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Africa's Geography

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 19mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
Desert located in Northern Africa.
a)
Sahara
b)
Sahel
c)
Savanna
d)
Tropical Rain Forest
2.
Hot, dry grasslands with lots of wildlife located north and south of the equator.
a)
Sahara
b)
Sahel
c)
Savanna
d)
Tropical Rain Forest
3.
Longest river in the world that transports goods and people (flowing North) through Egypt.
a)
Congo River
b)
Niger River
c)
Nile River
d)
Lake Victoria
4.

Which of the following statements is true?

a)

Africa is the largest continent in the world

b)

Africa is the second largest continent after North America

c)

Africa is the smallest continent in the world

d)

Africa is the second largest continent after Asia

5.

Other than the Sahara, what other desert is in Africa?

a)

Great Rift Valley

b)

Kilimanjaro

c)

Nile

d)

Kalahari

6.

Which of the following is the largest mountain in Africa?

a)

Kilimanjaro

b)

Victoria

c)

Nile

d)

Atlas

7.

Between the Sahara and the Savannah

a)

A SemiArid Land

b)

A Sahel

c)

A Rainforest

d)

A Desert

8.
What areas do people choose NOT to live in?
a)
rivers
b)
mountains/deserts
c)
river valleys
d)
coasts
9.
True or False. Africa is a country.
a)
True
b)
False
10.

Desertification is caused by

a)

overpopulation, migration, and decline

b)

deforestation, drought, and overgrazing

c)

sewage, parasites, and poor sanitation

d)

crop rotation, fertilizers, and insecticides

11.

Many people in Africa do not have access to safe drinking water because the water is

a)

polluted by irrigation

b)

contaminated by drought

c)

infected by parasites and bacteria

d)

polluted by slash and burn agriculture

12.

Which of the following are effects (results) of deforestation?

a)

overpopulation, poor sanitation, parasites

b)

erosion, poor soil, starvation

c)

dams, irrigation, transportation

d)

logging, settlement, agriculture

13.

Members of the same ethnic group always share what in common?

a)

Belief system, food, holy text, language

b)

Language, food, dress, music

c)

Dress, food, holy places, music

d)

Belief system, holy places, god(s), symbol(s)

14.

Members of the same religious group share what in common?

a)

language, food, dress, music

b)

belief system, food, holy text, language

c)

dress, food, holy places, music

d)

belief system, holy places, god(s), symbol(s)

15.

Which of the following are major religious groups found in Africa?

a)

Islam, Persian, Swahili

b)

Judaism, Christianity, Islam

c)

Christianity, Islam, Traditional beliefs

d)

Arab, Traditional beliefs, Christianity

16.

Which of the following are major ethnic groups found in Africa?

a)

Ashanti, Arab, Bantu, Swahili

b)

Ashanti, Arab, Bantu, Muslim

c)

Ashanti, Persian, Kurd, Swahili

d)

Arab, Kurd, Persian, Muslim

17.

Which African region has been negatively affected by commercial logging, excessive fuel wood consumption, and slash and burn farming techniques?

a)

Savanna

b)

Sahel

c)

Sahara

d)

Tropical Rainforest

18.

The area indicated with the red arrow has a very low population density because it

a)

is dominated by desert.

b)

floods annually.

c)

is prone to outbreaks of disease.

19.

What is the BEST explanation for the population density in the red circled area?

a)

The region is dominated by a desert climate.

b)

The region was once the central focus of the trans-Atlantic slave trade.

c)

The region is home to trade, industry, and adequate precipitation.

20.

Which factor is MOST LIKLEY to have had the greatest impact on human settlement patterns in Sub-Saharan Africa?

a)

proximity to the region's numerous coal mines

b)

proximity to water sources needed for subsistence farming

c)

political boundaries created during European colonization

d)

urbanization resulting from the growth of the oil industry in the region