WorksheetsAfrica Review
Total questions: 26
Worksheet time: 13mins
Africa is the ______ largest continent in terms of land size
1st
2nd
3rd
4th
Which body of water touches the north side of Africa?
Mediterranean Sea
Indian Ocean
Atlantic Ocean
Pacific Ocean
Which body of water touches the northeast side of Africa?
Arctic Ocean
Pacific Ocean
Red Sea
Atlantic Ocean
What body of water touches the east side of Africa?
Arctic Ocean
Pacific Ocean
Red Sea
Indian Ocean
What body of water touches the west side of Africa?
Atlantic Ocean
Pacific Ocean
Red Sea
Indian Ocean
What physical feature covers most of northern Africa?
Congo Rainforest
Great Rift Valley
Sahara Desert
Mount Kilimanjaro
Why is the Nile River so important to Egypt?
It's the longest river in the world
It drains into the Mediterranean Sea
It flows from south to north
It's a major source of water
What is the Sahel?
A low area were land has sunk between cracks in Earth's crust
A peninsula in eastern Africa
a semi-dry region south of the Sahara
An area with many glaciers and a lot of snow
What kind of physical feature is the Horn of Africa?
A peninsula
A delta
A rainforest
An isthmus
What is the Savanna?
A desert in northern Africa
Tropical grasslands with a lot of wildlife
An area of violence and war
A lush rain forest in central Africa
What is Africa's largest rain forest?
Congo
Bongo
Amazon
Swahili
What is the Great Rift Valley?
An area where land sunk between cracks in earth's crust
A semi-dry area south of the Sahara
A place refugees flee to for safety
A lush rain forest in central Africa
Which of these countries colonized Africa?
Britain
France
Germany
All the above
What happened at the Berlin Conference?
A system of segregation was set up in South Africa
Europeans divided Africa into colonies
Africans were given complete control over their land
Nelson Mandela was chosen as the president of South Africa
What language is spoken in northern Africa, due to the Arabs?
Arabic
Spanish
English
Swahili
What religion is commonly practiced in northern Africa, due to the Arabs?
Christianity
Islam
Judaism
Wizardry
What is a refugee?
Someone who flees a place to find safety
A person who supported Apartheid
A person who leads a poor country
A person who is malnourished
Why are refugees fleeing from countries like Sudan and Somalia?
War and Violence
Few job opportunities
The climate is too cold
Frequent flooding
What is Apartheid?
A system of segregation in South Africa
A new type of farming to help with the food crisis in Africa
A language spoken in eastern Africa
A rock band from Northern Africa
Who was a leader in ending Apartheid?
Nelson Mandela
Trevor Noah
Mr. Wolff
Oprah
What language is used throughout eastern Africa?
Arabic
Swahili
Bantu
English
What is genocide?
an attempt to destroy a whole group of people
illegal hunting
a cure for malaria
where farmland turns into desert
What is the term for illegal hunting?
Poaching
Desertification
Pooling
Sahel
Why is piracy an issue in Somalia?
They don't want to pay tariffs on imports and exports
They don't have a very stable government
They live on house boats
They watched Pirates of the Caribbean too much
What is desertification?
When farmland turns into desert
When mosquitoes spread deadly diseases
illegal hunting
When severe storms create a large tidal wave in the ocean
What disease is spread by the mosquito?
Malaria
The Flu
Dance Fever
Bronchitis
