World Geography: Africa

What separates Europe and Asia?

• Strait of Gibraltar

• Suez Canal

• Sahara Desert

What canal separates Africa and Asia?

• Panama Canal

• Suez Canal

• English Channel

What is the world’s fourth largest island on the southeast coast of the mainland?

• Greenland

• Madagascar

• Borneo

What is the nickname for the land of Africa because so little was known about this uncharted land?

• Dark Continent

• Lost World

• Unknown Land

What is Africa’s most dramatic geographic feature?

• Sahara Desert

• Eastern Rift System

• Nile River

What is an enormous fracture in the earth’s surface in Africa?

• Great Rift Valley

• Grand Canyon

• Mariana Trench

Name two of the most highest peaks in Africa.

• Mount Kilimanjaro and Mount Kenya.

• Mount Elgon and Mount Meru.

• Mount Cameroon and Ras Dashen.

• Mount Stanley and the Rwenzori Mountains.

Where does land rise abruptly along the coast in Africa?

• Great Escarpment

• Rocky Mountains

• Andes

What is the world’s largest desert?

• A) Arabian Desert

• B) Sahara Desert

• C) Gobi Desert

Name two prominent deserts in Africa.

• Namib and Kalahari.

• Sahara and Simpson.

• Atacama and Mojave.

• Great Sandy and Tanami.