WorksheetsEast Africa Countries
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 5mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
The physical geography of East Africa is dominated by a chain of geological faults known as ______.
a)
Jonglei
b)
Mount Kenya
c)
the Great Rift Valley
d)
the Cascade Mountains
2.
Located on the border between Kenya and Tanzania, the tallest mountain in Africa is _____.
a)
Mount Everest
b)
Kilimanjaro
c)
Mount McKinley
d)
Mount Kenya
3.
Which East African landlocked country is known as "the land of a thousand hills"?
a)
Rwanda
b)
Uganda
c)
Somalia
d)
Djibouti
4.
In northern _____, the Blue Nile and the White Nile meet at the city of Khartoum.
a)
Egypt
b)
Kenya
c)
Sudan
d)
Ethiopia
5.
The largest lake on the continent of Africa is _____.
a)
Lake Tanganyika
b)
Lake Malawi
c)
Lake Baikal
d)
Lake Victoria
6.
In 2011, Somalia suffered one of the worst _____ in its history.
a)
droughts
b)
malaria epidemics
c)
earthquakes
d)
floods
7.
An urgent issue in East Africa is _____, which is the process by which agricultural land is turned into desert.
a)
urbanization
b)
desertification
c)
irrigation
d)
defoliation
8.
The Sahel is the border area between the _____ and the countries farther to the south.
a)
Great Rift Valley
b)
highlands of Kenya
c)
Sudd
d)
Sahara
9.
Lake Assal in Djibouti is the world's largest _____.
a)
freshwater lake
b)
salt reserve
c)
swampy marsh
d)
inland fishery
10.
Which type of energy comes from underground heat sources such as hot springs and steam?
a)
geothermal
b)
hydroelectric
c)
solar
d)
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