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AFRICA

Total questions: 94

Worksheet time: 20hrs 1mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The tallest mountain in Africa is

a)

Mount Everest

b)

Mount Kenya

c)

Mount McKinley

d)

Mount Kilimanjaro

2.

What is this a picture of?

a)

An oasis in the Sahara

b)

An aquifer in the Sahara

c)

A Rainforest in Central Africa

d)

The Sahel

3.

The Great Rift Valleys in Africa were formed by tectonic plates

a)

colliding together

b)

Pulling apart

c)

Sliding past each other

d)

Uganda

4.

Which term characterizes the climate of much of Northern Africa

a)

Tropical Wet

b)

Semiarid

c)

Highland

d)

Desert

5.

Africa is the 2nd largest continent on Earth.

a)

True

b)

False

6.

Africa is the hottest continent in the world.

a)

True

b)

False

7.

How many countries are in Africa?

a)

25

b)

56

c)

68

8.

How many people live in Africa?

a)

Over 1 million

b)

Over 1 billion

c)

Over 100 thousand

9.

A follower of Islam is called a ___.

a)

Christian

b)

Jew

c)

Muslim

d)

Buddhist

10.
What is the name of the country in red on the map?
a)
Cape Town
b)
Angola
c)
South Africa
11.
What is the name of the dark orange country?
a)
South Africa
b)
Mozambique
c)
Zambia
12.
What is the name of the green colored country?
a)
Somalia
b)
Kenya
c)
Nairobi
13.
What is the name of the country in red?
a)
Namibia
b)
Kenya
c)
Sudan
14.
What is the name of the country in dark orange?
a)
Zambia
b)
Angola
c)
Zimbabwe
15.
What is the name of the country in green?
a)
Botswana
b)
Cameroon
c)
Madagascar
16.
What is the name of the country in green?
a)
Kenya
b)
Ethiopia
c)
Sudan
17.
What is the name of the dark orange country?
a)
Gabon
b)
Angola
c)
Uganda
18.
In which country is the city of Cape Town located?
a)
South Africa
b)
Kenya
c)
Angola
19.
What is the name of the country in red?
a)
Lemur
b)
Tanzania
c)
Madagascar
20.

What is Africa's largest river?

a)

The Mississippi River

b)

The Nile River

c)

The Yellow River

d)

The Congo River

21.

What is the name of the large desert that covers most of northern Africa?

a)

The Sahara Desert

b)

The Mojave Desert

c)

The Nile Desert

d)

I don't know

22.

Which body of water is indicated by the red star?

a)

Red Sea

b)

Atlantic Ocean

c)

Mediterranean Sea

d)

Niger River

23.

Which body of water is indicated by the red star?

a)

Indian Ocean

b)

Atlantic Ocean

c)

Red Sea

d)

Mediterranean Sea

24.

Which body of water is indicated by the red star?

a)

Red Sea

b)

Nile River

c)

Congo River

d)

Lake Victoria

25.

Which body of water is indicated by the red star?

a)

Atlantic Ocean

b)

Red Sea

c)

Mediterranean Sea

d)

Indian Ocean

26.

Which body of water is indicated by the red star?

a)

Nile River

b)

Tigris River

c)

Congo River

d)

Niger River

27.

Which physical feature is indicated by the red star?

a)

Great Rift Valley

b)

Atlas Mountains

c)

Kalahari Desert

d)

Indian Ocean

28.

Which physical feature is indicated by the red star?

a)

savanna

b)

Mt. Kilimanjaro

c)

tropical rainforest

d)

Sahara Desert

29.

Which physical feature is indicated by the red star?

a)

Sahara Desert

b)

tropical rainforest

c)

savanna

d)

Mt. Kilimanjaro

30.

Which body of water is indicated by the red star?

a)

Red Sea

b)

Atlantic Ocean

c)

Mediterranean Sea

d)

Indian Ocean

31.

Which physical feature is indicated by the red star?

a)

savanna

b)

Sahel

c)

tropical rainforest

d)

Great Rift Valley

32.

Which country is indicated by the red star?

a)

South Africa

b)

Sudan

c)

Kenya

d)

Nigeria

33.

