Africa Review

Africa is the ______ largest continent in terms of land size

• 1st

• 2nd

• 3rd

• 4th

Which body of water touches the north side of Africa?

• Mediterranean Sea

• Indian Ocean

• Atlantic Ocean

• Pacific Ocean

Which body of water touches the northeast side of Africa?

• Arctic Ocean

• Pacific Ocean

• Red Sea

• Atlantic Ocean

What body of water touches the east side of Africa?

• Arctic Ocean

• Pacific Ocean

• Red Sea

• Indian Ocean

What body of water touches the west side of Africa?

• Atlantic Ocean

• Pacific Ocean

• Red Sea

• Indian Ocean

What physical feature covers most of northern Africa?

• Congo Rainforest

• Great Rift Valley

• Sahara Desert

• Mount Kilimanjaro

Why is the Nile River so important to Egypt?

• It's the longest river in the world

• It drains into the Mediterranean Sea

• It flows from south to north

• It's a major source of water

What is the Sahel?

• A low area were land has sunk between cracks in Earth's crust

• A peninsula in eastern Africa

• a semi-dry region south of the Sahara

• An area with many glaciers and a lot of snow

What kind of physical feature is the Horn of Africa?

• A peninsula

• A delta

• A rainforest

• An isthmus

What is the Savanna?

• A desert in northern Africa

• Tropical grasslands with a lot of wildlife

• An area of violence and war

• A lush rain forest in central Africa