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Geography 18-20

Total questions: 47

Worksheet time: 24mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The world's ________largest Continent.

a)

1st

b)

2nd

c)

3rd

d)

4th

2.

A huge _________covers most of Africa.

a)

Mountain

b)

Valley

c)

Basin

d)

Plateau

3.

The world's longest river is the?

it flows more than 4,000 miles.

a)

Congo

b)

Nile

c)

Amazon

d)

Niger

4.

Rivers of Africa include.

a)

Amazon, Ganges, Ob

b)

Tigris, Rhine, Irtysh

c)

Nile, Congo, Niger

d)

Mississippi, Rio Grande, Colorado

5.

Long thin valleys, over 4,000 miles.

a)

Escarpment

b)

Long Valleys

c)

Rift Valleys

d)

Serengeti Plain

6.

The longest freshwater lake in the world.

a)

Lake Tanganyika

b)

Lake Baikal

c)

Lake Superior

d)

Lake Victoria

7.

Africa's largest lake

a)

Lake Kiva

b)

Lake Baikal

c)

Lake Tanganyika

d)

Lake Victoria

8.

Mount Kilimanjaro and Mount Kenya are both?

a)

Mountain Ranges

b)

steep slopes

c)

Volcanoes

d)

Producers of Chromium

9.

A steep slope with a nearly flat plateau on top.

a)

Ledge

b)

Cliff

c)

Rift Valley

d)

Escarpment

10.

Africa has large amounts of __________?

a)

Minerals

b)

water

c)

sand

d)

animals

11.

Africa is the largest producer of ______ and _________?

a)

Gold and Silver

b)

Coffee and Lumber

c)

Chromium and Platinum

d)

Oil and wheat

12.

Africa has some of the world's leading _______ producing nations.

a)

Sugar

b)

Petroleum

c)

Coffee

d)

Tea

13.

Some of Africa's resources include?

a)

Coffee, Lumber, Sugar, Palm Oil, Cocoa

b)

Tea, Coconut Oil, Coal, Iron

c)

Magnesium, Diamonds, Nuts, Cotton

d)

Tin, Natural Gas, Fish, Oil

14.

Agriculture is the least important activity.

a)

True

b)

False

15.

The _________it the largest desert in the world.

a)

Arabian

b)

Namib

c)

Sahara

d)

Kalahari

16.

Deserts in Africa include

a)

Kara Kum, Arabian, Kalahari

b)

Kizil Kum, Gobi, Rub'al Khali,

c)

Mojave, Arabian, Chihuahuan

d)

Sahara, Kalahari, and Namib

17.

Huge stores of underground water.

a)

Oasis

b)

Aquifers

c)

Escarpment

d)

Aswan High Dam

18.

Places where water comes tot he surface.

a)

Oasis

b)

Aquifers

c)

Lake

d)

Rivers

19.

Africa has the largest tropical area than any other country.

a)

True

b)

False

20.

An area of some of the best of the grassland in the world. It also contains many amazing animals.

a)

Serengeti Plain

b)

`Savannah

c)

Pampas

d)

Steppes

21.

Nigeria has become a top oil producer of the world, but at a cost of _________ and environmental ruin.

a)

Human Life

b)

War

c)

Animal Life

d)

Apartheid

22.

Aswan High Dam

a)

floods the farms, uncontrollable diseases, Costs Human Lives

b)

Decreases farmable land, is good for fishing

c)

supplies farmers with water, controls flooding, increased farmable land by 50%,

d)

Creates Pandemic, Controls water, increases agriculture

23.

What lake did the Aswan High Dam create?

a)

Lake Chad

b)

Lake victoria

c)

Lake Tanganyika

d)

Lake Nasser

24.

A major group in East Africa live on the grasslands and herd livestock, also the Kiduyu.

a)

Masai

b)

Zulu

c)

Kunda

d)

Samburu

25.

Human activities that lead to desertification: expansion of dry areas are? Check all that apply

a)

overgrazing of vegetation by livestock

b)

farming

c)

Increasing population

d)

War

26.

Uncontrollable outbreak of a disease that affects a large population over a wide geographic area. (aids)

a)

Epidemic

b)

Pandemic

c)

Infectious

d)

Contagious

27.

The major cultural and religious influence in North Africa.

a)

Islam

b)

Buddhism

c)

Hindu

d)

Catholic

28.

One in which people rely on family lineages to govern themselves.

a)

Hierarchy

b)

King

c)

Stateless Society

d)

government less Society

29.

Complete separation of the races.

a)

Seperation

b)

Discrimination

c)

Racism

d)

Aparthied

30.

What does ANC stand for?

a)

African National Congress

b)

African Nations combined

c)

Africa's National Committee

d)

Africa's Nobel Committee

31.

Who was the president of South Africa in 1989?

a)

Nelson Mandela

b)

F.W. Klerk

c)

Vladimir Puten

d)

Donald Trump

32.

Who was leader of the ANC and president in 1994

a)

Nelson Mandela

b)

F.W. Klerk

c)

Vladimir Puten

d)

Donald Trump

33.

An agricultural or mining product that can be sold.

a)

Escarpment

b)

Aquifer

c)

Commodity

d)

Oasis

34.

Create variety in. i.e. economy and exports

a)

Amend

b)

Vary

c)

Reconstruct

d)

Diversify

35.

Caused by inadequate sanitation and lack of clean water.

a)

Tuberculosis

b)

Malaria

c)

Cholera

d)

Scarlet Fever

36.

Infectious disease marked by chills and fever

a)

Malaria

b)

Cholera

c)

tuberculosis

d)

Scarlet Fever

37.

Respiratory infection spread between humans.

a)

Tuberculosis

b)

Malaria

c)

Cholera

d)

Scarlet Fever

38.

In agriculture most farming remains subsistence farming, to much food is produced for its people.

a)

True

b)

False

39.

Population of Africa is over?

a)

1.5 million

b)

1.4 billion

c)

1.2 million

d)

1.2 billion

40.

Sudan is over 1/4 the size of the U.S.

a)

True

b)

False

41.

Africa has the world's highest life expectancy.

a)

True

b)

False

42.

A disease caused by not having a healthy diet.

a)

Malaria

b)

Plague

c)

Cholera

d)

malnutrition

43.

People with similar physical traits. (such as skin color)

a)

Culture

b)

Race

c)

Homogeneous

d)

Diversity

44.

One drawn from a single ethnic group.

a)

Culture

b)

Ethnicity

c)

Racism

d)

Homogeneous population

45.

There are over _______ different ethnic groups, each with their own language, religion and culture.

a)

800

b)

750

c)

980

d)

804

46.

What percentage of all Africans live in rural areas.

a)

1/3

b)

2/3

c)

1/4

d)

1/8

47.

it's bite can give both humans and animals sleeping sickness.

a)

king Cobra

b)

Tsetse Fly

c)

African Wasp

d)

Fire Ant