Kenya, Central, West, South Africa Quiz

Millions of people visit Kenya each year to see its endless savanna and the animals that inhabit it. Check all the animals that apply (there are many, many more):

• elephants

• lions

• cheetahs

• whitetail deer

• hippos

Kenya was a colony of _________________ from 1920 until 1963.

• Spain

• France

• Great Britain

• Portugal

What did the Kenyan government set up to protect the wildlife and land?

• reserves & parks

• public zoo

• aquarium

• private sale of wildlife

In Kenya, more than 60 languages are spoken and there are more than 40 ______________ ______________.

• linguistic groups

• ethnic groups

• cultural regions

What is the expansion of deserts

called?

• deforestation

• desertification

• evaporation

• decimation

Select ALL that are correct: What are two important rivers in the region?

• Niger River

• Lake Chad

• Nile River

• Congo River

What spreads malaria?

• tsetse flies
• giraffes
• mosquitoes
• air pollution 

middle portion of West Africa has this type of climate

• Wetland

• Woodland

• Savanna

• Montane

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• lagoon

• reservoir

• griot

• fishery

A savannah is

• a dry desert.

• a jungle.

• a flat grassland.

• a mountain range.