Chapters 14 and 15 Geography Study Guide Multiple Choice Identify the letter of the choice that best completes the statement or answers the question. 1. Gorillas live within dense rain forests of. a. Rwanda and Burundi c. Ethiopia b. Sudan d. Somalia 2. All of the following are true of Kilimanjaro EXCEPT. a. it is in Kenya c. it is in Tanzania b. it is the highest point in Africa d. many tourists visit it 3. Which one of the following is true of Burundi, Uganda, and Rwanda? a. They are landlocked. c. They border the Red Sea. b. They border the Indian Ocean. d. They have no large lakes. 4. Ethiopia has suffered famines because it often lacked. a. fertile soil c. fertilizers b. rainfall d. farmworkers 5. The fault that begins in southeastern Africa and stretches about 3,000 miles north to the Red Sea is the. a. Nile River Valley c. Great Rift Valley b. Congo River Valley d. Ubangi River Valley 6. Which country is thought to be the world s original home of coffee? a. Ethiopia c. Sudan b. Kenya d. Uganda 7. The White Nile and the Blue Nile join together at. a. Khartoum c. Nairobi b. Kinshasa d. Kampala 8. Uganda s largest export is. a. oil c. tea b. coffee d. cassava
9. Which country in this region is farthest east? a. Gabon c. Somalia b. Tanzania d. Djibouti 10. Which country in this region is farthest north? a. Eritrea c. Democratic Republic of the Congo b. Sudan d. Congo 11. Which of the following countries does NOT border the Democratic Republic of the Congo? a. Central African Republic c. Burundi b. Rwanda d. Cameroon 12. Which of the following is an island nation of this region? a. Gabon c. Canary Islands b. Cameroon d. São Tomé and Príncipe 13. A large desert in southern Africa, which spreads over southwestern Botswana, is the. a. Sahara c. Drakensberg Escarpment b. Kalahari d. Namib 14. The Sotho, Zulu, and Xhosa are South Africa s largest. a. exclaves c. political parties b. African ethnic groups d. enclaves 15. In South Africa, European groups created and spoke a language called.
a. Afrikaans c. Ndebele b. Portuguese d. Shona 16. In the southern African country of Zimbabwe, the two largest ethnic groups are the. a. Bantus and Afrikaners c. Sotho and Xhosa b. Shona and the Ndebele d. Zulus and Sotho 17. British settlers went to South Africa in the 1800s after the discovery of. a. gold and diamonds c. uranium b. copper d. silver The [riverside market] in Lukulu, Zambia, bustled with swarms of people picking through baskets of fish and used clothes lying in enormous piles or draped on racks or else flapping like pennants on long lines. Julius Nkwita was selling small piles of dried fish, about 60 cents for a handful. But sometimes he swapped his fish for cups of flour or an item of clothing.... His wife and four of his children were in his home village,... while he stayed in his seasonal fishing camp just a reed hut with his son, fishing intensively. National Geographic 18. What is the location of the market discussed in this quote? a. Zimbabwe c. Zambia b. South Africa d. Botswana 19. What is Julius Nkwita selling at this market? a. dried fish c. flour b. clothing d. reed baskets 20. Based on the quote, which of the following statements is true? a. Julius Nkwita and his son live permanently at the fishing camp. b. Julius Nkwita s entire family sells clothing at the riverside market. c. Few people buy and sell items at the riverside market. d. Julius Nkwita and his son live temporarily at the riverside to make money from fishing. 21. How are goods bought and sold at this river market? a. only with money c. with money and by bartering b. with cowrie shells d. only by bartering Traditional farmers used slash-and-burn methods [in Madagascar], and a growing population led to the clearing of more land. In the worst cases nearly a hundred tons of topsoil an acre were being lost each year. And while that flow has yet to be fully [stopped,] some progress has been made. Still,... unless these farming methods change, virtually all the island s forests will be gone within 25 years. National Geographic 22. According to the quote, how do traditional farmers prepare the land for farming in Madagascar? a. They apply fertilizers to their fields.
b. They build terraces on the mountainsides. c. They cut down forests and burn the timber. d. They apply tons of new topsoil to their fields each year. 23. What is in danger of being lost within 25 years? a. traditional farmers c. a growing population b. Madagascar s land d. Madagascar s forests 24. According to the quote, why was so much land in Madagascar being cleared? a. The population was growing. b. Large, commercial farming companies moved to the country. c. Hotels for tourists needed the space. d. New airports needed the available land.
Chapters 14 and 15 Geography Study Guide Answer Section MULTIPLE CHOICE 1. ANS: A DIF: Average REF: 418 2. ANS: A DIF: Average REF: 414 STO: GEOG7.EGPS5 3. ANS: A DIF: Easy REF: 416 STO: GEOG7.EGPS5 4. ANS: B DIF: Easy REF: 422 STO: GEOG7.G3, GEOG7.EGPS5 5. ANS: C DIF: Easy REF: 412 STO: GEOG7.EGPS5 6. ANS: A DIF: Average REF: 422 STO: GEOG7.EGPS5 7. ANS: A DIF: Average REF: 420 STO: GEOG7.EGPS5 8. ANS: B DIF: Average REF: 417 STO: GEOG7.EGPS5 9. ANS: C DIF: Easy REF: 406 STO: GEOG7.EGPS1a 10. ANS: B DIF: Easy REF: 406 STO: GEOG7.EGPS1a 11. ANS: D DIF: Easy REF: 406 STO: GEOG7.EGPS1a 12. ANS: D DIF: Average REF: 406 STO: GEOG7.EGPS1a 13. ANS: B DIF: Average REF: 446 STO: GEOG7.EGPS5 14. ANS: B DIF: Easy REF: 439 STO: GEOG7.EGPS5 15. ANS: A DIF: Easy REF: 440 STO: GEOG7.EGPS5 16. ANS: B DIF: Challenging REF: 445 STO: GEOG7.EGPS5 17. ANS: A DIF: Average REF: 440 STO: GEOG7.EGH7 18. ANS: C DIF: Easy REF: 443 19. ANS: A DIF: Average REF: 443 20. ANS: D DIF: Average REF: 443 21. ANS: C DIF: Average REF: 450 22. ANS: C DIF: Challenging REF: 450 STO: GEOG7.G3a, GEOG7.G8 23. ANS: D DIF: Average REF: 450 STO: GEOG7.G3a, GEOG7.G8 24. ANS: A DIF: Easy REF: 440 STO: GEOG7.G3a, GEOG7.G8