Kenya.
B. the Tibesti Mountains.
C. Mount Victoria.
D. Mount Kilimanjaro
5. What is the source of the Nile River?
A. Mediterranean Sea
B. Indian Ocean
C. Lake Victoria
D. Lake Nasser
6. Which of the following is NOT a direct result of colonialism?
A. dictatorships
B. civil wars
C. solid economic infrastructure
D. heavy debt
7. Which of the following diseases is likely to result from poor sanitation practices and flooding
conditions?
A. cholera
B. HIV
C. malaria
D. tuberculosis

2. 8. Which of these best states the purpose of the Berlin Conference?
A. stop civil war in Africa
B. divide Africa among ethnic groups
C. divide Africa among European nations
D. bring together African and European rulers
9. A person who flees to a foreign country to escape danger or persecution is called a
__________?
A. Homeless
B. Fugitive
C. Refugee
D. Immigrant
10. Why is Nelson Mandela a hero to many South Africans?
A. led a long struggle to end apartheid
B. promoted rai as a tool for protest
C. led the movement to ban Western influences in African art
D. opened the African interior to European trade
11. __________is grown for direct sale not for use in the region such as coffee, tea, sugar,
cocoa.
A. Chattel
B. Subsistence farming
C. Cash Crop
D. Gold mine
12. What geographic feature prevented the northern Cultural Diffusion of the Bantu language?
A. Congo Rainforest
B. Lake Victoria
C. Namib Desert
D. Sahara Desert

3. 13. Which one of these people would be most likely to be at risk of contracting malaria?
A. A factory worker in a large city
B. A farmer who lives near a humid swamp
C. A cattle rancher who lives in an arid plain
D. A fisherman who lives along Africa’s Atlantic coast
14.What is the main reason the Namib Desert is so dry?
A. Is located in southern Africa below the Tropic of Capricorn
B. The Namib Desert borders the Kalahari Desert
C. It is located in the middle latitude zone
D. The temperature of the ocean current affects the climate
15. ___________ is the name given to the deliberate and systematic destruction of a racial or
cultural group.
A. Genocide
B. Holocaust
C. Push factor
D. Massacre
16.Which of the following diseases often accompanies AIDS?
A. malaria
B. tuberculosis
C. cholera
D. sleeping sickness
17.Which of the following products were mainly responsible for the development of the trading
empires of Ghana, Mali, and Songhai in Western Africa?
A. gold and diamonds
B. gold and salt
C. salt and bauxite
D. salt and diamonds
18.East Africa Tribes that live mostly in Kenya and are herders.
A. Zimbabwe and Zulu
B. Egyptian and Aksum
C. Ghana and Mali
D. Masai and Kikuyu
19.Low GDP per capita, high child mortality rate, and low literacy rate tells us what?
A. A country is developed
B. A country’s population is growing
C. A country is developing
D. We need more money
20.An epidemic that spreads through large portions of the world population.
A. Endemic
B. Pandemic
C. AIDS
D. Ebola

4. 21.If you grew cotton for a living, in which of these places would you probably live?
A. near Somalia
B. near Khartoum
C. near Addis Ababa
D. near Kampala
22.Near which of these cities would you expect to find lemons?
A. Omduran
B. Kampala
C. Khartoum
D. Cairo
Choose the letter of the best answer.
23.AIDS has hit which part of Africa the hardest?
A. Western Africa
B. Eastern Africa
C. Northern Africa
D. Southern Africa

5. 24. Basic support systems needed to keep an economy going, including electricity, transportation,
water, sanitation and education systems.
A. Infrastructure
B. Government
C. Sustainability
D. Framework
25.A region in Africa between the Sahara and savannas affected most by desertification.
A. Horn of Africa
B. Serengeti
C. Sahel
D. Kalahari
Extra Credit:
1. The African tribe is known for their colorful Kente clothe.
2. What does HIV or AIDS stand for? (pick 1)
3. The name of Egyptian god-kings.
4. The location where the oldest human remains were found.
5. In 2014 what disease killed thousands in western Africa?