Geography of Africa

In West Africa, the __________ River was hugely important for trade.

• Nile

• Niger

• Amazon

• Congo

The largest desert in Africa is the __________.

• Namib

• Kalahari

• Sahara

• Danakil

The largest rainforest in Africa is in __________.

• Congo
• Namibia

• Botswana

• Zimbabwe

Three climate zones in Africa are desert, rainforest, and __________.

• Savannah

• Polar

• Mountain

• Tundra

__________ Africa refers to all of Africa below the Sahara Desert.

• Sub-Polar

• Sub-Mountain

• Sub-Saharan

• Sub-Tropics

What waterway was built in Africa in the 1860s to cut sea travel from Europe to Asia by months?

• Panama Canal

• Suez Canal

• Grand Canal

• Corinth Canal

From across the Sahara came goods like __________, glass, oil, lamps and salt.

• Fish

• Gold

• Ceramics

• Nuts

From the Niger Delta near the Atlantic came goods like fish and __________.

• Salt

• Gold

• Copper

• Oil

From the Congo Rainforest came goods like nuts, oil, copper, and ______.

• Salt

• Gold

• Fish

• Nuts

Africa is surrounded by the Mediterranean Sea, the Red Sea, the Atlantic Ocean and the ______.

• Pacific Ocean

• Arctic Ocean

• Southern Ocean

• Indian Ocean