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WorksheetsGeography 18-20
Total questions: 47
Worksheet time: 24mins
The world's ________largest Continent.
1st
2nd
3rd
4th
A huge _________covers most of Africa.
Mountain
Valley
Basin
Plateau
The world's longest river is the?
it flows more than 4,000 miles.
Congo
Nile
Amazon
Niger
Rivers of Africa include.
Amazon, Ganges, Ob
Tigris, Rhine, Irtysh
Nile, Congo, Niger
Mississippi, Rio Grande, Colorado
Long thin valleys, over 4,000 miles.
Escarpment
Long Valleys
Rift Valleys
Serengeti Plain
The longest freshwater lake in the world.
Lake Tanganyika
Lake Baikal
Lake Superior
Lake Victoria
Africa's largest lake
Lake Kiva
Lake Baikal
Lake Tanganyika
Lake Victoria
Mount Kilimanjaro and Mount Kenya are both?
Mountain Ranges
steep slopes
Volcanoes
Producers of Chromium
A steep slope with a nearly flat plateau on top.
Ledge
Cliff
Rift Valley
Escarpment
Africa has large amounts of __________?
Minerals
water
sand
animals
Africa is the largest producer of ______ and _________?
Gold and Silver
Coffee and Lumber
Chromium and Platinum
Oil and wheat
Africa has some of the world's leading _______ producing nations.
Sugar
Petroleum
Coffee
Tea
Some of Africa's resources include?
Coffee, Lumber, Sugar, Palm Oil, Cocoa
Tea, Coconut Oil, Coal, Iron
Magnesium, Diamonds, Nuts, Cotton
Tin, Natural Gas, Fish, Oil
Agriculture is the least important activity.
True
False
The _________it the largest desert in the world.
Arabian
Namib
Sahara
Kalahari
Deserts in Africa include
Kara Kum, Arabian, Kalahari
Kizil Kum, Gobi, Rub'al Khali,
Mojave, Arabian, Chihuahuan
Sahara, Kalahari, and Namib
Huge stores of underground water.
Oasis
Aquifers
Escarpment
Aswan High Dam
Places where water comes tot he surface.
Oasis
Aquifers
Lake
Rivers
Africa has the largest tropical area than any other country.
True
False
An area of some of the best of the grassland in the world. It also contains many amazing animals.
Serengeti Plain
`Savannah
Pampas
Steppes
Nigeria has become a top oil producer of the world, but at a cost of _________ and environmental ruin.
Human Life
War
Animal Life
Apartheid
Aswan High Dam
floods the farms, uncontrollable diseases, Costs Human Lives
Decreases farmable land, is good for fishing
supplies farmers with water, controls flooding, increased farmable land by 50%,
Creates Pandemic, Controls water, increases agriculture
What lake did the Aswan High Dam create?
Lake Chad
Lake victoria
Lake Tanganyika
Lake Nasser
A major group in East Africa live on the grasslands and herd livestock, also the Kiduyu.
Masai
Zulu
Kunda
Samburu
Human activities that lead to desertification: expansion of dry areas are? Check all that apply
overgrazing of vegetation by livestock
farming
Increasing population
War
Uncontrollable outbreak of a disease that affects a large population over a wide geographic area. (aids)
Epidemic
Pandemic
Infectious
Contagious
The major cultural and religious influence in North Africa.
Islam
Buddhism
Hindu
Catholic
One in which people rely on family lineages to govern themselves.
Hierarchy
King
Stateless Society
government less Society
Complete separation of the races.
Seperation
Discrimination
Racism
Aparthied
What does ANC stand for?
African National Congress
African Nations combined
Africa's National Committee
Africa's Nobel Committee
Who was the president of South Africa in 1989?
Nelson Mandela
F.W. Klerk
Vladimir Puten
Donald Trump
Who was leader of the ANC and president in 1994
Nelson Mandela
F.W. Klerk
Vladimir Puten
Donald Trump
An agricultural or mining product that can be sold.
Escarpment
Aquifer
Commodity
Oasis
Create variety in. i.e. economy and exports
Amend
Vary
Reconstruct
Diversify
Caused by inadequate sanitation and lack of clean water.
Tuberculosis
Malaria
Cholera
Scarlet Fever
Infectious disease marked by chills and fever
Malaria
Cholera
tuberculosis
Scarlet Fever
Respiratory infection spread between humans.
Tuberculosis
Malaria
Cholera
Scarlet Fever
In agriculture most farming remains subsistence farming, to much food is produced for its people.
True
False
Population of Africa is over?
1.5 million
1.4 billion
1.2 million
1.2 billion
Sudan is over 1/4 the size of the U.S.
True
False
Africa has the world's highest life expectancy.
True
False
A disease caused by not having a healthy diet.
Malaria
Plague
Cholera
malnutrition
People with similar physical traits. (such as skin color)
Culture
Race
Homogeneous
Diversity
One drawn from a single ethnic group.
Culture
Ethnicity
Racism
Homogeneous population
There are over _______ different ethnic groups, each with their own language, religion and culture.
800
750
980
804
What percentage of all Africans live in rural areas.
1/3
2/3
1/4
1/8
it's bite can give both humans and animals sleeping sickness.
king Cobra
Tsetse Fly
African Wasp
Fire Ant
