5th Six Weeks Review

1. Which river provides more than 95 percent of Egyptians with water?

• Amazon River
• Yangtze River
• Mississippi River
• Nile River

Which mountain has Africa’s highest peak?

• Mount Kilimanjaro
• Mount Meru
• Mount Elgon
• Mount Everest

1. Which location in Africa can temperatures reach 122°F in the summer and fall below freezing at night in winter?

• Kalahari Desert
• Mount Kilimanjaro
• Nile River Valley
• Sahara Desert

Which of the following is considered a physical factor of a region?

• 
  river systems

• religion

• language

• economic systems

Countries generally specialize in producing particular goods. What is one result of such specialization?

• 
  Countries depend on trade to obtain other goods.

• Countries become less interdependent.

• 
  Prices increase as many goods become scarce.

• 
  Production and consumption gradually decrease.

1. What would you find 6,000 feet below the Sahara?

• Oil reserves and natural gas
• Modern cities and infrastructure
• Volcanic activity and lava flows
• Ancient aquifers

1. What are two causes of desertification?

• Drilling for water and overgrazing

• Overpopulation and industrialization
• Soil erosion and volcanic activity
• Increased rainfall and urbanization

1. What area in Africa has been severely damaged as a result of drilling for oil?

• Sahara Desert

• Great Rift Valley

• Kalahari Desert

• Niger Delta

1. What is a problem created by the construction of the Aswan High Dam?

• Decreased silt deposits on surrounding farmland

• Improvement of local fishing industries.
• Enhanced tourism opportunities in the region.
• Increased agricultural productivity due to irrigation.

Geographers know that the eastern part of Africa is pulling apart from the rest of Africa because of the presence of-

• Wildlife

• the Nile River
• the Sahara Desert
• the Rift valleys