World Geography
Africa
Africa Test Study Guide
On Thursday (5/7) you will be given a test on Africa. The test will consist of multiple-choice
questions, one essay and a map section. Use this study guide to help you prepare.
1) Be able to identify the 55 countries of Africa. Use your study guide and practice maps
to help you prepare.
2) Be knowledgeable about the physical geography of Africa ( There is No One Africa reading).
Be able to identify the location of the physical features that you we have been taking
practice quizzes on (see study guide for physical geography of Africa)
3) Be able to explain how Africa is both physically and culturally diverse. (There is No One
Africa reading)
4) Be knowledgeable about the history of colonialism in South Africa (what was the
Berlin Conference, who colonized South Africa, who are the Afrikaners, what were
some of the tools of oppression used by the Afrikaner government, what was
apartheid, what was the Sharpeville Massacre, what was the ANC, who was Nelson
Mandela, what are the lasting effects of colonialism, what were Bantu schools). Su Casa
es Mi Casa reading, South Africa: A Case Study on European Colonialism reading, Ending Apartheid: Examining
the Effects of Colonialism in South Africa reading, Apartheid’s Long Shadow article
5) Be knowledgeable about the AIDS crisis in Africa (what does AIDS do to the human
body, the three ways that people can get AIDS, why the disease is affecting Africa
more than the United States, define stigma, taboo, pandemic, why is education an
effective tool for fighting AIDS, why is it important to break the negative stigma of
HIV, how has colonialism fueled the HIV crisis in Africa). Don’t Know Much About H-I-V
quiz, A Brief History of AIDS: From Africa to the United States and Back reading, AIDS in Africa: Data Packet,
AIDS in Africa Vocabulary handout, knowledge from the film Tracking the Monster, AIDS in Africa & Colonialism
check for understanding
6) Be knowledgeable about the genocide in Rwanda (which two groups of people were
fighting Rwanda in 1994, define words genocide, bystander, refugee, Diaspora, coup
d’etat, how did colonialism contribute to the genocide). Genocide in Africa: Overview handout,
Modern Genocide: A Look at the Crisis in Darfur handout, Darfur Diaries film, Genocide in Rwanda reading, The
Hangman (poem) & The Role of the Bystander questions