Which country is indicated by the red star?

a)

Democratic Republic of Congo

b)

Kenya

c)

Nigeria

d)

South Africa

34.

Which country is indicated by the red star?

a)

Nigeria

b)

Democratic Republic of Congo

c)

Kenya

d)

South Africa

35.

Which country is indicated by the red star?

a)

Sudan

b)

Kenya

c)

Nigeria

d)

South Africa

36.

Which country is indicated by the red star?

a)

Democratic Republic of Congo

b)

Kenya

c)

South Africa

d)

Egypt

37.

Which country is indicated by the red star?

a)

Sudan

b)

Democratic Republic of the Congo

c)

Nigeria

d)

Kenya

38.

What body of water separates Africa from Europe?

a)

Mediterranean Sea

b)

Red Sea

c)

Pacific Ocean

d)

Atlantic Ocean

39.

What is the highest peak in Africa?

a)

Mt. Kilimanjaro

b)

Mt. Everest

c)

Himalayan Mountains

d)

Rocky Mountains

40.
What desert is located at number 6? 
a)
Sahara 
b)
Kalahari 
c)
Sahel 
d)
Gobi 
41.
What river is located near number 3? 
a)
Congo River 
b)
Niger River 
c)
Nile River 
d)
Amazon River 
42.
What desert is located at number 1? 
a)
Sahara 
b)
Sahel 
c)
Kalahari 
d)
Nile 
43.
What lake is at number 4? 
a)
Lake Victoria 
b)
Lake Superior 
c)
Congo Lake 
d)
Lake Nile 
44.
What ocean is at number 10? 
a)
Indian 
b)
Atlantic 
c)
Pacific 
d)
Arctic 
45.
What ocean is at number 9? 
a)
Indian 
b)
Arctic 
c)
Atlantic 
d)
Pacific 
46.
What sea is at number 8? 
a)
Caspian Sea 
b)
Red Sea 
c)
Black Sea 
d)
Mediterranean Sea 
47.

Which of the following is most likely the reason for the thin line of densely populated area in the northeastern corner of Africa?

a)

The Niger River

b)

Lake Victoria

c)

The Atlas Mountians

d)

The Nile River

48.

What process is destroying trees?

a)

Desertification

b)

Defrostation

c)

Devastation

d)

Deforestation

e)

Joseph Stalin

49.
Which landform is located nearest number 1?
a)
Kalahari Desert
b)
Atlas Mountains
c)
Namib Desert
d)
Sahara Desert
50.
Which river is located nearest number 7?
a)
Volta
b)
Niger
c)
Zambezi
d)
Nile
51.

The region below the Sahara Desert is called

a)

South Africa

b)

Sub-Saharan Africa

c)

Africa

d)

Sudan

52.

What River is the Arrow Pointing at?

a)

Nile River

b)

Willy Wonka's Chocolate River

c)

Congo River

d)

Niger River

53.

What is the Arrow Pointing at?

a)

Lake Victoria

b)

Lake Michigan

c)

Congo Basin

d)

Strait of Gibraltar

54.

Where is the Alien?

a)

Tropical Rain Forest

b)

Sahara

c)

Savanah

d)

Sahel

55.

When looking at a map, which direction is to your right-hand side?

a)

North

b)

South

c)

East

d)

West

56.

Which number is closest to the estimated population of the African continent?

a)

15 Million

b)

1 Billion

c)

100 million

d)

20 Billion

57.

What is the longest river on the African continent?

a)

The Nile River

b)

The Amazon River

c)

The Euphrates River

d)

The Tigris River

58.

