Sub-Saharan Africa Geography Review

A steep cliff where a plateau drops off

• Cataract

• Rapid

• Escarpment

• Plateau

An area where one type of land changes to another

• Edge

• Rift

• Transition zone

A large crack where the Earth pulled apart due to tectonic plate movement

• Escarpment

• Crater

• Rift

• Cataract

Process in which land is degraded, becoming desert

• Degradation

• Desertification

• Transition

Long period of time with no or little rainfall

• Drought

• Famine

• Transition

Africa has four different biomes, which one does NOT belong in Africa.

• Savannah
• Tundra
• Chaparral
• Desert

A physical feature created by the spreading movement of tectonic plates.

• The Great Rift Valley
• Volcanos
• Mountains
• All of these

The highest mountain in Africa.

• Alps Mountains
• Swiss Mountains
• Mt. Kilamanjaro
• All of these

Which biome is characterized by woody shrubs with mild wet winters & hot dry summers?

• Plateaus
• Savannah
• Chaparral
• Desert

What was responsible for the formation of Africa's major valleys, lakes, and volcanoes?

• climate change

• desertfication

• erosion

• plate tectonics