Unit 3 7th Grade

The physical geography of East Africa is dominated by a chain of geological faults known as ______.

• Jonglei

• the Great Rift Valley

• Mount Kenya

• the Cascade Mountains

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

• Mount Everest

• Kilimanjaro

• Mount McKinley

• Jebel Marra

The largest lake on the continent of Africa is _____.

• Lake Tanganyika

• Lake Malawi

• Lake Baikal

• Lake Victoria

How have droughts and unwise land use affected the Sahel?

• Farmers have installed irrigation systems

• People are moving to the area to enjoy the drier air

• The land is turning into desert

• The land is turning into salt seas

In 2011, Somalia suffered one of the worst _____ in its history.

• droughts

• malaria epidemics

• earthquakes

• floods

Throughout history, the countries of East Africa have been centers of _____.

• the cotton trade

• oil exploration

• revolution

• trade

In about 1050 B.C., a powerful civilization arose along the Nile River known as _____.

• Egypt

• Nubia

• Mesopotamia

• Meroë

The ancient, powerful state of Aksum was strategically located on the _____.

• Red Sea

• Mediterranean Sea

• Nile River

• Indian Ocean

The Bantu and Arabic languages blended, creating a new language known as _____.

• hieroglyphics

• Swahili

• Malindi

• Afrikanner

In the 1990s, the rivalry between the ethnic groups of the Hutu and the Tutsi in ______ resulted in the deaths of hundreds of thousands of people.

• Somalia

• Sudan

• Ethiopia

• Rwanda