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Africa Review (Geography)

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  • Which of these countries formally controlled Egypt and South AFrica in the 1900s?
    United Kingdom
    France
    Germany
    Belgium
  • Which country is shown on this map?
    South Africa
  • What countries attacked Egypt in the 1956 Suez Crisis?
    Israel, France, and United Kingdom
  • In which of these years did Egypt become independent of the UKs rule?
    1962
    1952
    1922
    1994
  • By which decade were most Africa countries finally independent of European colonization?
    1960s
    1920s
    1990s
    1940s
  • Africa ranks where in Continent size?
    1st
    4th
    3rd
    2nd
  • What and WHY did Egypt create after securing the Suez Canal in 1956?
    Aswan Dam for hydroelectric power as well as flood control
  • Which countries experienced a genocide in the past 60 years?
    Egypt and Sudan
    Rwanda and Egypt
    South Africa and Rwanda
    Rwanda and Burundi
  • What are 2 reasons why most African countries lag behind the rest of the world in income and life expectancy?
    Violence (Genocides), Colonial rule, Race laws, etc
  • What does Apartheid mean in english?
    Apartness or Seperated
  • Give 3 examples of Apartheid laws (5 points each)
    Had to register with your race, had to be in seperate areas, had to attend seperate schools, etc
  • In Rwanda which people were responsible for killing over 800,000 people in 100 days?
    Hutus
    Twas
    English
    Tutsis
  • What climate makes up almost all of North Africa and 40% of the continent?
    Desert
  • In this colonial map, Which country is shown in gold/tan?
    Belgium
    France
    United Kingdom
    Germany
  • In 1972, the exact same type of Genocide that happened in Rwanda in 1994, occurred in Burundi
    False
    True
  • What religion is the MAIN religion of Egypt today?
    Islam
    Christianity
    Polytheistic Egyptian
    Hinduism