In physical size, the United States is much larger than the Sahara Desert?

a)

True

b)

False

59.
Which number is nearest Lake Victoria?
a)
4
b)
3
c)
5
d)
1
60.
What number corresponds to South Africa?
a)
3
b)
4
c)
31
d)
1
61.
What country corresponds to number 10?
a)
Sudan
b)
Libya
c)
Egypt
d)
Kenya
62.
Which country corresponds to number 14?
a)
Egypt
b)
Sudan
c)
Somalia
d)
Kenya
63.
What number corresponds to Nigeria?
a)
32
b)
10
c)
31
d)
19
64.
What number corresponds to Democratic Republic of the Congo?
a)
29
b)
36
c)
9
d)
16
65.
What number corresponds to Egypt?
a)
4
b)
3
c)
1
d)
2
66.
Which number is nearest the Tropical Rain Forest?
a)
1
b)
6
c)
4
d)
2
67.
Which landform is located nearest number 1?
a)
Drakensberg Mountains
b)
East African Mountains
c)
Himalaya Mountains
d)
Atlas Mountains
68.
This geographic feature on the northern part of the continent and runs from the east to west coast. 
a)
Sahara Desert
b)
Atlas Mountains
c)
Nile River
d)
Congo River
69.
This is the sea that is north of the continent of Africa.
a)
Indian 
b)
Red
c)
Mediterannean
d)
Baltic
70.
This geographic feature covers about 10% of the continent of Africa.
a)
deserts
b)
sahel
c)
mountains
d)
rain forests
71.
These areas have some small trees and shrubs and are good for farming. 
a)
Deserts
b)
Sahels
c)
Savannahs
d)
Rain Forests
72.
Why was trading in Africa so difficult up until the 400s. 
a)
People could not cross the desert safely.
b)
There were few natural resources. 
c)
Outsiders believed Africa to be poor.
d)
Traders kept the goods for themselves. 
73.
What country is in orange?
a)
Ethiopia
b)
South Africa
c)
Egypt
d)
Nigeria
74.
What country is in blue?
a)
South Africa
b)
Egypt
c)
Nigeria
d)
Sudan
75.
True or false: Africa is the world's second largest continent.
a)
TRUE
b)
FALSE
76.
Where do most of Egypt's people live?
a)
along the coast
b)
the Sahara Desert
the Sahara Desert
c)
the Nile River Valley
d)
the city of Alexandria
77.
What country is in green?
a)
Kenya
b)
Democratic Republic of the Congo
c)
South Sudan
d)
Nigeria
78.
What area is shaded in red?
a)
Kalahari Desert
b)
the Nile River Valley
c)
the Sahara Desert
d)
South Africa
79.
This is the longest river in the world and is located in eastern Africa.
a)
the Congo
b)
the Niger
c)
the Amazon
d)
the Nile
80.
What is the name of this object, which can be found on most maps?
a)
directions lily
b)
compass rose
c)
compass orchid
d)
fleur de lis
81.
If you wanted to find out what a symbol on a map meant, you would look at the ___?
a)
cardinal directions
b)
compass rose
c)
map legend/key
d)
map scale
82.
tells the subject or topic of a map, what the map is about
a)
map title 
b)
map key/legend 
c)
map grid
d)
compass rose 
83.
What state is south of Colorado?
a)
Idaho
b)
New Mexico
c)
Utah
d)
Washington
84.
What state is east of Illinois? 
a)
North Carolina
b)
California 
c)
Minnesota
d)
Arizona
85.
The hotel is ____________ of the zoo.
a)
North 
b)
South
c)
East
d)
West
86.
The red question mark is located to the _________ of the compass rose.
a)
North
b)
Northeast
c)
Northwest
d)
East
87.
The red question mark is located to the _________ of the compass rose.
a)
North
b)
South
c)
Southeast
d)
Southwest
88.
 The red question mark is located to the _________ of the compass rose.
a)
Southwest
b)
Southeast
c)
South
d)
West
89.
 The red question mark is located to the _________ of the compass rose.
a)
Northeast
b)
Southeast
c)
Northwest
d)
North
90.
The cinema is ______________ of the zoo.
a)
Southeast
b)
North
c)
West
d)
Northwest
91.
In which direction would you have to travel to go from the bank to the hospital?
a)
North
b)
South
c)
East
d)
West
92.
The museum is ______________ of the school.
a)
Northeast
b)
South
c)
West
d)
Southwest
93.
New York is ______ of Texas.
a)
Northeast
b)
North
c)
Southwest
d)
South
94.
California (CA) is ______ of
Colorado (CO).
a)
East
b)
Southeast
c)
West
d)
North

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