11.1 Physical Features Review

Match the following regions to the letter on the map.

• D

• Southern Africa

• C

• East Africa

• B

• North Africa

• A

• Equatorial Africa

• E

• West Africa

What region of Africa has deserts, coasts, plains, and rainforests? (Nigeria, Ghana, Sierra Leone)

• Equatorial

• West

• Southern

• Eastern

What region of Africa has the Equator running through it, containing rainforests and rivers? (Congo, Cameroon, Central African Republic)

• Equatorial

• West

• Southern

• Eastern

What region of Africa has high mountains and low valleys, volcanoes and plateaus? (Somalia, Ethiopia, Kenya)

• Equatorial

• West

• Southern

• Eastern

Which physical region gets more rainfall?

• Sahel

• Sahara

The Great Rift Valley is a region where plate tectonics are colliding with each other.

• TRUE

• FALSE

Which physical feature is an extinct volcano and 2nd highest point in Africa?

• Mt. Fuji

• Mt. Kilimanjaro

• Mt. Kenya

• Mt. Congo

Which physical feature is a stratovolcano and the highest point in Africa?

• Mt. Fuji

• Mt. Kilimanjaro

• Mt. Kenya

• Mt. Congo

Which is the largest rainforest in Africa and second in the world?

• Amazon Basin

• Kilimanjaro Basin

• Sahara

• Congo Basin

Which of these is not considered a true desert?

• Namib

• Sahara

• Kalahari

• Atacama