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WorksheetsEast Africa Physical Geography Section 1
Total questions: 14
Worksheet time: 7mins
What is surprising about Mount Kilimanjaro?
Its peak is covered with ice and snow even though it is near the equator.
It is made up of two rifts.
It is home to abundant wildlife.
It is the largest rift on Earth.
What is the longest river in the world?
Nile River
Mississippi River
Amazon River
Missouri River
Large grasslands area in Tanzania where wildlife thrive
Serengeti Plain
Nile
Ethiopian Highlands
Blue Nile
Places on Earth's surface where the crust stretches until it breaks.
rift valley
drought
Mount Kilimanjaro
Lake Kilimanjaro
The highest mountain in Africa is
Mount Kilimanjaro
drought
Mount Etna
Mount Vesuvius
The largest rift on Earth, made up of two rifts-the eastern rift and the western rift.
Great Rift Valley
Mount Kilimanjaro
Serengeti Plain
Ethiopian Highland
Africa's largest lake and the source of the White Nile
Lake Victoria
Lake Sacajawea
Lake Michigan
Lake Erie
A period when little rain falls, and crops are damaged
rifts
highland
equator
drought
What direction does the Nile River flow?
North
South
East
West
What kinds of animals live in the Serengeti Plain? check all that apply
elephants
giraffes
lions
zebras
The Nile River flows into which sea?
Red
Atlantic
Mediterranean
Pacific
What happens during a drought?
Crops grow, animals flourish, and people become rich.
Crops fail, cattle die, and people begin to starve.
The area receives an abundance of rain.
Crops die because the temperature is extremely cold.
What are formed when two tectonic plates move away from each other, stretching and breaking the Earth's crust.
rift valleys
waterfalls
Savannas
droughts
The Blue Nile begins in the
Serengeti Plain
Ethiopian Highlands
Great Rift Valley
volcanic mountains
