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Africa Chapter 1 Review

Total questions: 35

Worksheet time: 18mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is the name of the tallest mountain in Africa?

a)

Everest

b)

Kilimanjaro

c)

Himalaya

d)

Atlas

2.

What is the longest river in Africa?

a)

Niger

b)

Nile

c)

Congo

d)

Ob

3.

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

4.

What country is highlighted here?

a)

Botswana

b)

Zambia

c)

Sudan

d)

Guinea

5.
What is the name of the country in red on the map?
a)
Cape Town
b)
Angola
c)
South Africa
6.

What landform has rolling grassland and scattered trees?

a)

Savanna

b)

Nile River

c)

Tropical Rain Forest

d)

Niger River

7.
What country is pictured?
a)
Morocco
b)
Tunisia
c)
Libya
d)
Egypt
8.
What word means how a country uses resources, produces goods, and makes money?
a)
Government
b)
Technology
c)
Culture
d)
Economy
9.
Which resource in Africa is so valuable that civil wars have been fought over it?
a)
Gold
b)
Diamonds
c)
Sugar
d)
Lumber
10.

What are lines that run north and south and measure distance from east to west on a globe called?

a)
Hemispheres
b)
Equators
c)
Latitude lines
d)
Meridians
11.
What term means that citizens have a say in their country's government?
a)
Monarchy
b)
Democracy
c)
Republic
d)
Parliament
12.
What is the term for a nation that is ruled by a king or queen?
a)
Monarchy
b)
Democracy
c)
Republic
d)
Parliament
13.
What type of grassland covers almost half of Africa?
a)
Sahel
b)
Swahili Coast
c)
Savanna
d)
Sahara
14.

Africa is a

a)

country

b)

continent

c)

boat

d)

ocean

15.
What desert is located at number 6? 
a)
Sahara 
b)
Kalahari 
c)
Sahel 
d)
Gobi 
16.

Imaginary lines that run north and south and measure distance in degrees EAST or WEST of the prime meridian are called...

a)

lines of longitude

b)

equator

c)

geography

d)

prime meridian

17.

The line that is zero degrees LONGITUDE is called...

a)

lines of longitude

b)

equator

c)

geography

d)

prime meridian

18.
How many continents are on the Earth?
a)
7
b)
4
c)
5
d)
2
19.

What continent is this?

a)

Africa

b)

South America

c)

Australia

d)

Eurasia

20.

What continent is this?

a)

Africa

b)

South America

c)

Australia

d)

Antarctica

21.

What continent is this?

a)

Eurasia

b)

North America

c)

South America

d)

Australia

22.

What continent is this?

a)

Eurasia

b)

North America

c)

South America

d)

Australia

23.

The imaginary line that divides the Earth into two parts is called the ________.

a)

Equator

b)

Hemisphere

c)

Prime Meridian

d)

North Pole

24.

North America is located in which hemisphere?

a)

Northern

b)

Southern

25.

Which ocean is number 1?

a)

Pacific Ocean

b)

Atlantic Ocean

c)

Indian Ocean

d)

Arctic Ocean

26.

Which ocean is number 3?

a)

Atlantic Ocean

b)

Indian Ocean

c)

Southern Ocean

d)

Pacific Ocean

27.

Which ocean is number 2?

a)

Atlantic Ocean

b)

Pacific Ocean

c)

Indian Ocean

d)

Southern Ocean

28.

Which ocean is number 4?

a)

Atlantic Ocean

b)

Arctic Ocean

c)

Southern Ocean

d)

Pacific Ocean

29.
What word refers to a people's way of life?
a)
Government
b)
Technology
c)
Culture
d)
Economy
30.
Which language is commonly spoken in North Africa?
a)
Swahili
b)
Bantu languages
c)
Arabic
d)
English
31.

Which religion is common in Sub-Saharan Africa?

a)
Christianity
b)
Hinduism
c)
Islam
d)

Traditional religion

32.
Which religion worships Allah?
a)
Christianity
b)
Buddhism
c)
Islam
d)

Traditional religion

33.
Islam teaches that there are how many gods?
a)
One
b)
Buddhism
c)
Three
d)
Four
34.

What is the African city in Mali that became a center of Islamic faith and learning?

a)

Tuareg

b)

Tetalistai

c)

Timbuktu

d)

Yarbrough

35.

Which religion believes in a high god, lesser gods, and spirts?

a)
Christianity
b)
Hinduism
c)
Islam
d)

Traditional religion

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