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Year 8 Fun facts Africa

Total questions: 116

Worksheet time: 3hrs 28mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
Which number is nearest Lake Victoria?
a)
4
b)
3
c)
5
d)
1
2.
Which river is located nearest number 7?
a)
Volta
b)
Niger
c)
Zambezi
d)
Nile
3.
Which number is nearest Niger River?
a)
7
b)
9
c)
8
d)
6
4.
Which number is nearest Congo River?
a)
3
b)
7
c)
6
d)
8
5.
What number corresponds to South Africa?
a)
3
b)
4
c)
31
d)
1
6.
What country corresponds to number 10?
a)
Sudan
b)
Libya
c)
Egypt
d)
Kenya
7.
What number corresponds to Democratic Republic of the Congo?
a)
29
b)
36
c)
9
d)
16
8.
What number corresponds to Egypt?
a)
4
b)
3
c)
1
d)
2
9.
Which number is nearest the Kalahari Desert?
a)
4
b)
3
c)
2
d)
1
10.
Which type of landform can be found in the region numbered 3?
a)
rainforest
b)
desert
c)
mountains
d)
savannah
11.
Which landform is located nearest number 1?
a)
Kalahari Desert
b)
Atlas Mountains
c)
Namib Desert
d)
Sahara Desert
12.
Which number is nearest the Sahel?
a)
1
b)
5
c)
4
d)
3
13.
Which number is nearest the Tropical Rain Forest?
a)
1
b)
6
c)
4
d)
2
14.
Which landform is located nearest number 1?
a)
Drakensberg Mountains
b)
East African Mountains
c)
Himalaya Mountains
d)
Atlas Mountains
15.

What is number 6 pointing to>

a)

Mt. Everest

b)

Mt. Atlas

c)

Mt. Kilimanjaro

d)

Mt. Savanna

16.

What is arrow 5 pointing to?

a)

the Atlas Valley

b)

The Victoria River

c)

The Great Rift Valley

d)

The Nile River

17.

What country is represented by number 1?

a)

Democratic Republic of Congo

b)

Egypt

c)

Sudan

d)

South Sudan

18.

What country is represented by number 2?

a)

Egypt

b)

Sudan

c)

Kenya

d)

Nigeria

19.

What country is represented by number 3?

a)

Nigeria

b)

Sudan

c)

South Sudan

d)

Kenya

20.

What country is represented by number 4?

a)

South Africa

b)

Kenya

c)

Egypt

d)

South Sudan

21.

What country is represented by number 5?

a)

Kenya

b)

South Africa

c)

Democratic Republic of Congo

d)

South Sudan

22.

What country is represented by number 6?

a)

Nigeria

b)

Democratic Republic of Congo

c)

Sudan

d)

South Sudan

23.

What country is represented by number 7?

a)

Nigeria

b)

South Africa

c)

Kenya

d)

South Sudan

24.

What feature is represented by 1?

a)

Niger River

b)

Kalahari Desert

c)

Atlas Mountains

d)

Sahara Desert

25.

What feature is represented by 2?

a)

Nile River

b)

Niger River

c)

Congo River

d)

Lake Victoria

26.

What feature is represented by 3?

a)

Nile River

b)

Congo River

c)

Niger River

d)

Lake Tanganyika

27.

What feature is represented by 4?

a)

Nile River

b)

Atlas Mountians

c)

Lake Tanganyika

d)

Lake Victoria

28.

What feature is represented by 5?

a)

Congo River

b)

Lake Victoria

c)

Atlas Mountains

d)

Kalahari Desert

29.

What feature is represented by 6?

a)

Congo River

b)

Lake Tanganyika

c)

Lake Victoria

d)

Niger River

30.

What feature is represented by 7?

a)

Sahara Desert

b)

Congo River

c)

Atlas Mountains

d)

Kalahari Desert

31.

