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Chapter 6 and 7 Unit Test
Matching: Match the correct term with the correct definition (1 pt. each)
1. ____ large areas of mostly level land.
2. ____ the height above or below sea level.
A. Civilization
B. Nationalism
C. Boycott
3. ____ soil that is rich in the substances that plants need to grow
4. ____ people who have no permanent or settled home.
5. ____ a society with cities, government, and social classes.
D. Colonize
E. Migrate
F. Plateaus
G. Pan-Africanism
6. ____ move from one place to resettle in another.
H. Elevation
7. ____ settle in an area and take control of its government.
I. Fertile
8. ____ a feeling of pride in one’s homeland
J. Nomad
K. Irrigate
9. ____ refusing to buy or use certain products or services.
Multiple Choice: Circle the best answer. (2 pts. each)
1. Which came first?
a. The invention of cuneiform and hieroglyphics
b. The Bantu migration
c.
The African Independence Movement
d. The Scramble for Africa
2. At the height of the slave trade, how many people were sold into slavery every year?
a. 10,000
b. 25,000
c. 60,000
d. 80,000
3. Which African country was never colonized?
a. Egypt
b. Ethiopia
c. The Democratic Republic of Congo
d. Kenya
4. Nelson Mandela was in prison for how long before becoming president of South Africa?
a. 5 years
b. 27 years
c. 35 years
d. 40 years
5. How did Algeria gain their independence from France?
a. They used widespread boycotts of French goods
b. They held large protests against the government
c. The fought a war for independence against France
d. France just passed power over to the Africans because they wanted to.
Map: Follow the directions to fill in the map. (1 pt. each)
1. Label Egypt
2. Label the DRC (Congo)
3. Label Ethiopia
4. Label Algeria
5. Lightly shade in the Sahara desert
6. Circle the Great Rift Valley
7. Trace the Bantu migration
Short answer: Answer 1 of the following questions with full sentences. (4 pts)
1. What is the difference between subsistence farming and commercial farming?
2. How is Mount Kilimanjaro right on the equator (the warmest part of the globe) and its top
is covered in snow?