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Africa Physical Features

Total questions: 54

Worksheet time: 27mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

In which country does the Nile River meet the Mediterranean Sea?

a)

Egypt

b)

Sudan

c)

Nigeria

d)

Kenya

2.

The world's largest hot desert, located in Northern Africa

a)

Sahara

b)

Sahel

c)

Savanna

3.

World's longest river, flows from Lake Victoria to the Mediterranean Sea.

a)

Nile River

b)

Niger River

c)

Congo River

4.

Mountain with the tallest peak in Africa

a)

Mt Kilimanjaro

b)

Mt Everest

c)

Mt McKinley

d)

Atlas Mountain

5.

Ocean located to the west of Africa

a)

Atlantic Ocean

b)

Pacific Ocean

c)

Indian Ocean

6.

Ocean to the east of Africa

a)

Indian Ocean

b)

Pacific Ocean

c)

Atlantic Ocean

7.

The largest lake in Africa

a)

Lake Tanganyika

b)

Lake Chad

c)

Lake Victoria

d)

Lake Malawi

8.

This river flows through central Africa, it's the 2nd longest river in Africa

a)

Congo River

b)

Nile River

c)

Niger River

9.

Africa is the second largest _________ on Earth. (7-1.1 PR)

a)

Country

b)

Island

c)

Continent

d)

Commonwealth

10.

Which physical feature is number 1?

a)

Atlas Mountains

b)

Great Rift Valley

c)

Mt. Kilimanjaro

d)

Kalahari Desert

11.

What body of water separates Africa and Europe?

a)

Pacific

b)

Atlantic

c)

Mediterranean

d)

Gulf of Aden

12.

Where would you find the Kalahari Desert?

a)

north

b)

east

c)

south

d)

northwest

13.

What physical feature is number 17?

a)

Sahara desert

b)

Namib desert

c)

Kalahari desert

d)

Nile River

14.

What physical feature is number 5?

a)

Pacific Ocean

b)

Indian Ocean

c)

Atlantic Ocean

d)

East African Rift

15.

What physical feature is number 9?

a)

Congo River

b)

Lake Tanganyika

c)

Lake Malawi

d)

Indian Ocean

16.

What physical feature is number 1?

a)

Suez Canal

b)

Atlas Mountains

c)

Sahara desert

d)

Kalahari desert

17.

What physical feature is number 13?

a)

Namib desert

b)

Kalahari desert

c)

Sahara desert

d)

Savanna

18.

What physical feature is number 6?

a)

Nile River

b)

Niger River

c)

Congo River

d)

Zambezi River

19.

What physical feature is number 7?

a)

Congo River

b)

Niger River

c)

Lake Victoria

d)

Nile River

20.

What physical feature is number 4?

a)

Indian Ocean

b)

East African Rift

c)

Red Sea

d)

Nile River

21.

What physical feature is number 16?

a)

Nile River

b)

Indian Ocean

c)

East African Rift

d)

Kalahari Desert

22.

What physical feature is number 10?

a)

Lake Tanganyika

b)

Lake Malawi

c)

Lake Victoria

d)

Nile River

23.

What physical feature is number 8?

a)

Atlas Mountains

b)

Nile River

c)

Suez canal

d)

Great Rift Valley

24.

Mount Kilimanjaro (the tallest point in Africa) is located in which region of Africa?

a)

north

b)

south and central

c)

east

d)

west

25.

Which region has thick rain forests?

a)

north

b)

south and central

c)

east

d)

west

26.

What are these lowlands called?

a)

Congo Basin

b)

Great Valley Rift

c)

Drakensberg

d)

Madagascar

27.

What is the name of this desert area?

a)

Sahara

b)

Namib

c)

Kalahari

d)

Sahel

28.

What is the name of this desert?

a)

Sahara Desert

b)

Namib Desert

c)

Kalahari Desert

d)

Sahel Desert

29.

