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African Physical Geography Introduction - Part 2

Total questions: 12

Worksheet time: 7mins

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Class
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1.

Due to its shape, the region of East Africa is known as the “______________________________”. 

a)

Nose of North America

b)

Horn of Africa

c)

Ear of Europe

2.

Part of a chain of valleys that stretch from southwest Asia to southern Africa, which of the following is the most important physical feature of East Africa? 

a)

The Congo rainforest

b)

Mediterranean Sea

c)

Great Rift Valley

d)

Alps

3.

Which physical feature does most of East Africa sit on, with the higher elevations of these areas meaning the temperatures are cooler? 

a)

plateaus

b)

plains

c)

rifts

d)

volcanoes

4.

Located in Tanzania, which physical feature of East Africa is also a dormant (inactive) volcano?

a)

Mount McKinley

b)

Great Rift Valley

c)

Carpathian Mountains

d)

Mount Kilimanjaro

5.

One major physical feature of is the world's largest desert, the (a)   .

6.

The ECUMENE of the Sahara is LOW because:

a)

it's an easy place to live, so there are many megacities there

b)

it has plentiful, amazing farmland, and a growing population

c)

it is one of the HARSHEST environments to survive

d)

None of the above

7.

Some of the last remaining rainforests of the world are in Africa. A rainforest is:

a)

A vast, dry area of sand

b)

A vast, humid area of trees, plants, animals, & insects

c)

A vast, temperate area of mostly flat, grassy plains with some trees

d)

A vast area of dry grasslands with some sand

8.

A strong BELIEF that is NOT open to being changed is a...

a)

citation

b)

fact

c)

bias

d)

summary

9.

When we SHOW in our writing WHERE we got our information from, we are: 

a)

plagiarizing and bragging

b)

annotating text

c)

paraphrasing and summarizing

d)

citing evidence

10.

Africa is also home to Earth’s LONGEST RIVER, named the (a)  

11.

The second largest CONTINENT on Earth is:

a)

Asia

b)

Europe

c)

United States of America

d)

Africa

12.

Dry grasslands to the south of the Sahara desert are called the ________________.

a)

Nile River

b)

African rainforests

c)

Great Escarpment

d)

Sahel (Sah-hail)