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Africa: Physical Geography/NewsELA

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Ocean that lies west of Africa

a)

Pacific Ocean

b)

Red Sea

c)

Atlantic Ocean

d)

Indian Ocean

2.

Ocean that lies east of Africa

a)

Pacific Ocean

b)

Read Sea

c)

Atlantic Ocean

d)

Indian Ocean

3.

Africa is the

a)

2nd largest continent in the world

b)

3rd largest continent in the world

c)

2nd largest country in the world

d)

largest country in the world

4.

Africa is divided almost equally in half by this.

a)

the border to Asia

b)

the Indian Ocean

c)

the Mason-Dixon line

d)

the equator

5.

Sand dunes that stretch hundreds of kilometers, contain lots of salt, are over 1,000 feet tall.

a)

Uggs

b)

ergs

c)

volcanoes

d)

cliffs

6.

Plains made up of sand and red, black, or white gravel,take up 70% of the Sahara Desert, andare remains of ancient riverbeds and seabeds

a)

regs

b)

fields

c)

savannas

d)

craters

7.

Giant shelves of rock and stone reaching 11,000 feet, and include Atlas Mountains, Tibesti Mountains, Ahaggar Mountains.

a)

hamadas

b)

sahel

c)

oasis

d)

savannas

8.

A hub of water in the desert often created by springs, wells, or irrigation.

a)

sahel

b)

oasis

c)

hamadas

d)

Amazon River

9.

A narrow band of semi-arid land that forms a transition zone between the Sahara in the north and the savannas in the south.

a)

sahel

b)

hamadas

c)

oasis

d)

savanna

10.

The world's largest hot desert, covers 3.3 million square miles, and is about the size of Brazil.

a)

Antarctica

b)

Kalahari Desert

c)

Mohave Desert

d)

Sahara Desert

11.

When fertile land starts to become desert due to drought, deforestation and agriculture.

a)

cakeification

b)

desertification

c)

saltitude

d)

floodifying

12.

A tree that is known for being fire and drought resistant

a)

baobab

b)

Christmas

c)

ginkgo

d)

redwood

13.

This was formed 75 million years ago when magma uplifted dome of rock in eastern Africa.

a)

Ethiopian Highlands

b)

Ethiopian Flats

c)

Egyptian Highlands

d)

South African Caves

14.

This was created when a dome split as Africa's continental crust pulled apart.

a)

Green Drift Valley

b)

Rocky Mountains

c)

Death Valley

d)

Great Rift Valley

15.

Grasslands that cover almost half of Africa and make up most of central Africa.

a)

savannas

b)

desert

c)

Sahara

d)

lawns