What is the name of this desert?

a)

Sahara Desert

b)

Namib Desert

c)

Kalahari Desert

d)

Sahel Desert

30.

What mountains are located here?

a)

Atlas Mountains

b)

Mount Kilimanjaro

c)

Drakensberg

d)

Ethiopian Highlands

31.

What is the name of this river?

a)

Congo River

b)

Zambezi River

c)

Orange River

d)

Nile River

32.

What is the name of this river?

a)

Congo River

b)

Zambezi River

c)

Orange River

d)

Niger River

33.

What is the name of this river?

a)

Congo River

b)

Zambezi River

c)

Nile River

d)

Niger River

34.

What body of water is this?

a)

Nile River

b)

Lake Victoria

c)

Lake Tanganyika

d)

Lake Malawi

35.

This region has few mountains, with the highest peak being ___.

a)

Mt. Everest

b)

Mt. Volta

c)

Mt. Tanganyika

d)

Mt. Kilimanjaro

36.

The ___, in eastern Africa, formed by shifting tectonic plates.

a)

Lake Victoria

b)

Africa south of the Sahara

c)

Great Rift Valley

d)

Grand Canyon

37.

Dry, grassy transitional zone between Sahara and Savanna

a)

Sahel

b)

Sahara

c)

Savanna

38.

Flat and rolling grasslands across central and southern Africa

a)

Savanna

b)

Sahel

c)

Sahara

39.

The largest lake in Africa

a)

Lake Victoria

b)

Lake Superior

c)

Lake Congo

d)

Lake Huron

40.

Known as one of Africa's Great Lakes, what body of water is the source of the Nile River?

a)

Lake Victoria

b)

Lake Turkana

c)

Mediterranean Sea

d)

Lake Tanganyika

41.

What elevated physical feature is located primarily in the countries of Morocco and Algeria?

a)

Sahara Desert

b)

St. of Gibraltar

c)

Drakensberg Mountains

d)

Atlas Mountains

42.

What is the area called where most of the farming is done in Africa?

a)

Sahel

b)

Ethiopian Highlands

c)

Savanna

d)

Congo

43.

What river crosses the equator twice on it's way to the Atlantic Ocean?

a)

Nile River

b)

Zambezi River

c)

Congo River

d)

Niger River

44.

What river flows north and is the main water source in a very arid region?

a)

Congo River

b)

Nile River

c)

Zambezi River

d)

Niger River

45.

What arid region located in the northern hemisphere is approximately the size of the United States of America?

a)

Kalahari Desert

b)

Namib Desert

c)

Kalahari Desert

d)

Sahara Desert

46.

What mountain in Africa is a dormant volcano located on the border between Kenya and Tanzania?

a)

Mt. Kenya

b)

Mt. Kilimanjaro

c)

Mt. Tahat

d)

Ras Dashen

47.

The name of the region in Africa south of the Sahara.

a)

Sub-Sahel Africa

b)

Sub-Saharan Africa

c)

Rainforest

d)

Southern Hemisphere

48.

Considered one of the harshest places to live in the world

a)

Nile

b)

Sahara

c)

Sahel

d)

Kalahari

49.

Here, grasses are tall and think, while trees are short and scattered.

a)

Sahel

b)

Sahara

c)

Highlands

d)

Savanna

50.

This river flows into the "oil delta"

a)

Congo

b)

Niger

c)

Orange

d)

Nile

51.

This river is an important waterway for transporting people and goods.

a)

Congo

b)

Niger

c)

Orange

d)

Nile

52.

This river helps support the tropical rainforest in its basin.

a)

Congo

b)

Niger

c)

Orange

d)

Nile

53.

This physical features provides a living for fisherman and attracts millions of tourists each year.

a)

Nile River

b)

Congo River

c)

Lake Victoria

d)

Great Rift Valley

54.

This desert is not a "true" desert because of the precipitation it receives, which supports some vegetation and wild animals here.

a)

Sahara

b)

Sahel

c)

Kalahari

d)

Namibi

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