Africa Landform Quiz

Agriculture makes up about how much of Africa's economic activity?

• All

• 1/2

• 1/3

• 66 %

Most of Africa is a

• plateau

• escarpment

• desert

• mountain range

Africa's temperate areas are

• at the North and South point

• towards the middle

• between the tropics

• around the deserts

Being between the tropics means

• it is close to the poles

• the weather is dry and hot

• the weather is warm and wet

• far from the equator

Basins in Africa's plateau help create

• rivers

• rift valleys

• escarpments

• deserts

The Nile River supplies water to

• Madagascar

• Cameroon

• Nigeria

• Egypt

Rivers in Africa are impassible because

• they are too long

• they are too cold

• they have too many rapids

• they are too complex

The Sahara stretches from the Atlantic to the

• Red Sea

• Nile River

• Lake Victoria

• the Congo

The West Coast of Africa receives how much rain?

• 30 in

• 60 in

• 230 in

• 120 in

Slash and burn is used to make room for...

• new rainforests

• farming

• suburbs

• mining