WorksheetsIntroduction to Africa
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 10mins
How would you describe the climate of northern Africa?
Tropical Rainforest
Humid Continental
Desert
Steppe
Africa is the world's ____________ largest continent?
third
second
fourth
fifth
The Nile River is the World's longest river and flows in which direction?
North
East
South
West
The Nile River is approximately how long?
3,250 miles
4,100 miles
4,500 miles
5,000 miles
True or False: The Sahara Desert is shrinking every year due to desertification.
True
False
The African Savannah, that is home to some of Africa's endangered species, is approximately how many square miles?
2 million square miles
3 million square miles
4 million square miles
5 million square miles
Africa's Rain Forest receives up to _____ feet of annual precipitation?
5
8
11
17
What type of plate movement has created the Great Rift Valley located in eastern Africa?
Subduction
Separation (Divergence)
Collision (Convergence)
Sliding (Transform fault)
Africa's tallest mountain, Mt Kilimanjaro, is located near what line of latitude?
Tropic of Cancer: 20 degrees North
Equator: 0 degrees
Tropic of Capricorn: 20 degrees South
What is the name of Africa's largest freshwater lake?
Lake Victoria
Lake Tanganyika
Red Sea
Lake Turkana
Africa has over ________ different ethnic groups.
200
300
400
500
How many different languages and dialects are spoken on the continent of Africa?
20
500
750
3000
Africa is the fastest growing continent and contains _______ of the World's Population?
5%
10%
15%
20%
The Sahel is located _________ of Africa's lush Savannah.
North
East
South
West
What African country has more than 86,000 landmine victims?
South Africa
Mali
Somalia
Angola
Which African country is the world's fourth largest island?
Sao Tome Principe
Mauritius
Madagascar
Comoros
What African country is known for it's aquaculture of salt?
Eritrea
Somalia
Cape Verde
Mali
What country is home to Victoria Falls?
Chad
Zimbabwe
Kenya
South Africa
Which African country is going to great lengths to protect mountain gorillas?
Chad
Comoros
Sudan
Democratic Republic of Congo
In Africa, a child dies every 30 seconds from what disease?
AIDS
Ebola
Polio
Malaria
