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Africa

Total questions: 93

Worksheet time: 1hrs 13mins

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 physical feature is at the center of the "African sandwich?"

a)

Rainforest/Basin

b)

Mountain Range

c)

Grassland

d)

Ocean

18.

What imaginary line runs through the center of Africa?

a)

Equator

b)

Prime Meridian

c)

Tropic of Cancer

d)

Tropic of Capricorn

19.

Low-lying area that collects rain

a)

Basin

b)

Desert

c)

Sahel

d)

Nile

20.

Stripping the land of its resources

a)

Desertification

b)

Deforestation

c)

Semiarid

d)

Basin

21.

Controlling water in order to produce the most crops

a)

Irrigation

b)

Deforestation

c)

Basin

d)

Sandwich

22.

People moving to cities in large numbers

a)

Urbanization

b)

City movers

c)

Immigration

d)

Irrigation

23.

What does this picture represent?

a)

Deforestation

b)

Urbanization

c)

Irrigation

d)

Natural resources

24.

What is the name of the rain forest in central Africa?

a)

Congo Basin

b)

Nile River

c)

Africa Rainforest

d)

Nile Woods

25.

What physical feature is shaded red?

a)

Atlas Mountains

b)

Rocky Mountains

c)

Drakensberg Mountains

d)

Egyptian Mountains

26.

What physical feature is getting smaller as a result of desertification?

a)

Sahel

b)

Sahara

c)

Lake Victoria

d)

Serengeti Plain

27.

What enormous desert stretches across much of north Africa?

a)

Kalahari Desert

b)

Sahara

28.

What country is this?

a)

Senegal

b)

Republic of the Congo

c)

Senegal

d)

Mali

29.

What large semi-arid region extends across Africa just south of the Sahara?

a)

The Serengeti

b)

The Sahel

30.

What country is this?

a)

Sudan

b)

Kenya

c)

Somalia

d)

Republic of the Congo

31.

What is the longest river in Africa and the world?

a)

Congo River

b)

Nile River

c)

Niger River

32.

What country is this?

a)

Democratic Republic of the Congo

b)

Niger

c)

Eritrea

d)

South Sudan

33.

What large river flows through the Congo Basin into the Atlantic Ocean?

a)

Congo River

b)

Nile River

c)

Niger River

34.

What country is this?

a)

Angola

b)

Tanzania

c)

Zimbabwe

d)

Namibia

35.

What is the tallest mountain in Africa?

a)

Mount Kilimanjaro

b)

Mount Fuji

36.

What country is this?

a)

Ethiopia

b)

Madagascar

c)

Uganda

d)

Rwanda

37.

What ocean is EAST of Africa?

a)

Atlantic Ocean

b)

Arctic Ocean

c)

Indian Ocean

d)

Pacific Ocean

38.

What country is this?

a)

Mozambique

b)

Cote d'Ivoire

c)

Mali

d)

South Africa

39.

What country is this?

a)

Rwanda

b)

Zambia

c)

Nigeria

d)

Mali

40.

What ocean is WEST of Africa?

a)

Atlantic Ocean

b)

Arctic Ocean

c)

Indian Ocean

d)

Pacific Ocean

41.

What country is this?

a)

Ghana

b)

Eritrea

c)

Mali

d)

Angola

42.

What is Africa's largest lake?

a)

Lake Malawi

b)

Lake Tanganyika

c)

Lake Victoria

43.

What country is this?

a)

Ghana

b)

Kenya

c)

Botswana

d)

Senegal

44.

What is the name of this sea?

a)

Mediterranean Sea

b)

Red Sea

45.

What country is this?

a)

Cote d'Ivoire

b)

Zimbabwe

c)

Uganda

d)

Ethiopia

46.

What is the name of the huge valley that extends through east Africa?

a)

Great Rift Valley

b)

Yosemite Valley

47.
Which country is highlighted?
a)
South Africa
b)
Democratic Republic of the Congo
c)
Nigeria
d)
Kenya
48.
Which country is highlighted?
a)
South Africa
b)
Democratic Republic of the Congo
c)
Sudan
d)
Nigeria
49.
Which physical feature is highlighted?
a)
Sahara
b)
Congo River
c)
tropical rain forest
d)
Kalahari Desert
50.
Which physical feature is the arrow pointing to?
a)
tropical rain forest
b)
savanna
c)
Sahara
d)
South Africa
51.
Which physical feature is the arrow pointing to?
a)
Sahel
b)
Sahara
c)
tropical rain forest
d)
Atlas Mountains
52.
Which country is highlighted?
a)
Sudan
b)
South Africa
c)
Sahara
d)
Syria
53.
Which country is highlighted?
a)
Sudan
b)
South Africa
c)
Nigeria 
d)
Norway
54.
Which country is highlighted?
a)
Kenya
b)
Sudan 
c)
South Africa
d)
Nigeria
55.
Which physical feature is highlighted?
a)
Rocky Mountains
b)
Sierra Madrid Mountains
c)
Kenyan Mountains
d)
Atlas Mountains
56.
Which physical feature is the arrow pointing to?
a)
Nile River
b)
Niger River
c)
Congo River
d)
Riene River
57.

What separates Africa from the Arabian Peninsula?

a)

Caspian Sea

b)

Mediterranean Sea

c)

Red Sea

d)

Black Sea

58.

