East Africa Physical Geography Section 1

What is surprising about Mount Kilimanjaro?

• Its peak is covered with ice and snow even though it is near the equator.

• It is made up of two rifts.

• It is home to abundant wildlife.

• It is the largest rift on Earth.

What is the longest river in the world?

• Nile River

• Mississippi River

• Amazon River

• Missouri River

Large grasslands area in Tanzania where wildlife thrive

• Serengeti Plain

• Nile

• Ethiopian Highlands

• Blue Nile

Places on Earth's surface where the crust stretches until it breaks.

• rift valley

• drought

• Mount Kilimanjaro

• Lake Kilimanjaro

The highest mountain in Africa is

• Mount Kilimanjaro

• drought

• Mount Etna

• Mount Vesuvius

The largest rift on Earth, made up of two rifts-the eastern rift and the western rift.

• Great Rift Valley

• Mount Kilimanjaro

• Serengeti Plain

• Ethiopian Highland

Africa's largest lake and the source of the White Nile

• Lake Victoria

• Lake Sacajawea

• Lake Michigan

• Lake Erie

A period when little rain falls, and crops are damaged

• rifts

• highland

• equator

• drought

What direction does the Nile River flow?

• North

• South

• East

• West

What kinds of animals live in the Serengeti Plain? check all that apply

• elephants

• giraffes

• lions

• zebras