Africa - Geography

Africa is in a part of ​ (a)   hemispheres.​

• all four
• two
• three

What are the three major bodies of water that surround Africa?

• North Sea, South China Sea, Caribbean Sea
• Gulf of Mexico, Caspian Sea, Black Sea
• Pacific Ocean, Arctic Ocean, Red Sea
• Atlantic Ocean, Indian Ocean, Mediterranean Sea

Describe the Sahel.

• tropical rainforest region in Africa.

• mountainous region in Africa.

• desert region in South America.

• transition between the desert and savanna.

Describe a savanna.

• A frozen tundra with no vegetation
• A grassland

• A dense forest with thick underbrush
• A rocky desert with no plant life

Africa is the ​ (a)   largest continent in size.

• second
• third
• the
• fourth

Africa is the ​ (a)   largest continent in population.

• second
• the
• third
• fourth

What is the largest lake in Africa?

• Lake Tanganyika
• Lake Chad
• Lake Malawi
• Lake Victoria

The main resource of Africa is ______ - and it is still transported across the Sahara today.

Flooding along the Nile causes​ (a)  

• fertile (rich) soil for farming
• people to settle somewhere else
• dry soil not suitable for farming

Sort these advancements into the correct category

Groups:

(a) Movement of Goods

,

(b) Movement of People

,

(c) Movement of Ideas

• Chariots- two-wheel horse vehicles- stable platform when transporting archers

• Papyrus Paper - allowed ideas to be recorded and communicated

• Lighthouse- entrance marker to ports- shipping goods into ports safely