WorksheetsAfrica's Geography
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 19mins
Which of the following statements is true?
Africa is the largest continent in the world
Africa is the second largest continent after North America
Africa is the smallest continent in the world
Africa is the second largest continent after Asia
Other than the Sahara, what other desert is in Africa?
Great Rift Valley
Kilimanjaro
Nile
Kalahari
Which of the following is the largest mountain in Africa?
Kilimanjaro
Victoria
Nile
Atlas
Between the Sahara and the Savannah
A SemiArid Land
A Sahel
A Rainforest
A Desert
Desertification is caused by
overpopulation, migration, and decline
deforestation, drought, and overgrazing
sewage, parasites, and poor sanitation
crop rotation, fertilizers, and insecticides
Many people in Africa do not have access to safe drinking water because the water is
polluted by irrigation
contaminated by drought
infected by parasites and bacteria
polluted by slash and burn agriculture
Which of the following are effects (results) of deforestation?
overpopulation, poor sanitation, parasites
erosion, poor soil, starvation
dams, irrigation, transportation
logging, settlement, agriculture
Members of the same ethnic group always share what in common?
Belief system, food, holy text, language
Language, food, dress, music
Dress, food, holy places, music
Belief system, holy places, god(s), symbol(s)
Members of the same religious group share what in common?
language, food, dress, music
belief system, food, holy text, language
dress, food, holy places, music
belief system, holy places, god(s), symbol(s)
Which of the following are major religious groups found in Africa?
Islam, Persian, Swahili
Judaism, Christianity, Islam
Christianity, Islam, Traditional beliefs
Arab, Traditional beliefs, Christianity
Which of the following are major ethnic groups found in Africa?
Ashanti, Arab, Bantu, Swahili
Ashanti, Arab, Bantu, Muslim
Ashanti, Persian, Kurd, Swahili
Arab, Kurd, Persian, Muslim
Which African region has been negatively affected by commercial logging, excessive fuel wood consumption, and slash and burn farming techniques?
Savanna
Sahel
Sahara
Tropical Rainforest
The area indicated with the red arrow has a very low population density because it
is dominated by desert.
floods annually.
is prone to outbreaks of disease.
What is the BEST explanation for the population density in the red circled area?
The region is dominated by a desert climate.
The region was once the central focus of the trans-Atlantic slave trade.
The region is home to trade, industry, and adequate precipitation.
Which factor is MOST LIKLEY to have had the greatest impact on human settlement patterns in Sub-Saharan Africa?
proximity to the region's numerous coal mines
proximity to water sources needed for subsistence farming
political boundaries created during European colonization
urbanization resulting from the growth of the oil industry in the region
