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AFRICA

Total questions: 29

Worksheet time: 31mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which of the following rivers would you find in Africa?

a)

Amazon River

b)

Swahili River

c)

Blue Nile River

d)

Tasmanian River

2.

Which canal, which runs through Egypt, makes travel from Europe to Asia easier?

a)

Sub-Saharan Canal

b)

Great African Canal

c)

Panama Canal

d)

Suez Canal

3.

This sea touches Asia, Africa and Europe?

a)

Mediterranean Sea

b)

Black Sea

c)

Red Sea

d)

Dead Sea

4.

How is transportation conducted in the desert?

a)

river

b)

camel

c)

donkey

d)

car

5.

What was used for transportation in the rainforest because of the tsetse fly?

a)

river

b)

camel

c)

donkey

d)

car

6.

What is the largest desert in Africa?

a)

Gobi Desert

b)

Kalahari Desert

c)

Sahara Desert

d)

Arabian Desert

7.

The large geographical feature in the north of Africa which tremendously affected the way in which North Africans lived is called the ____________.

a)

Sahel

b)

Sahara

c)

Savannah

d)

Rainforest

8.
Africa is the ____ largest continent
a)
1st
b)
2nd
c)
3rd
d)
4th
9.

What is Africa's largest river?

a)

The Mississippi River

b)

The Nile River

c)

The Yellow River

d)

The Congo River

10.

What is the name of the large desert that covers most of northern Africa?

a)

The Sahara Desert

b)

The Mojave Desert

c)

The Nile Desert

d)

I don't know

11.

This region of Africa is covered in dense jungles, and is mostly uninhabitable except near the coast.

a)

Congo River Basin

b)

Sahara Desert

c)

The Nile River Delta

d)

The Horn of Africa

12.

Which of the following bodies of water does *not* border Africa?

a)

Atlantic Ocean

b)

Pacific Ocean

c)

Red Sea

d)

Mediterranean Sea

13.

What is the name of the tallest mountain in Africa?

a)

Everest

b)

Kilimanjaro

c)

Himalaya

d)

Atlas

14.

What desert is found in the South of Africa?

a)

Sahara

b)

Siberia

c)

African

d)

Kalahari

15.

What is the name of the ocean to the East of Africa?

a)

Indian

b)

Atlantic

c)

Pacific

d)

Mediterranean

16.

What country is on the island located South East of Africa?

a)

Mozambique

b)

South Africa

c)

Madagascar

d)

Rwanda

17.
What lake is at number 4? 
a)
Lake Victoria 
b)
Lake Superior 
c)
Congo Lake 
d)
Lake Nile 
18.
What ocean is at number 10? 
a)
Indian 
b)
Atlantic 
c)
Pacific 
d)
Arctic 
19.
What ocean is at number 9? 
a)
Indian 
b)
Arctic 
c)
Atlantic 
d)
Pacific 
20.
What sea is at number 7? 
a)
Black Sea 
b)
Red Sea
c)
Mediterranean Sea 
d)
Caspian Sea 
21.
What sea is at number 8? 
a)
Caspian Sea 
b)
Red Sea 
c)
Black Sea 
d)
Mediterranean Sea 
22.
What river is near number 5? 
a)
Nile River 
b)
Niger River 
c)
Congo River 
d)
White Nile River 
23.

What divides Africa in half?

a)

prime meridian

b)

tropic of cancer

c)

equator

d)

tropic of capricorn

24.

What body of water is under the dark brown mark at the bottom?

a)

Cape of Good Hope

b)

Lake Victoria

c)

Congo River

d)

Niger River

e)

Nile River

25.

Today Africa has __________ countries.

a)

55

b)

50

c)

54

d)

60

26.

The Great Rift Valley was formed by:

a)

hurricanes

b)

high winds

c)

the movement of tectonic plates

d)

ancient people

27.

_________________ has more rain than any other regions.

a)

South Africa

b)

Northern Africa

c)

Eastern Africa

d)

Central Africa

28.

____________________ is a major waterway that flows into the Atlantic Ocean & is located by the equatorial region.

a)

The Great Rift Valley

b)

The Congo River

c)

The Sahara

d)

The Horn of Africa

29.

Africa is located between

a)

Alantic ocean and the indian ocean

b)

red sea and nile river

c)

kenya and uganda