African Civilizations Lesson 1-2 Review

_________ is the second largest continent on earth?

• China

• India

• Africa

• Egypt

____________ is the world's largest desert

• Gobi

• Great Victoria

• Arabian

• Sahara

long deep valleys formed by the movement of the Earth's crust?

• loess

• rifts

• mountains

• plateaus

what are West Africa's three main rivers of Africa?

• Niger, Nile, Zambezi

• Zambezi, Tigris, Ganges

• Congo, Zambezi, Niger

• Niger, Ionian, Yellow

the Niger river allowed people to live in West Africa and it was a source of

• water, food, crops

• food, land, vegetation

• transportation, minerals, gold

• water, food, transportation

How many climate regions does West Africa have?

• 2

• 4

• 3

• 1

the entire area of Africa is warm, but _________ varies from north to south.

• wind

• water

• rainfall

• crops

the word impact means

• cause, or effect

• fact, or opinion

• effect, or result

• result, or solve

What location in West African was the first empire that became wealthy through controlling the salt and gold trade

• Mali

• Shonghai

• Ghana

• Uganda

How high can temperatures climb in the Sahara desert?

• 100°F

• 120°F

• 90°F

• 125°F