East African Geography Quiz

The physical geography of East Africa is dominated by a chain of geological faults known as ______.

• Jonglei
• Mount Kenya
  
• the Great Rift Valley
• the Cascade Mountains

Located on the border between Kenya and Tanzania, the tallest mountain in Africa is _____.

• Mount Everest
• Kilimanjaro
• Mount McKinley
• Mount Kenya

Which East African landlocked country is known as "the land of a thousand hills"?

• Rwanda
• Uganda
• Somalia
• Djibouti

In northern _____, the Blue Nile and the White Nile meet at the city of Khartoum.

• Egypt
• Kenya
• Sudan
• Ethiopia

The largest lake on the continent of Africa is _____.

• Lake Tanganyika
  
• Lake Malawi
  
• Lake Baikal
  
• Lake Victoria
  

In 2011, Somalia suffered one of the worst _____ in its history.

• droughts
• malaria epidemics
• earthquakes
• floods

An urgent issue in East Africa is _____, which is the process by which agricultural land is turned into desert.

• urbanization
• desertification
• irrigation
• defoliation

The Sahel is the border area between the _____ and the countries farther to the south.

• Great Rift Valley
  
• highlands of Kenya
  
• Sudd
• Sahara

Lake Assal in Djibouti is the world's largest _____.

• freshwater lake
  
• salt reserve
  
• swampy marsh
  
• inland fishery
  

Which type of energy comes from underground heat sources such as hot springs and steam?

• geothermal
• hydroelectric
• solar
• fossil fuelfossil fuelfossil fuel