Southern Africa Practice Quiz

Fill in the blank: ______ is a large open grassland in southern Africa.

• veld

• tundra

• steppe

• prairie

Fill in the blank: ______ is a steep face on the edge of a plateau.

• escarpment

• valley

• delta

• plain

Fill in the blank: ______ are the main land feature of southern Africa.

• plateaus

• mountains

• valleys

• deserts

Fill in the blank: ______ are low, flat areas that deserts drain on the Kalahari.

• pans

• dunes

• oases

• plateaus

Fill in the blank: ______ is the desert of the ATLANTIC coast of southern Africa.

• Namib

• Sahara

• Gobi

• Kalahari

Fill in the blank: The effect of mountains on rain is that depending on wind, may rain on one (windward) side only. This is called ______.

• effect of mountains on rain

• rain shadow effect

• orographic rainfall

• monsoon effect

Fill in the blank: The danger to Madagascar's animals is ______ and/or destroyed habitats.

• deforestation

• migration

• pollination

• hibernation

Fill in the blank: ______ are Bantu people who built a great empire in the 1400s.

• Shona

• Zulu

• Maasai

• Berber

Fill in the blank: ______ made rulers rich and powerful.

• trade

• farming

• writing

• dancing

Fill in the blank: ______ is the country whose traders reached southern Africa in the 1400s.

• Portugal

• Spain

• Netherlands

• France