Gombe Stream National Park - Quiz
  • 1. In which district is Gombe National Park located?
A) Dar es Salaam District
B) Dodoma District
C) Arusha District
D) Kigoma District
  • 2. What was the former name of Gombe National Park?
A) Chimpanzee Research Park
B) Tanganyika National Park
C) Gombe Stream National Park
D) Lake Tanganyika Park
  • 3. Who pioneered behavioural research on chimpanzees at Gombe?
A) Louis Leakey
B) Richard Leakey
C) Dian Fossey
D) Jane Goodall
  • 4. What is the size of Gombe National Park in square kilometers?
A) 100 km²
B) 200 km²
C) 50 km²
D) 35 km²
  • 5. Which type of habitat is NOT found in Gombe National Park?
A) Desert
B) Woodland
C) Grassland
D) Tropical rainforest
  • 6. How can one access Gombe National Park?
A) By boat
B) By train
C) By car
D) By foot
  • 7. Which primate species is known to hybridize in Gombe National Park?
A) Colobus and vervet monkeys
B) Chimpanzees and baboons
C) Olive baboons and red colobus
D) Red-tailed monkeys and blue monkeys
  • 8. What is the primary predator of chimpanzees in Gombe National Park?
A) Lion
B) Crocodile
C) Hyena
D) Leopard
  • 9. How many different bird species are found in Gombe National Park?
A) 100
B) 300
C) 50
D) Around 200
  • 10. Which primate did Jane Goodall observe using tools for termite fishing?
A) Baboon
B) Vervet monkey
C) Chimpanzee
D) Colobus monkey
  • 11. What year did Jane Goodall first travel to Tanzania for her research?
A) 1980
B) 1955
C) 1960
D) 1970
  • 12. Which anthropologist supported Jane Goodall's research at Gombe?
A) Richard Dawkins
B) Carl Sagan
C) Louis Leakey
D) Stephen Jay Gould
  • 13. What was one of the two long-standing beliefs challenged by Goodall's research?
A) All primates are herbivores
B) Chimpanzees are solitary animals
C) Only humans could construct and use tools
D) Primates cannot communicate
  • 14. What aggressive behavior did Goodall observe in chimpanzees?
A) Building nests for shelter
B) Systematically hunting and eating smaller primates
C) Sharing food with other species
D) Playing games with humans
  • 15. What did Goodall name the chimpanzees she observed?
A) She left them unnamed
B) She used scientific Latin names
C) She gave them names like Fifi and David Greybeard
D) She numbered them
  • 16. What did Goodall's research suggest about chimpanzee behavior?
A) Chimpanzees do not exhibit emotions
B) Chimpanzees cannot form social bonds
C) Chimpanzees have unique and individual personalities
D) Chimpanzees are identical in personality
  • 17. What did Goodall observe that indicated chimpanzees have mental traits similar to humans?
A) Absence of communication skills
B) Lack of social structure
C) Reasoned thought, abstraction, generalization
D) Inability to learn from experience
  • 18. What did Goodall find about the hunting behavior of chimpanzees?
A) Chimps avoid hunting due to fear
B) Chimps only hunt for sport, not food
C) Chimps kill and eat as much as one-third of the colobus population each year
D) Chimps never hunt other primates
  • 19. What did Goodall discover about dominant female chimpanzees?
A) They avoid conflict with other females
B) They share food equally among all members
C) They deliberately kill the young of other females to maintain dominance
D) They protect all young in their troop
  • 20. In what year was the Gombe Stream Research Centre (GSRC) established?
A) 1980
B) 1975
C) 1990
D) 1967
  • 21. How long has the field study at Gombe been ongoing?
A) 50 years
B) 30 years
C) Over 60 years
D) 45 years
  • 22. What aspect of chimpanzee life does Goodall's research aid in designing?
A) Agricultural expansion projects
B) Industrial facilities
C) Urban development plans
D) Improved design for new protected areas
  • 23. What percentage of Tanzania is set aside in parks and reserves?
A) 10%
B) 75%
C) 50%
D) 25%
  • 24. What exacerbates the demand for hunting wildlife?
A) Technological advancements
B) Poverty
C) Urbanization
D) Tourism
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