6th Grade North and East Africa Test

A. The British and the Germans controlled the land routes.

B. Travel by sea was easier and less costly.

C. There were no land routes to India from Europe.

D. The Portuguese lacked experience at overland travel.

A. They made and lit funeral pyres for their dead.

B. They held services in boats on the Nile River to honor their dead.

C. They built pyramids to mark the tombs of their rulers and nobles.

D. They made caskets of bronze and gold and buried their dead.

A. fertile wetlands

B. The Sahara

C. The Atlas Mountains

D. spring-fed oases

A. the spread of the Islamic religion

B. the decline of the Swahili language

C. the development of strong central governments

D. the migration of East African people to parts of Asia

A. Hieroglyphics

B. emblems

C. Egyptology

D. rendering

A. establishing partnerships with local kingdoms to promote trade

B. defending the rights of African citizens to participate in colonial governments

C. supporting the establishment of colonial spheres of influence

D. developing guidelines to regulate joint-stock trading companies

A. sinai Peninsula

B. Strait of Gibraltar

C. Suez Canal

D. Great Lakes

A. hot desert

B. Mediterranean

C. Steppe

D. Tropical

A. Christianity

B. Islam

C. Judaism

D. Buddhism

A. unmarked graves

B. marble temples

C. small villages

D. stone pyramids

A. Because the rivers flooded every year

B. Beacause the river's waters made farming in the dry region possible

C. Because the flow of the river traveled to the Mediterranean Sea

D. Because it had linked many rivers

A. Alexandria

B. Tunis

C. Tripoli

D. Brazil

A. reducing oil production

B. its slow population growth

C. guarding acient ruins

D. eliminating poverty

A. The Great Plains

B. The Mississippi River

C. Death Valley

D. Continental Divide

A. Gulf of St. Lawrence

B. Pacific Ocean

C. Ohio River

D. Atlantic Ocean

A. Zoroastraianism

B. Judaism

C. Islam

D. Hinduism

A. states

B. lines

C. waterways

D. no separation found

A. Because Mexico and Central America form an island

B. Because Mexico and Central America is an isthmus

C. Because Mexico and Central America is a long mountain chain

D. They does not connect

A. It has a lot of land but no people want to reside.

B. Its climate is very cold making it challenging to live there.

C. Its isolation is better for people to stay.

D. It has plentiful rainfall and thick forests in the north.

A. Atlantic Ocean

B. Mediterranean Sea

C. Pacific Ocean

D. Red Sea

A. Its people made many advances in knowledge, and its culture influenced other lands.

B. Egypt is the largest country in Africa that is known for trading.

C. Its people worked extremely hard to survive in the Shara desert.

D. None of these above