What climate zone is represented by number 1?

a)

Sahel

b)

Savanna

c)

Sahara

d)

Tropical Rainforest

32.

What climate zone is represented by number 2?

a)

Sahara

b)

Savanna

c)

Tropical Rainforest

d)

Sahel

33.

What climate zone is represented by number 3?

a)

Tropical Rainforest

b)

Sahara

c)

Sahel

d)

Savanna

34.

What climate zone is represented by number 4?

a)

Sahara

b)

Sahel

c)

Savanna

d)

Tropical Rainforest

35.

Which is the largest desert in the world?

a)

The Kalahari

b)

Egypt

c)

The Sahara

d)

The Sahel

36.

The "Savanna" is actually which type of land cover?

a)

Desert

b)

Grassland

c)

Borderlands

d)

Tropical Rainforest

37.

What is the name of the country in yellow?

a)

DR Congo

b)

Kenya

c)
Sudan
d)
Egypt
38.

Desert in Northern Africa

a)

Kilimanjaro

b)

Kalahari

c)

Congo

d)

Sahara

39.

What River is the Arrow Pointing at?

a)

Congo River

b)

Nile River

c)

Niger River

d)

Mississippi River

40.

Largest lake in Africa

a)

Lake Victoria

b)

Lake Chad

c)

Nigerian Lake

d)

Lake Sahara

41.

What River is the Arrow Pointing at?

a)

Nile River

b)

Willy Wonka's Chocolate River

c)

Congo River

d)

Niger River

42.

What is the name of the country in yellow?

a)

Nigeria

b)

Kenya

c)

Sudan

d)
Egypt
43.

Transition zone between Sahara and rain forest

a)

Savanna

b)

Sahel

c)

Great Rift Valley

d)

Congo River

44.
What is the name of the country in red?
a)

Nigeria

b)
Kenya
c)
Sudan
d)

DR Congo

45.

What river is the Arrow Pointing at?

a)

Niger River

b)

Congo River

c)

Nile River

d)

Lake Victoria

46.

In this region, you can find zebras, elephants, lions, and gazelles

a)

Tropical rainforest

b)

Sahara

c)

Sahel

d)

Savanna

47.

What is the name of the country in red?

a)

Kenya

b)

Nigeria

c)
South Africa
d)

DR Congo

48.

What is the Arrow Pointing at?

a)

Great Rift Valley

b)

Nile River

c)

Congo River

d)

Atlas Mountains

49.

Region in central Africa with lucious plant and animal life

a)

Sahara

b)

Sahel

c)

Tropical Rainforest

d)

Kalahari

50.

What is the name of the country in red?

a)

Nigeria

b)

Congo

c)

Democratic Republic of Congo

d)

Kenya

51.

Desert in Southern Africa

a)

Kilimanjaro

b)

Kalahari

c)

Congo

d)

Sahara

52.

What Mountain is the Arrow Pointing at?

a)

Mount Kilimanjaro

b)

Atlas Mountains

c)

Mount Rushmore

d)

Mount Everest

53.

Mountain range in Northern Africa

a)

Kilimanjaro

b)

Atlas Mountains

c)

Great Rift Valley

d)

Himalayan Mountains

54.

What is the name of the country in red?

a)

Niger

b)

Nigeria

c)

Kenya

d)

DR Congo

55.

Which body of water does the Nile River flow into?

a)

the Red Sea

b)

the Mediterranean Sea

56.

The Congo River Basin is __________ of Mt. Kilimanjaro.

a)

north

b)

south

c)

east

d)

west

57.

The Gulf of Guinea is __________ of the Sahara Desert.

a)

north

b)

south

c)

east

d)

west

58.

Which physical feature in Africa borders the Mediterranean Sea?

a)

the Kalahari Desert

b)

the Sahara Desert

59.

Where is the Serengeti Plain located?

a)

North Africa

b)

East Africa

60.

