Africa Physical Geography Introduction - Part 3

Which of the following is the main geographic feature of Central Africa?

• Mississippi River

• Congo Basin

• Great Rift Valley

• Sahara Desert

Within the Congo Basin is a rainforest, which is defined as:

• A vast area of sand

• A vast area of trees, plants, animals, & insects

• A vast area of dry grasslands with some sands

• A vast area of mostly flat, grassy plains with some trees

Which of the following is a major waterway in Central Africa, located close to the equator & flows into the Atlantic Ocean?

• Yellow RIver

• Thames River

• Congo River

• Santee River

The country of Cameroon is the largest, most populous country within Central Africa with a wealth of resources including copper and diamonds. ​

• True

• False

The Congo river provides hydroelectric power, or electricity produced by a _________________.​

• Water source

• Thermal source

• Nuclear source

• Wind source

The grassland between the Sahara desert and the tropical savannas is the__________.​

• Sahara

• Congo Rainforest

• Great Rift Valley

• Sahel

The interior countries of West Africa are mostly covered by __________________.

• plateaus

• plains

• desert

• grassland

    ________________, which are areas of higher mountainous land, are also found in West Africa. ​

• Highlands

• Plateaus

• Peninsulas

• Bays

The SECOND LARGEST continent on earth is:

• Asia

• Europe

• United States of America

• Africa

The United States of America is WRONG as an answer to question #9 about the second largest continent BECAUSE:

• It is the FIRST largest continent, not the 2^nd

• Nobody lives there, like Antarctica

• It is a nation/country, NOT a continent

• It is a state, NOT a continent