East Africa Lesson 1

Which physical feature is located in East Africa? 

• Great Rift Valley 
• Congo Basin
• Cape of Good Hope 
• Sahara 

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

• Mount Everest
• Kilimanjaro
• Mount McKinley
• Mount Kenya

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

This is Africa, why is there snow on top of Kilimanjaro?

• That isn't know - it is white ash.
• It isn't snow - it is sand that blew in from the desert.
• The high altitude is much colder, so it allows snow to form and stay.  
• This area is the farthest north from the equator - so it isn't warm like the rest of Africa.

Wildlife like elephants, giraffes, lions, and zebras are found mainly in/on _________ .

• Mount Kilimanjaro
• Great Rift Valley
• Lake Victoria
• Serengeti Plain