Which geographic feature covers most of North Africa?

a)

desert

b)

tropical rain forest

61.

Which geographical zone is pictured in the image?

a)

savanna

b)

forest

c)

desert

d)

rain forest

62.

Why is Africa’s Sahel region decreasing in size?

a)

a growing population

b)

desertification

63.

What is similar about the desert and savanna zones in Africa?

a)

Both experience limited rainfall.

b)

Both experience high temperatures.

64.

How is the African savanna similar to the African rain forest?

a)

Both are home to a variety of animal species.

b)

Both receive large amounts of rainfall all year.

65.

Which statement best explains why early humans in Africa tended to settle near rivers or river valleys?

a)

These areas had the best natural protection.

b)

These areas had the most resources.

66.

Which statement best describes how natural resources influenced ancient humans in Africa?

a)

People used available natural resources to make ceramics, clothing, and crafts.

b)

People destroyed natural resources by clearing forests and constructing dams.

67.

What materials were ancient homes in the Sahara and the Sahel most likely to be constructed from?

a)

mud or clay bricks

b)

timber and grasses

68.

What is an example of how natural resources helped advance technology in ancient Africa?

a)

People fished from rivers.

b)

People used bones to make tools.

69.

Which statement best describes a negative effect of human activity on Africa’s waterways?

a)

Dams have changed river flows, which has led to erosion.

b)

The use of river transportation has harmed water quality.

70.

According to this map, which area is at a very high risk of desertification?

a)

the Sahara

b)

the Sahel

71.

Letter B is marking the...

a)

Nile

b)

Sahara

c)

Mediterranean

d)

Victoria

72.

Number 3 is marking which river?

a)

Nile

b)

Congo

c)

Niger

d)

Victoria

73.

Letter E is marking...

a)

the Sahara

b)

the Nile

c)

Cape of Good Hope

d)

Kilimanjaro

74.

Africa is a

a)

country

b)

continent

c)

boat

d)

ocean

75.

What is true of Africa?

a)

It's the largest continent

b)

It's the 2nd largest continent

c)

It's the 3rd largest continent

d)

It's the 4th largest continent

76.

What is the longest river in Africa?

a)

Nile River

b)

Niger River

c)

Tigris River

d)

Tiber River

77.

What is the largest hot desert in the world?

a)

Kalahari Desert

b)

Arabian Desert

c)

Sahara Desert

d)

Nubian Desert

78.

Which desert is in Southern Africa?

a)

Sahara

b)

Saudi Arabia

c)

Kalahari

d)

Gobi

79.

What is the largest lake in Africa?

a)

Lake Victoria

b)

Lake Ladoga

c)

Lake Turkana

d)

Lake Tanganyika

80.
What desert is located at number 6? 
a)
Sahara 
b)
Kalahari 
c)
Sahel 
d)
Gobi 
81.
What river is located near number 3? 
a)
Congo River 
b)
Niger River 
c)
Nile River 
d)
Amazon River 
82.
What desert is located at number 1? 
a)
Sahara 
b)
Sahel 
c)
Kalahari 
d)
Nile 
83.
What lake is at number 4? 
a)
Lake Victoria 
b)
Lake Superior 
c)
Congo Lake 
d)
Lake Nile 
84.
What river is near number 5? 
a)
Nile River 
b)
Niger River 
c)
Congo River 
d)
White Nile River 
85.

What is the name of the tallest mountain in Africa?

a)

Everest

b)

Kilimanjaro

c)

Himalaya

d)

Atlas

86.

What is Africa's transition zone between desert and rain forest?

a)

Shara

b)

Atlas Mountains

c)

Equator

d)

Sahel

87.

What is the southernmost country in Africa?

a)

Namibia

b)

South Africa

c)

Botswana

d)

Madagascar

88.

What is the name of the dip in the Earth's surface that was caused by separating tectonic plates?

a)

Sahel

b)

Mt. Kilimanjaro

c)

Sahara

d)

Great Rift Valley

89.

