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East Africa Physical Geography Section 1

Total questions: 14

Worksheet time: 7mins

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Class
Date
1.

What is surprising about Mount Kilimanjaro?

a)

Its peak is covered with ice and snow even though it is near the equator.

b)

It is made up of two rifts.

c)

It is home to abundant wildlife.

d)

It is the largest rift on Earth.

2.

What is the longest river in the world?

a)

Nile River

b)

Mississippi River

c)

Amazon River

d)

Missouri River

3.

Large grasslands area in Tanzania where wildlife thrive

a)

Serengeti Plain

b)

Nile

c)

Ethiopian Highlands

d)

Blue Nile

4.

Places on Earth's surface where the crust stretches until it breaks.

a)

rift valley

b)

drought

c)

Mount Kilimanjaro

d)

Lake Kilimanjaro

5.

The highest mountain in Africa is

a)

Mount Kilimanjaro

b)

drought

c)

Mount Etna

d)

Mount Vesuvius

6.

The largest rift on Earth, made up of two rifts-the eastern rift and the western rift.

a)

Great Rift Valley

b)

Mount Kilimanjaro

c)

Serengeti Plain

d)

Ethiopian Highland

7.

Africa's largest lake and the source of the White Nile

a)

Lake Victoria

b)

Lake Sacajawea

c)

Lake Michigan

d)

Lake Erie

8.

A period when little rain falls, and crops are damaged

a)

rifts

b)

highland

c)

equator

d)

drought

9.

What direction does the Nile River flow?

a)

North

b)

South

c)

East

d)

West

10.

What kinds of animals live in the Serengeti Plain? check all that apply

a)

elephants

b)

giraffes

c)

lions

d)

zebras

11.

The Nile River flows into which sea?

a)

Red

b)

Atlantic

c)

Mediterranean

d)

Pacific

12.

What happens during a drought?

a)

Crops grow, animals flourish, and people become rich.

b)

Crops fail, cattle die, and people begin to starve.

c)

The area receives an abundance of rain.

d)

Crops die because the temperature is extremely cold.

13.

What are formed when two tectonic plates move away from each other, stretching and breaking the Earth's crust.

a)

rift valleys

b)

waterfalls

c)

Savannas

d)

droughts

14.

The Blue Nile begins in the

a)

Serengeti Plain

b)

Ethiopian Highlands

c)

Great Rift Valley

d)

volcanic mountains