HGS EXAM 2025 WITH 100% ACCURATE SOLUTIONS
The source that provides 95% of Egyptians with their water is - ✅✅✅CORRECT -The Nile River
Long, thin valleys that formed in Africa as continental plates pulled apart are called - ✅✅✅CORRECT
-Rift valleys
Africa's highest peak is called - ✅✅✅CORRECT -Mt. Kilimanjaro
A steep slope with a nearly flat plateau on top is - ✅✅✅CORRECT -An escarpment
After oil, the most profitable commodity in Africa is - ✅✅✅CORRECT -Coffee
Largest desert in the world - ✅✅✅CORRECT -Sahara
Stores of underground water - ✅✅✅CORRECT -Aquifer
An area with water that supports vegetation and wildlife in a desert - ✅✅✅CORRECT -Oasis
A grassland in Africa that is ideal for grazing animals - ✅✅✅CORRECT -Serengeti
The tops of trees in a rain forest, about 150 feet above ground - ✅✅✅CORRECT -Canopy
Sahel means "shore of the desert." T or F - ✅✅✅CORRECT -True
Desertification is an expansion of moist conditions to dry areas that are next to deserts. T or F -
✅✅✅CORRECT -False
, Rich oil deposits were discovered in the Niger Delta in 1956. T or F - ✅✅✅CORRECT -True
The construction of the Aswan High Dam has solved all of the Egyptians' water problems. T or F -
✅✅✅CORRECT -False
The presence of silt increases the fertility of soil. T or F - ✅✅✅CORRECT -True
Which of the following was part of the ancient West African kingdoms.
Timbuktu, Senegal, Cario - ✅✅✅CORRECT -Timbuktu
The Mutapa Empire thrived on the trade of diamonds. T or F - ✅✅✅CORRECT -False
During the Boer War, the British and the Portuguese battled for control of large areas of Southern Africa.
T or F - ✅✅✅CORRECT -False
The system that banned social contact between blacks and whites and segregation school and
neighborhoods was called integration. T or F - ✅✅✅CORRECT -False
Nelson Mandela, along with F. W. de Klerk is largely responsible for ending the system of apartheid in
South Africa. T or F - ✅✅✅CORRECT -True
Removing tariffs for neighboring countries and forming a common currency are two ways to promote
_________________. - ✅✅✅CORRECT -Regional cooperation
An agricultural or mining product that can be sold is called a ______________. - ✅✅✅CORRECT -
Commodity
A country that depends on only one export for its earnings is known as a ____________. -
✅✅✅CORRECT -"One-commodity" country
Developing African nations need to promote manufacturing in other industries in order to ______ their
economies - ✅✅✅CORRECT -Diversity
The source that provides 95% of Egyptians with their water is - ✅✅✅CORRECT -The Nile River
Long, thin valleys that formed in Africa as continental plates pulled apart are called - ✅✅✅CORRECT
-Rift valleys
Africa's highest peak is called - ✅✅✅CORRECT -Mt. Kilimanjaro
A steep slope with a nearly flat plateau on top is - ✅✅✅CORRECT -An escarpment
After oil, the most profitable commodity in Africa is - ✅✅✅CORRECT -Coffee
Largest desert in the world - ✅✅✅CORRECT -Sahara
Stores of underground water - ✅✅✅CORRECT -Aquifer
An area with water that supports vegetation and wildlife in a desert - ✅✅✅CORRECT -Oasis
A grassland in Africa that is ideal for grazing animals - ✅✅✅CORRECT -Serengeti
The tops of trees in a rain forest, about 150 feet above ground - ✅✅✅CORRECT -Canopy
Sahel means "shore of the desert." T or F - ✅✅✅CORRECT -True
Desertification is an expansion of moist conditions to dry areas that are next to deserts. T or F -
✅✅✅CORRECT -False
, Rich oil deposits were discovered in the Niger Delta in 1956. T or F - ✅✅✅CORRECT -True
The construction of the Aswan High Dam has solved all of the Egyptians' water problems. T or F -
✅✅✅CORRECT -False
The presence of silt increases the fertility of soil. T or F - ✅✅✅CORRECT -True
Which of the following was part of the ancient West African kingdoms.
Timbuktu, Senegal, Cario - ✅✅✅CORRECT -Timbuktu
The Mutapa Empire thrived on the trade of diamonds. T or F - ✅✅✅CORRECT -False
During the Boer War, the British and the Portuguese battled for control of large areas of Southern Africa.
T or F - ✅✅✅CORRECT -False
The system that banned social contact between blacks and whites and segregation school and
neighborhoods was called integration. T or F - ✅✅✅CORRECT -False
Nelson Mandela, along with F. W. de Klerk is largely responsible for ending the system of apartheid in
South Africa. T or F - ✅✅✅CORRECT -True
Removing tariffs for neighboring countries and forming a common currency are two ways to promote
_________________. - ✅✅✅CORRECT -Regional cooperation
An agricultural or mining product that can be sold is called a ______________. - ✅✅✅CORRECT -
Commodity
A country that depends on only one export for its earnings is known as a ____________. -
✅✅✅CORRECT -"One-commodity" country
Developing African nations need to promote manufacturing in other industries in order to ______ their
economies - ✅✅✅CORRECT -Diversity