What is a continent?

a)

A small landform on the Earth's surface.

b)

A large landmass.

c)

A natural elevation on the Earth's surface that rises abruptly from the surrounding land.

d)

A region controlled by a nation.

90.

What is an ocean?

a)

A naturally flowing body of fresh water.

b)

An inland body of water.

c)

Areas of fast flowing rapids and waterfalls.

d)

The largest bodies of water on Earth.

91.

What is geography?

a)

The study of the composition of the Earth.

b)

The study of the Earth's surface.

c)

The study of past events.

d)

The study of ancient remains.

92.

Which continent contains the longest river in the world, the Nile?

a)

Egypt

b)

Asia

c)

Africa

d)

Europe

93.

Which continent is the largest, covering 1/3 of the Earth's land mass? It also has the highest mountain peaks in the world, the Himalyas.

a)

Africa

b)

North America

c)

Asia

d)

South America

94.

Which ocean is known for having monsoons and tsunamis?

a)

Indian Ocean

b)

Southern Ocean

c)

Pacific Ocean

d)

Atlantic Ocean

95.
Africa is the _____ largest continent in the world. 
a)
second
b)
third
c)
fifth
d)
sixth
96.
Africa is a _____. 
a)
country
b)
state
c)
continent
d)
territory
97.
What percentage of the land in Africa is considered desert? 
a)
15
b)
30
c)
45
d)
10
98.
What percentage of the land in Africa is considered tropical rainforest? 
a)
15
b)
35
c)
45
d)
10
99.
What percentage of the land in Africa is considered savanna/grassland/steppe? 
a)
15
b)
35
c)
45
d)
10
100.
How many different ethnic groups are there in Africa?
a)
over 200
b)
over 800
c)
over 1,000
d)
over 2,000
101.
How many different languages are spoken in Africa?
a)
over 200
b)
over 800
c)
over 1,000
d)
over 2,000
102.
What percentage of African people practice a traditional religion? 
a)
20%
b)
40%
c)
50%
d)
82%
103.
___________is / are the most popular mode of transportation for people all across Africa
a)
cars and trucks
b)
airplanes
c)
trains
d)
walking 
104.
Which ocean borders Africa to the East?
a)
Indian
b)
Atlantic
c)
Pacific
d)
Arctic
105.
What important natural resources are found in Africa?
a)
Gold
b)
Gemstones
c)
Oil
d)
All of these
106.
What is the name of the desert located in Northern Africa?
a)
Kalahari Desert
b)
Gobi Desert
c)
Sahara Desert
d)
Mojave Desert
107.

What is Africa sometimes called?

a)

The mother continent

b)

The cradle of mankind

c)

Both A and B

d)

None of the above

108.

How long have humans and their ancestors lived on the African continent?

a)

1 million years

b)

2 million years

c)

5 million years

d)

10 million years

109.

How many countries are there in Africa?

a)

54

b)

100

c)

200

d)

500

110.

What is the total population of Africa?

a)

100 million

b)

500 million

c)

1 billion

d)

2 billion

111.

Which ocean surrounds Africa?

a)

Mediterranean Sea

b)

Red Sea

c)

Indian Ocean

d)

All of the above

112.

Which country is the largest in Africa by area?

a)

Algeria

b)

Nigeria

c)

Egypt

d)

South Africa

113.

Which country is the most populated in Africa?

a)

Algeria

b)

Nigeria

c)

Egypt

d)

South Africa

114.

Which is the smallest country in Africa?

a)

Algeria

b)

Nigeria

c)

Egypt

d)

Seychelles

115.

Which is the longest river in Africa?

a)

Nile

b)

Congo

c)

Niger

d)

Zambezi

116.

Which animal is more likely to attack humans in Africa?

a)

Lions

b)

Crocodiles

c)

Hippopotamus

d)

None of the above

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