Lesson Y7-U05-L01

Y7-U05-L01 The Real Africa: Beyond a Single Story Quiz: KS3 Geography, Unit 5

20 questions

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Lesson Y7-U05-L01, The Real Africa: Beyond a Single Story: 20 multiple choice questions for the KS3 Geography (National Curriculum), Unit 5: Year 7: Africa: A Continent of Diversity, written with Revision Ninja.

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The 20 questions

  1. Is Africa a country or a continent?

    • A continent, made up of 54 countries
    • A country, with one government
    • A city with a large population
    • An ocean that borders Europe

  2. How many countries are there in Africa?

    • 54
    • 12
    • 27
    • 100

  3. Which continent is Africa's neighbour to the north, across the Mediterranean Sea?

    • Asia
    • Antarctica
    • South America
    • Europe

  4. Which line of latitude runs through the middle of Africa?

    • The Equator, at 0 degrees latitude
    • The Antarctic Circle, which runs across the frozen land at the bottom of the globe
    • The Tropic of Cancer, which runs north of the Equator across the desert
    • The Arctic Circle, which runs across the frozen land at the top of the globe

  5. Which ocean lies to the west of Africa?

    • The Arctic Ocean
    • The Indian Ocean
    • The Atlantic Ocean
    • The Pacific Ocean

  6. Which large desert covers much of North Africa?

    • The Atacama Desert
    • The Sahara Desert
    • The Mojave Desert
    • The Gobi Desert

  7. Which famous river flows through Egypt into the Mediterranean?

    • The River Thames
    • The River Nile
    • The River Danube
    • The River Amazon

  8. Which snow-capped mountain is found in Tanzania?

    • Mount Olympus, the home of the gods in Greek legend
    • Mount Fuji, the snow-capped volcano near Tokyo in Japan
    • Mount Kilimanjaro
    • Mount Everest, the highest peak in the Himalayas of Asia

  9. Nigeria is in which part of Africa?

    • West Africa, on the Atlantic coast
    • The far south, near the Cape
    • East Africa, on the Indian Ocean coast
    • North Africa, by the Mediterranean

  10. Kenya is in which part of Africa?

    • The far north, by the Sahara Desert
    • West Africa, on the Atlantic coast
    • East Africa, on the Indian Ocean coast
    • North Africa, by the Mediterranean

  11. Egypt is in which part of Africa?

    • The middle of the Congo rainforest, far from any sea or large river
    • West Africa, by the Atlantic, on the coast beside the rainforest belt
    • The far south of the continent, near the cape and the southern ocean coast
    • North Africa, by the Mediterranean and the River Nile

  12. Which of these is a continent rather than a country?

    • Kenya
    • Africa
    • Nigeria
    • Egypt

  13. Which statement shows that Africa is diverse?

    • Africa is so small that it fits neatly inside the borders of one country
    • All of Africa is hot desert with no rivers, lakes or green land anywhere
    • Africa has only one language spoken by everyone across all of its countries
    • Africa has deserts, rainforests, mountains and busy modern cities

  14. A photo shows only poverty in Africa. Why is this a 'single story'?

    • It is a fact that applies to every country on the continent without exception
    • It is a map of the continent's rivers, showing where each one flows into the sea
    • It shows the whole continent in full detail, from the coast to the deepest desert
    • It shows one side of a place and hides the many other parts of Africa

  15. Which correction is the best fact to replace the claim 'All of Africa is hot desert'?

    • Africa has deserts, rainforests, grasslands and snowy mountains too
    • Africa is only found in the Sahara, which stretches across the whole continent
    • Africa is a desert with no cities, rivers or people living in its towns
    • Africa has no deserts at all, because it is covered in grass and fresh water

  16. Which of these is a physical feature of Africa?

    • The city of Lagos
    • The Congo rainforest
    • A tech business park in Nairobi
    • A busy shopping centre in Cairo

  17. Which of these is a human feature of Africa?

    • A tech business park in Nairobi
    • The Sahara Desert, the largest hot desert on Earth, covering much of the north
    • The River Nile, the longest river in the world, which flows north into the sea
    • Mount Kilimanjaro, the highest mountain in Africa, which stands in Tanzania

  18. Why might describing Africa as 'one place' be unfair to the people who live there?

    • It hides the real variety of places, languages and lives across 54 countries
    • It is fair, because all Africans live in the same way in every single country
    • It is fair, because the whole continent is run by one single government and its laws
    • It is unfair only to tourists visiting the continent for holidays and business

  19. Which statement about Africa's people is correct?

    • Africa has fewer than 10 million people in total, spread across its large deserts
    • Africa has only one language, spoken in every country on the continent
    • Africa has no people living in its cities, which are all empty and abandoned
    • Africa has over 1.4 billion people speaking more than 1,000 languages

  20. Which is the best reason to use many sources when judging Africa?

    • Because one story from one source can be partial, so checking many gives a fairer picture
    • Because sources never differ in what they say, so checking many is a waste of time
    • Because one story is always the complete truth, so other sources are not needed
    • Because only the news is ever accurate about Africa, so other sources can be ignored

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