The World and Its People: Eastern Hemisphere

Chapter 14: Central and East Africa

Central and East Africa

1.
What covers the center of the Democratic Republic of the Congo?
A)rain forests
B)savannas
C)deserts
D)volcanoes

2.
What is the Democratic Republic of the Congo's main highway for trade and travel?
A)the Ubangi River
B)Lake Tanganyika
C)Lake Victoria
D)the Congo River

3.
What is the national language of the Central African Republic?
A)Swahili
B)French
C)Sango
D)English

4.
Which city has become a center of business for all of East Africa?
A)Dar es Salaam
B)Nairobi
C)Kampala
D)Mogadishu

5.
Who won respect as an early leader in Africa's movement for freedom?
A)Mobutu Sese Seko
B)Idi Amin
C)Jomo Kenyatta
D)Addis Ababa

6.
Serengeti National Park, a huge wildlife preserve, is located in _____
A)Uganda.
B)Tanzania.
C)Sudan.
D)Rwanda.

7.
What is Uganda's largest export?
A)oil
B)tea
C)cassava
D)coffee

8.
Which ethnic group traditionally controlled the government and economies of Rwanda and Burundi?
A)Kikuyu
B)Hutu
C)Bantu
D)Tutsi

9.
The White Nile and the Blue Nile join together at _____
A)Khartoum.
B)Kinshasa.
C)Kampala.
D)Kisumu.

10.
Which of the following is Africa's newest country?
A)Ethiopia
B)Djibouti
C)Eritrea
D)Somalia
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