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Africa Geography

Total questions: 33

Worksheet time: 18mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
What country is highlighted?
a)
Uganda
b)
Tanzania
c)
Congo
d)
Kenya
2.
What country is highlighted?
a)
Zambia
b)
Cameroon
c)
Republic of the Congo
d)
Democratic Republic of Congo
3.
What country is highlighted?
a)
Liberia
b)
Egypt
c)
Morocco
d)
Botswana
4.
What country is highlighted?
a)
Madagascar
b)
Uganda
c)
Botswana
d)
Nigeria
5.
What physical feature is highlighted?
a)
Zambezi River
b)
Congo Basin
c)
Sahara Desert
d)
Nile River
6.
What physical feature is highlighted?
a)
Congo River
b)
Lake Chad
c)
Mt. Kilimanjaro
d)
Sahel
7.
What physical feature is highlighted?
a)
Kalahari Desert
b)
Lake Victoria
c)
Sahara Desert
d)
Cape of Good Hope
8.
What physical feature is highlighted?
a)
Ethiopian Highlands
b)
Mt. Kilimanjaro
c)
Niger River
d)
Atlas Mountains
9.
What physical feature is highlighted?
a)
Kalahari Desert
b)
Sahara Desert
c)
Niger River
d)
Lake Victoria
10.
What physical feature is highlighted?
a)
Congo Basin
b)
Lake Chad
c)
Mt. Kilimanjaro
d)
Sahel
11.
What body of water is shown on the map? It is narrow and separates Africa from the Arabian peninsula (Asia).
a)
Straits of Comoros
b)
Red Sea
c)
Dead Sea
d)
Mediterranean Sea
12.
What is located at number 14 (click on the words to see the map and ZOOM IN!)?
a)
Madagascar
b)
Indian Ocean
c)
Atlantic Ocean
d)
Pacific Ocean
13.
What physical feature is highlighted?
a)
the Atlas Mountains
b)
the Great Rift Valley
c)
the Congo Rainforest
d)
the Horn of Africa
14.
What is the name of the desert represented by the red oval?
a)
Sahara Desert
b)
Namib Desert
c)
Kalahari Desert
d)
Mohave Desert
15.
What is the name of the country that is colored orange?
a)
Namibia
b)
Zambia
c)
Botswana
d)
South Africa
16.
What country is highlighted?
a)
Sudan
b)
South Sudan
c)
Egypt
d)
South Africa
17.

Where is Sub-Saharan Africa located?

a)

South of the Sahara Desert

b)

North of the Sahara Desert

c)

In the Sahara Desert

d)

West of the Sahara Desert

18.

Which of the following BEST describe the Sahara desert?

a)

Hot and dry, little to no animals

b)

Hot and mostly dry, some animals

c)

Dry and Wet season, lots of animals

d)

Lots of rain, lots of animals

19.
Which of the following best describe the Sahel?
a)
Hot and dry, little to no animals
b)
Hot and mostly dry, some animals
c)
Dry and wet season, lots of animals
d)
Gets a lot of rain, lots of animals
20.

Which of the following best describes the Savannah?

a)

Hot and dry, little to no animals

b)

Hot and mostly dry, little animals

c)

Dry and Wet season, lots of animals

d)

Lots of rain, lots of animals

21.

Which of the following best describes the Rain Forest?

a)

Hot and dry, little to no animals

b)

Hot and mostly dry, some animals

c)

Dry and Wet season, lots of animals

d)

Lots of rain, lots of animals

22.
Which region of Africa is this?
a)
Sahel
b)
Sahara
c)
Savannah
d)
Rain Forest
23.

Which region of Africa is this?

a)

Sahel

b)

Sahara

c)

Savannah

d)

Rain Forest

24.

Which region of Africa is this?

a)

Sahel

b)

Sahara

c)

Savannah

d)

Rain Forest

25.

Africa has ____ Countries

a)

54

b)

44

c)

12

d)

48

26.

Africa's population is about ________ people.

a)

1.2 billion

b)

1.7 billion

c)

325 million

d)

10 million

27.

Most people in northern Africa live in cities in the Northern Fringe, near the ____________.

a)

Mediterranean Sea and the Atlantic Ocean

b)

Indian Ocean and the Red Sea

c)

Atlantic Ocean

d)

Indian Ocean and the Mozambique Channel.

28.

Many people in the Northern Fringe are also clustered around ____.

a)

the Nile River

b)

the Sahara Desert

c)

The Congo River

d)

The Southern Ocean

29.

The populations of the Northern Fringe and the rest of Africa are separated by ____.

a)

the Congo Basin

b)

the Great Rift valley

c)

the Sahara Desert

d)

the Nile River

30.

Modern borders in Africa were drawn as a result of ____.

a)

colonization

b)

cooperation between ethnic groups

c)

geographic landforms

d)

wars

31.

Africa has more countries than any other continent?

a)

True

b)

False

32.

Which river flows into the Indian Ocean?

a)

Nile

b)

Congo

c)

Zambezi

d)

Niger

33.

How much of Africa is desert?

a)

Two-thirds

b)

One half

c)

One-fifth

d)

One-third