Africa Geography

Question 1

What Africa called the dark continent?

Answer 1

Not a lot of power sources most desert so not many people in middle

Question 2

What is Africa’s size in rank?

Answer 2

2nd

Question 3

What percentage of the world population is Africa?

Answer 3

10%

Question 4

What is Africa compared to the size of the U.S.?

Answer 4

2 1/2 times the size

Question 5

Which way does the miles flow?

Answer 5

North

Question 6

How much of the continent does the Congo river cover ?

Answer 6

12%

Question 7

What is the hydroelectric dam in Africa?

Answer 7

Aswan high dam

Question 8

Why was the Aswan high dam built?

Answer 8

To keep the niles from flooding

Question 9

How many years old is the Sahara desert?

Answer 9

2.5 million

Question 10

What is the waterless place?

Answer 10

Kalahari

Question 11

What is desertification doing?

Answer 11

Expanding towards populated areas

Question 12

How large is the African savannah?

Answer 12

13 million square miles

Question 13

How much rain does the African rain forest get?

Answer 13

Approximately 17 ft

Question 14

How much of Africa does the rain forest cover?

Answer 14

15%

Question 15

What 9 natural resources does Africa have?

Answer 15

Oil, gold,Diamond

Peanuts, Cocoa, Coffee, Sisal, Plutonium , Uranium

Question 16

What is still used in some diamond mines today?

Answer 16

Child slaves

Question 17

What percentage of the worlds diamonds come from Africa?

Answer 17

15%

Question 18

What are the climate zones of Africa?

Answer 18

Desert/arid
Tropical
Sub-tropical
Savannah