WorksheetsAfrican Geography
Total questions: 12
Worksheet time: 6mins
Africa, like all continents, has mountains. What is the highest elevation on the continent of Africa?
Great Rift Valley
Mt. Kilimanjaro
Atlas Mountains
Great Pyramids
Which of the following facts make Mt. Kilimanjaro different than other mountain peaks worldwide?
It was formed by plate tectonics.
It is covered in snow at its summit.
It is at least 10,000 feet above sea level.
It is a dormant volcano and a freestanding mountain.
Which of the following landforms is the largest desert region on Earth?
Gobi Desert
Kalahari Desert
Sahara Desert
Sahel Region
This is the longest river in the world, and no river is more vital to its region:
Amazon
Nile
Congo
Which of the following ancient civilizations settled and built an empire around the banks of the Nile river?
Aztec
Inca
Egyptians
Ottoman Turks
Which of the following landforms is created where the Nile River meets the sea?
Isthmus
Peninsula
Delta
Canyon
Which of the following African landform regions is most comparable to South America's Amazon Basin?
Sahara
Serengheti
Kalahari
Congo
What is one problem that the government of Congo is facing in modern times?
desertification
poaching
too many resources
scarcity of water
Well over one thousand _______________________________ are used by the people in Africa, and that is the most on any continent.
languages
cultures
religions
tools
The countries in Africa are held back, or less developed, because of the years of colonial rule by powers from which of the following continents?
Asia
Europe
North America
South America
Which of the following problems is the least dangerous threat to the African people today?
poverty- most people live on $2 per day
violence between ethnic groups
diseases, and not enough medical help
dangerous big game animals
Which of the following facts about diamonds show how the innocent people in Africa are exploited by those in power:
The diamond is more than a billion years old.
Blood diamonds are diamonds mined in a war zone and sold to finance an insurgency, an invading army's war efforts, or a warlord's activity.
Diamonds are the hardest natural substance on earth. In fact, diamonds are so hard that the only thing that can scratch a diamond is another diamond.
Diamonds are made of only one element: carbon. Under the immense heat and pressure far below the earth’s surface, the carbon atoms bond in a unique way that results in diamonds’ beautiful and rare crystalline structure.
