Lesson Y7-U05-L10

Telling Africa's Story Fairly Quiz: KS3 Geography, Unit 5

20 questions

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Lesson Y7-U05-L10, Telling Africa's Story Fairly: 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. What is a geographical representation of a place?

    • How it is shown
    • Its economic value
    • Its precise location
    • Its population size

  2. What does a balanced account of a region include?

    • Only negative facts
    • Both sides
    • Just economic data
    • Only positive news

  3. What term describes information that leans unfairly toward one point of view?

    • Development
    • Erosion
    • Bias
    • Trade

  4. Which organisation is a reliable international source for geographical data?

    • An uncredited meme
    • A personal blog
    • The World Bank
    • Random social media

  5. What is created when a place is shown as only having one characteristic?

    • Development index
    • Balanced profile
    • Single story
    • Reliable source

  6. What must a fair geographical fact-file include?

    • Unchecked opinions
    • Anonymous claims
    • Named sources
    • Only negative facts

  7. Which of these is a physical feature of Kenya?

    • The Atacama Desert
    • The Sahara
    • The Amazon
    • Mount Kenya

  8. What makes a geographical information source reliable?

    • Emotional bias
    • Popular opinions
    • Hidden authors
    • Accurate checking

  9. When two photos show different sides of a city, what is the best approach?

    • Pick the best quality
    • Ignore the photos
    • Choose the newest one
    • Use both

  10. What type of representation shows only war and hunger in a country?

    • One-sided
    • Reliable data
    • Balanced view
    • Holistic report

  11. Which addition makes a headline claiming 'only desert' more balanced?

    • More sand dunes
    • Drier conditions
    • Rainforests and cities
    • Less rainfall

  12. Which source is most reliable for finding Kenya's life expectancy?

    • A novel set there
    • A traveller's tweet
    • A holiday brochure
    • World Bank data

  13. How should a geographer respond to a claim that Nigeria has no successes?

    • Challenge it
    • Copy the claim
    • Accept it fully
    • Ignore the data

  14. Which fact represents a balanced choice for a Nigerian fact-file?

    • Rivers and cities
    • Only poverty statistics
    • Only natural disasters
    • Only rural drought

  15. Why is checking an author's point of view important?

    • To spot bias
    • To check spelling
    • To count the pages
    • To find the publisher

  16. What should be added to a fact-file that lists only problems?

    • Hidden opinions
    • A named success
    • Vague rumours
    • More bad news

  17. Why can a single photograph be a misleading geographical source?

    • It lacks colour
    • It is always edited
    • It has low resolution
    • It lacks context

  18. What benefit does naming your information source provide?

    • Removes all doubt
    • Hides the author
    • Allows fact checking
    • Increases word count

  19. Which feature makes a geographical fact-file about an African country most balanced?

    • Social media posts
    • Only positive news
    • Named reliable sources
    • Tourist brochures

  20. What risk does telling only a single story about a continent create?

    • Misrepresentation
    • Higher development
    • More biodiversity
    • Climate change

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