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Africa/Egypt Geography

Total questions: 28

Worksheet time: 1hrs 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is Africa's largest river?

a)

The Mississippi River

b)

The Nile River

c)

The Yellow River

d)

The Congo River

2.

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

3.
Feature #3
a)
Atlantic Ocean
b)
Indian Ocean
c)
Southern Ocean
d)
Pacific Ocean
4.

What is the highest peak in Africa?

a)

Mt. Kilimanjaro

b)

Mt. Everest

c)

Himalayan Mountains

d)

Rocky Mountains

5.

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

6.

What landform has rolling grassland and scattered trees?

a)

Savanna

b)

Nile River

c)

Tropical Rain Forest

d)

Niger River

7.

What landform lies along the Atlantic Coast near the equator?

a)

Sahel

b)

Savanah

c)

Niger River

d)

Tropical Rain Forest

8.

What are some causes of desertification?

a)

climate changes, over grazing, and farming

b)

political conflicts, tourism, and archaeologists

c)

pandemics, trade, and colonialism

d)

urban cities, electricity, and plumbing

9.

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

a)

Shara

b)

Atlas Mountains

c)

Equator

d)

Sahel

10.

What landform lies along the Atlantic Coast near the equator?

a)

Sahel

b)

Savanah

c)

Niger River

d)

Tropical Rain Forest

11.

Africa is a

a)

country

b)

continent

c)

boat

d)

ocean

12.

Where is the Indian Ocean in reference to Africa?

a)

North

b)

South

c)

West

d)

East

13.

Where is the Atlantic Ocean in reference to Africa?

a)

North

b)

South

c)

West

d)

East

14.

What is the largest hot desert in the world?

a)

Kalahari Desert

b)

Arabian Desert

c)

Sahara Desert

d)

Nubian Desert

15.

What is the world's second-largest tropical rainforest?

a)

Amazon River Basin

b)

Congo River Basin

c)

Daintree Rainforest

d)

Valdivian Temperate Rainforest

16.

How does northern Africa differ from northern North America?

a)

Africa has deserts in the north and North America does not

b)

Africa has mountains in the north and North America does not

c)

Africa has rivers in the north and North America does not

d)

Africa has lakes in the north and North America does not

17.

What body of water separates Africa from Europe?

a)

Mediterranean Sea

b)

Red Sea

c)

Pacific Ocean

d)

Atlantic Ocean

18.

What is the highest peak in Africa?

a)

Mt. Kilimanjaro

b)

Mt. Everest

c)

Himalayan Mountains

d)

Rocky Mountains

19.

What is the capital of Egypt?

a)

Kinshasa

b)

Tripoli

c)

Addis Ababa

d)

Cairo

20.
What river runs through Egypt? 
a)
Red River
b)
Mediterranean River 
c)
Mississippi River 
d)
Nile River
21.
What is the triangle-shaped area at the mouth of the Nile River that has really fertile soil? 
a)
Nile River Delta
b)
Sahara Delta
c)
Mediterranean Delta
d)
Mississippi River Delta 
22.
What direction does the Nile River flow? 
a)
North
b)
South
c)
East 
d)
West 
23.
Silt formed from the Nile flooding helped with:
a)
Embalming
b)
Pyramids
c)
Making Papyrus
d)
Growing Crops
24.
Which word below matches this definition: steep rapids along a river 
a)
papyrus
b)
Piankhi
c)
cataracts
d)
dynasty
25.
How were the Nile floods different than the Tigris and Euphrates?
a)
it was Predictable 
b)
It was Destructive
c)
It was Annually
d)
It was Catastrophic 
26.
What did Egyptians do in the dry season?
a)
Hunt for food
b)
Gather food
c)
Prepare for the cold climate
d)
Irrigate their crops
27.
What type of climate does Egypt have?
a)
Tropical with warm temperatures and lots of rain.
b)
Temperate with four seasons like our own.
c)
Arid with hot temperatures and very little rainfall.
d)
Arctic with freezing temperatures and little rainfall.
28.
Which of the following is NOT a natural resource of Egypt?
a)
water for irrigation
b)
fish and water birds to hunt
c)
water for drinking
d)
trees for building

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