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Africa Quiz

Total questions: 28

Worksheet time: 14mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Name the area that is highlighted in green.

a)

Cape of Good Hope

b)

Sahara Desert

c)

Horn of Africa

d)

Suez Canal

2.

What are the 2 seas & 2 oceans is surrounded by?

a)

Mediterranean Sea, Caribbean Sea, Artic Ocean, Atlantic Ocean

b)

Atlantic Ocean, Red Sea, Black Sea, Indian Ocean

c)

Southern Ocean, Pacific Ocean, Caspian Sea, Bering Sea

d)

Mediterranean sea, Red Sea, Atlantic Ocean, Indian Ocean

3.

What do people in savanna do?

a)

Die

b)

Raise animals & grow crops

c)

Fishing

d)

Shopping

4.

What divides Africa in half?

a)

prime meridian

b)

tropic of cancer

c)

equator

d)

tropic of capricorn

5.

What divides Africa in half?

a)

prime meridian

b)

tropic of cancer

c)

equator

d)

tropic of capricorn

6.

Which country is indicated by the red star?

a)

Sudan

b)

Kenya

c)

Nigeria

d)

South Africa

7.

What number marks South Africa?

a)

11

b)

13

c)

14

d)

15

8.

Where is the Niger River?

a)

A

b)

B

c)

C

9.

What is the highest peak in Africa?

a)

Mt. Kilimanjaro

b)

Mt. Everest

c)

Himalayan Mountains

d)

Rocky Mountains

10.

Why is the population of the Sahara so low?

a)

Too much water

b)

Too much oil

c)

Limited access to oil

d)

Limited access to water

11.

Match the following

a)

Kenya

1.

 A country in east-central Africa situated on the Indian Ocean.

b)

Confederation:

2.

 A group of states or nations that retain most power while granting limited authority to a central g

c)

South Sudan

3.

 A nation in northeastern Africa. It was part of Sudan until 2011, when its inhabitants voted for in

d)

Nigeria

4.

 A nation in Western Africa situated on the Gulf of Guinea. 

e)

sahel

5.

 A region south of the Sahara Desert, in north-central Africa. It is inhabited by small nomadic grou

12.

Match the following

a)

Autocracy

1.

 A system in which all of the power is held by one person. In this system of government, the ruler h

b)

trans-Atlantic slave trade

2.

1500-middle of 1800s; millions of Africans were captured by Europeans and sent on overcrowded ships

c)

ecosystem

3.

a biological community of interacting organism and their physical environment

d)

Sudan

4.

A country in northeast Africa

e)

Egypt

5.

A country in northeastern Africa on the Mediterranean Sea. 

13.

What is the Sahel?

a)

It is the transition between the desert and the savanna

b)

It is the transition between the desert and dessert

c)

It is the transition between Egypt and the rest of Africa

d)

It is the transition of an oasis

14.

What number marks South Africa?

a)

11

b)

13

c)

14

d)

15

15.

Where is the Niger River?

a)

A

b)

B

c)

C

16.

Why is the population of the Sahara so low?

a)

Too much water

b)

Too much oil

c)

Limited access to oil

d)

Limited access to water

17.

Match the following

a)

Kenya

1.

 A country in east-central Africa situated on the Indian Ocean.

b)

Confederation:

2.

 A group of states or nations that retain most power while granting limited authority to a central g

c)

South Sudan

3.

 A nation in northeastern Africa. It was part of Sudan until 2011, when its inhabitants voted for in

d)

Nigeria

4.

 A nation in Western Africa situated on the Gulf of Guinea. 

e)

sahel

5.

 A region south of the Sahara Desert, in north-central Africa. It is inhabited by small nomadic grou

18.

What is the Sahel?

a)

It is the transition between the desert and the savanna

b)

It is the transition between the desert and dessert

c)

It is the transition between Egypt and the rest of Africa

d)

It is the transition of an oasis

19.
______is the largest hot desert in North Africa?
a)
Sahal
b)
Sahara
c)
Savanna
d)
Tropical Rainforest
20.
The central part of Africa is mostly__________________
a)
Tropical Rain Forest
b)
Deserts
c)
Savanna
d)
Congo River
21.
The _____________is the largest desert in South Africa.
a)
Golbi
b)
Desert
c)
Kalahari
d)
Sahara
22.
Lake____________is the largest lake in Africa
a)
Tanganyika
b)
Victoria
c)
Golbi
d)
Atlas
23.
What is a major concern about the water supply in Africa?
a)
poor sanitation
b)
no rainfall
c)
toxic oil spills
d)
human movement
24.
Why are so many countries in Africa listed as the poorest nations in the world?
a)
they boarder major rivers
b)
they boarder major seas
c)
they are landlocked
d)
they have developed they haveinfrastructure
25.
The logging industry in Africa has caused much ___________
a)
desertification
b)
deforestation
c)
water shoratge
d)
slash and burn
26.
Overgrazing, poor agriculture and slash/burn are reasons for 
a)
deforestation
b)
desertification
c)
water pollution
d)
human suffrage
27.
Subsistence farming is 
a)
framing that provides basic needs of the farmer
b)
provides less than farmers need
c)
is not important to farming
d)
has nothing to do with farming
28.

What caused the Great Rift Valley

a)

A river

b)

tectonic plates

c)

hurricanes

d)

tsunamis