70% of the animal and plant life here is found nowhere else in the world

a)

Ghana

b)

South Africa

c)

Madagascar

d)

Zimbabwe

59.

This ocean is the warmest in the world, bordering East Africa

a)

Arctic

b)

Indian

c)

Pacific

d)

Southern

60.

The Atlas Mountains border this sea

a)

Mediterannean Sea

b)

Black Sea

c)

Red Sea

d)

Caspian Sea

61.

These two rivers provided necessary natural resources to West Africa

a)

Nile and Niger Rivers

b)

Congo and Nile Rivers

c)

Niger and Senegal Rivers

d)

Congo and Senegal Rivers

62.

What important trade city was located in West Africa near the Niger River?

a)

Djenne

b)

Cape Town

c)

Medina

d)

Timbuktu

63.

The religion imported from Arabia to Africa

a)

Christianity

b)

Judiasm

c)

Islam

d)

Buddhism

64.

Bordering the Sahara, this region is Arabic for "shore"

a)

Savanna

b)

Sahel

c)

Rainforest

d)

Mihrab

65.

Which is NOT a vegetation zone in Africa?

a)

Mediterranean

b)

Tropical Forest

c)

Savanna

d)

Ice sheet

66.

Arabic for desert

a)

Savanna

b)

Sahara

c)

Sahel

d)

Rainforest

67.

Africa has more countries than any other continent.

a)

True

b)

False

68.

Africa is known as the cradle of humankind.

a)

True

b)

False

69.

Africa is not a very diverse continent.

a)

True

b)

False

70.

Africa is the ___________ largest continent after Asia.

a)

second

b)

third

c)

fourth

d)

fifth

71.

These animals migrate in herds up to 100,000 across the African savanna

a)

zebras

b)

gazelles

c)

wildebeasts

d)

elephants

72.

Which country is shaded?

a)

South Sudan

b)

Nigeria

c)

South Africa

d)

Egypt

73.

Which country is shaded?

a)

Kenya

b)

Nigeria

c)

Sudan

d)

South Africa

74.

Which country is shaded?

a)

Democratic Republic of the Congo

b)

Nigeria

c)

Sudan

d)

Egypt

75.

Which country is shaded?

a)

Sudan

b)

Nigeria

c)

Kenya

d)

Egypt

76.

Which country is shaded?

a)

Kenya

b)

Democratic Republic of the Congo

c)

Nigeria

d)

Kenya

77.

Which country is shaded?

a)

South Sudan

b)

Egypt

c)

Democratic Republic of the Congo

d)

Sudan

78.

Which feature is the arrow pointing to?

a)

Atlas Mountains

b)

Mt. Kilimanjaro

c)

Sahara Desert

d)

Kalahari Desert

79.

Which feature is the arrow pointing to?

a)

Kalahari Desert

b)

Tropical Rainforest

c)

Sahara Desert

d)

Gobi Desert

80.

Which major African river flows through Egypt?

a)

Congo River

b)

Niger River

c)

Egyptian River

d)

Nile River

81.

Which river is the arrow identifying?

a)

Niger River

b)

Congo River

c)

Nile River

d)

West African River

82.

Which African region is shaded on the map?

a)

Tropical Rainforest

b)

Kalahari Desert

c)

Savanna

d)

Sahel

83.

Which African region is shaded on the map?

a)

Savanna

b)

Tropical Rainforest

c)

Sahel

d)

Desert

84.

The northern part of Africa is home to the world's largest hot desert. What is the name of this desert?

a)

Kalahari

b)

Sahara

c)

Gobi

d)

North African

85.

Which feature is the arrow pointing to?

a)

Lake Victoria

b)

Congo River

c)

Lake Tanganyika

d)

Lake Nile

86.

Which region is partly shaded in green on the map?

a)

Sahel

b)

Sahara

c)

Tropical Rainforest

d)

Savanna

87.

In central and west Africa there is a high demand for trees in the rainforest. As a result, trees have been removed for farming purposes and building roads. Which environmental issue best describes this practice of tree removal?

a)

Earthquake

b)

Deforestation

c)

Flooding

d)

Desertification

88.

"It is very hard for me to farm here due to overgrazing and poor soil. My farm land is slowly becoming a desert." The quote is best describing which region?

a)

Sahel

b)

Tropical Rainforest

c)

Savanna

d)

Sahara

89.

Which region would deal with the issue of deforestation the most?

a)

Sahara

b)

Tropical Rainforest

c)

Sahel

d)

Savanna

90.

If you are describing someone who is a member of the Ashanti people, what are you describing?

a)

Ethnic group

b)

Language

c)

Religious group

d)

Education

91.

Why is the population smaller in southwestern Africa?

a)

Sahara Desert

b)

Kalahari Desert

c)

Dense tropical rainforests

d)

Active volcanoes

92.

If population growth occurs in an area that depends on farming, what might be a direct result?

a)

Mining for minerals in the area will decrease.

b)

Air pollution from farm equipment will increase.

c)

Deforestation will occur to clear land for additional farms.

d)

The area will also see an increase in industrial productivity.

93.

Overfarming and overgrazing farmlands have been a major influence in which destructive process?

a)

deforestation

b)

reforestation

c)

desertification

d)

income distribution

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