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Africa Political/Physical Review

Total questions: 48

Worksheet time: 25mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Using the map, what country is identified with the letter "A"?

a)

Egypt

b)

Sudan

c)

Kenya

d)

Nigeria

e)

Democratic Republic of the Congo

2.

Using the map, what country is identified with the letter "B"?

a)

Egypt

b)

Sudan

c)

Kenya

d)

Nigeria

e)

Democratic Republic of the Congo

3.

Using the map, what country is identified with the letter "C"?

a)

Egypt

b)

Sudan

c)

Kenya

d)

Nigeria

e)

Democratic Republic of the Congo

4.

Using the map, what country is identified with the letter "D"?

a)

Egypt

b)

Sudan

c)

Kenya

d)

Nigeria

e)

Democratic Republic of the Congo

5.

Using the map, what country is identified with the letter "E"?

a)

Egypt

b)

Sudan

c)

Kenya

d)

Nigeria

e)

South Africa

6.

Using the map, what country is identified with the letter "F"?

a)

Egypt

b)

Sudan

c)

Kenya

d)

Nigeria

e)

South Africa

7.

Using the map, what physical feature is identified with the letter "R"?

a)

Congo River

b)

Niger River

c)

Nile River

d)

Lake Victoria

8.

Using the map, what physical feature is identified with the letter "Q"?

a)

Congo River

b)

Niger River

c)

Nile River

d)

Lake Victoria

9.

Using the map, what physical feature is identified with the letter "P"?

a)

Congo River

b)

Niger River

c)

Nile River

d)

Lake Victoria

10.

Using the map, what physical feature is identified with the letter "O"?

a)

Congo River

b)

Niger River

c)

Nile River

d)

Lake Victoria

11.

What is location 2?

a)

Ahaggar Mountains

b)

Atlas Mountains

c)

Drakensberg Mountains

d)

Mt. Kilimanjaro

12.

What is location 5?

a)

Kalahari Desert

b)

Namib Desert

c)

Sahara Desert

d)

Wutsfir Dessert?

13.

What is location 22?

a)

Lake Chad

b)

Lake Nyasa

c)

Lake Tanganyika

d)

Lake Victoria

14.

What is location 23?

a)

Lake Chad

b)

Lake Nyasa

c)

Lake Tanganyika

d)

Lake Victoria

15.

What is location 4?

a)

Ahaggar Mountains

b)

Atlas Mountains

c)

Drakensberg Mountains

d)

Mt. Kilimanjaro

16.

What is location 6?

a)

Kalahari Desert

b)

Namib Desert

c)

Sahara Desert

d)

Wudyulyke Dessert?

17.

What is location 7?

a)

Kalahari Desert

b)

Namib Desert

c)

Sahara Desert

d)

Wiltherbee Dessert?

18.

What is location 15?

a)

Congo Basin

b)

Ethiopian Highlands

c)

Madagascar

d)

Serengeti Plains

19.

What is a border?

a)

An line that separates two political countries

b)

A physical line that is drawn in the ground

c)

The center of a country

d)

Where two oceans meet

20.

Africa is the world's _______ largest continent

a)

1st

b)

2nd

c)

3rd

d)

4th

21.

Africa contains ______ independent nations

a)

54

b)

55

c)

64

d)

65

22.

The largest desert in the world is the

a)

Gobi

b)

Namib

c)

Kalahari

d)

Sahara

23.

The longest river in the world is the

a)

Zambezi

b)

Congo

c)

Nile

d)

Amazon

24.
Name the tallest Peak in Africa
a)
Mt. Atlas
b)
Mt. Congo
c)
Ethiopian highlands
d)
Mt.Kilimanjaro
25.
What are the two deserts in Africa
a)
Nafud and Arabian
b)
Death Valley and Sahara
c)
Sahara and Kalahari
d)
Kalahari and Death Valley
26.
What is the characteristics and knowledge of a particular group of people, defined by everything from language, religion, cuisine, social habits, music and arts.
a)
History
b)
Culture
c)
Language
d)
Religion
27.
A map that shows the location of landforms and features like rivers, lakes, ocean, mountains, valleys, deserts and different land elevations.
a)
political
b)
physical
c)
special purpose
d)
GPS
28.
A maps designed to show governmental boundaries of countries and states. They can also indicate the location of major cities, and they usually include significant bodies of water.
a)
physical
b)
political
c)
special purpose
d)
GPS
29.
a)
Mali
b)
Senegal
c)
Uganda
d)
Botswana
30.
What river is highlighted? This is the longest river on earth from North to South. 
a)
Congo
b)
Zambezi
c)
Nile
d)
Amazon
31.
What geographic feature is highlighted? It is a ridge & plate boundary with lots of volcanic activity beneath its surface. Millions of years from now, it will split the continent in half.
a)
Sahel
b)
Transition Zone
c)
Ring of Fire
d)
Great Rift Valley
32.

The Sahara Desert can be found in each of the regions shown on this map EXCEPT for one. Which region is NOT touched by the Sahara Desert?

a)

2

b)

3

c)

4

d)

5

33.

Which number is CLOSEST to the Lake Victoria?

a)

1

b)

2

c)

3

d)

4

34.

Africa's "Great Rift Valley" is found in which of the labeled areas?

a)

1

b)

2

c)

3

d)

4

35.

Given that the Nile generally flows in a northward direction, which statement is MOST accurate?

a)

The Nile flows into the Mediterranean Sea.

b)

The Nile flows into the Suez Canal.

c)

The Nile flows into Lake Victoria.

d)

The Nile flows into the Red Sea.

36.

Which river is being described by these statements?

· Generally considered the longest river in the world.

· Flows north and discharges into the Mediterranean Sea.

· Flows through ten different countries.

· Is made up of two main tributaries that converge near Khartoum.

a)

Nile

b)

Niger

c)

Congo

d)

Zambezi

37.

What African river- so vital to west African states of past and present- is being shown on the map?

a)

Nile

b)

Niger

c)

Congo

d)

Zambezi

38.

Which river is labeled on this map?

a)

Nile

b)

Niger

c)

Congo

d)

Zambezi

39.

Which feature is the arrow pointing to?

a)

Kalahari Desert

b)

Tropical Rainforest

c)

Sahara Desert

d)

Gobi Desert

40.

Which country would be MOST likely to be found in the area circled on the map?

a)

Egypt

b)

Kenya

c)

Sudan

d)

Nigeria

41.

What country is labeled on the map?

  • A former French colony
  • Second-largest country Africa
  • Home to a river with a similar name
a)

Sudan

b)

Democratic Republic of the Congo

c)

Central African Republic

d)

South Africa

42.

In which region on the map would you find the country of Kenya?

a)

1

b)

2

c)

4

d)

5

43.

In which region on the map would you find the country of South Africa?

a)

2

b)

3

c)

4

d)

5

44.

Which number represents the modern day country of Sudan?

a)

1

b)

2

c)

3

d)

4

45.

Name the country shown in red.

a)

South Africa

b)

Kenya

c)

Liberia

d)

Ethiopia

46.

Name the country highlighted in red.

a)

Sudan

b)

Morocco

c)

Kenya

d)

Nigeria

47.

Using the map, what physical feature is identified with the letter "I"?

a)

Sahara

b)

Sahel

c)

Savanna

d)

Tropical Rainforest

48.

Name the country highlighted in red.

a)

Liberia

b)

Mali

c)

Egypt

d)

Ethiopia

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