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20-21 Africa Geography, Environmental Issues, and Ethnic Groups Test Review
20-21 Africa Geography, Environmental Issues, and Ethnic Groups Test Review
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1
What mountain range stretches across Northwestern Africa?
Namib Desert
Atlas Mountains
Ethiopian Highlands
Nile River
2
What is desertification?
the spread of desert area
the spread of forest area
the cutting down of too many trees too fast
when people throw waste into water sources
3
Identify this country
Sudan
Nigeria
Kenya
South Africa
4
A country surrounded by another country is called an
Enclave
Oasis
Arid
Sahel
5
The absence of rainfall is referred to as
Deforestation
Monsoon
Drought
Flooding
6
Which climate zones do animals such as lions, gazelles, and zebras live?
Sahel
Sahara
Tropical Rainforest
Savanna
7
Identify this physical feature
Kalahari Desert
Lake Victoria
Sahara Desert
Lake Tanganyika
8
Where do most people in Egypt live?
Along the Sahara Desert
Along the Coast
In the Nile River Valley
In the Atlas Mountains
9
What is Africa's transition zone between desert and the savanna called?
Sahel
Sahara
Savanna
Kalahari
10
What is the longest lake and second deepest in the world?
Lake Tanganyika
Lake Victoria
Lake Chad
Lake Malawi
11
What desert covers most of Northern Africa?
Ethiopian Higlands
Kalahari Desert
Sahara Desert
Namib Desert
12
What is the largest lake in Africa?
Lake Victoria
Atlas Mountains
Nile River
Ethiopian Highlands
13
Identify this physical feature
Congo River
Nile River
Lake Tanganyika
Niger River
14
The two main religious groups in Africa are
Muslims and Christians
Jews and Christians
Christians and Jews
Hindus and Muslims
15
Which region of Africa is located in central Africa and is home to many different species of birds, animals, and plants?
Savanna
Tropical Rainforest
Sahel
Sahara
16
A place in the desert where a spring or well provides water is called
Irrigation
Enclave
Oasis
Pool
17
Identify this country
South Africa
Morocco
Angola
Algeria
18
What is a religious group?
People who share the same language
People who eat the same food
People who believe in the same god
People who share the same culture
19
Identify the physical feature
Sahel
Savanna
Sahara Desert
Kalahari desert
20
Which desert is located in southern Africa?
Sahara
Kalahari
Gobi
Sahel
21
What is an example of an ethnic group?
People who like the same food
People who believe in the same god
People who share the same political values
People who share language and culture
22
Identify this physical feature
Nile River
Niger River
Congo River
Lake Victoria
23
Identify this country
Nigeria
South Africa
Ethiopia
Sudan
24
Which is the best climate zone in Africa for farming?
Savanna
Tropical rainforest
Sahara
Sahel
25
What is one major problem facing those who depend on the Nile River for their water?
It no longer has fish in it
It is heavily contaminated by human and industrial waste
It is too shallow for transportation
It always dries up during the summer months
26
Which ethnic group is located in East Africa and practices Islam and some traditional beliefs?
Ashanti
Swahili
Bantu
Arabs
27
Identify this country
Egypt
Sudan
Morocco
Zimbabwe
28
What is the longest river in the world?
Lake Victoria
Niger River
Congo River
Nile River
29
Since the late 1900s, the Sahel region of Africa has faced problems resulting from
Increasing Desertification
lack of rainfall
water pollution
Smog
30
Which ethnic group migrated from south of the Sahara and into parts of central and southern Africa?
Swahili
Arab
Bantu
Ashanti
31
Gold, coal, diamonds, and platinum are all major resources for which African region?
East
West
North
South
32
Why is farming so difficult in the Sahel?
Little rain falls in the area.
No rain falls in the area.
Goverment programs have oved too many people to the area.
Tall grasses make farming difficult.
33
What ethnic group is located in Ghana and practices traditional beliefs?
Arab
Ashanti
Swahili
Bantu
34
Which ethnic group is located in Northern Africa and practices Islam?
Ashanti
Bantu
Arabs
Swahili
35
What African landform has rolling grassland and few, scattered trees?
Sahel
Desert
Rainforest
Savanna
36
What resource makes up a large portion of Nigeria's potential wealth?
Oil Reserves
Mineral Resources
Commercial Agriculture
Timber