geography "Africa"

Question 0

How many people live in Africa

Answer 0

Over 1 billion

Question 1

Where is Africa located

Answer 1

South of Europe

Southwest of Asia

Question 2

How many countries are in Africa (it’s the most on one continent)

Answer 2

54

Question 3

What is the largest desert in Africa that is also the largest desert in the world
What does the name mean

Answer 3

Sahara

“Desert” in Arabic

Question 4

What is the longest river in Africa that is also the longest in the world

Answer 4

Nile

Question 5

Climate zones with the same average temperature and the same average precipitation

Answer 5

Biome

Question 6

What are the three main biomes in Africa

What is the fourth less common one

Answer 6

Desert
Rain forest
Savanna
Chaparral

Question 7

How many inches of rain does the desert get

Answer 7

Less than 10 inches of rain a year

Question 8

How much rain does the rain forest get

Answer 8

At least 70 inches of rain a year

Question 9

What biome is nearly 1/2 of Africa

Answer 9

Savanna

Question 10

Wide open grasslands

Answer 10

Savanna

Question 11

What are the major rivers in Africa

Answer 11

Nile

Congo

Question 12

What is the 9th longest river in the world

Answer 12

Congo

Question 13

What are the major seas in Africa

Answer 13

Mediterranean

Red

Question 14

What are the major oceans in Africa

Where are they located

Answer 14

Atlantic - east

Indian - west

Question 15

What does Africa have an abundance of

Answer 15

Natural resources

Question 16

What is wrong with the natural resources

Answer 16

They are not evenly distributed between countries or within countries

Question 17

What has led to wars between nations and civil war inside of same nations

Answer 17

Natural resources

Question 18

What has the fight for natural resources led to

Answer 18

Wars between nations and civil war inside of some nations

Question 19

The world’s longest river, flowing over 4000 miles

Answer 19

Nile river

Question 20

Where does the Nile river flow

Answer 20

Through the Sudan Basin into Uganda, Sudan, and Egypt

Question 21

A long, thin valley created by the moving apart of the tectonic plates
Present in East Africa, stretching over 4000 miles from Jordan in Southwest Asia to Mozambique in Southern Africa

Answer 21

Rift Valley

Question 22

Where is the Rift Valley present

Where does it stretch

Answer 22

East Africa

From Jordan in Southwest Asia to Mozambique in Southern Africa

Question 23

A steep slope with a nearly flat plateau on top

Answer 23

Escarpment

Question 24

The largest desert in the world, stretching 3000 miles across the African continent, from the Atlantic Ocean to the Red Sea, and measuring 1200 miles from north to south

Answer 24

Sahara

Question 25

Where does the Sahara stretch

Answer 25

Atlantic Ocean to the Red Sea

Question 26

A place where water from an aquifer has reached the surface; it supports vegetation and wildlife

Answer 26

Oasis

Question 27

An area in Tanzania containing some of the best grasslands in the world and many grazing animals It has a high climate

Answer 27

Serengeti Plain

Question 28

A narrow band of dry grassland, running east to wear on the southern edge of the Sahara, that is used for farming and herding

Answer 28

Sahel

Question 29

An expansion of dry conditions to moist areas that are next to deserts

Answer 29

Desertification

Question 30

A dam in the Nile River in Egypt, computed in 1970, which increased Egypt's formable land by 50% and protected it from droughts and floods

Answer 30

Aswan High Dam

Question 31

Loose sedimentary material containing very small rock particles, formed by river deposits and very fertile

Answer 31

Silt

Question 32

Where is the Sahel located

Answer 32

Southern edge of the Sahara

Question 33

What marks the edge of Africa's plateau in Southern Africa

Answer 33

The Great Escarpment

Question 34

Compare Africa’s size and population to that of the United States.

Answer 34

Africa has a larger land mass and population compared to the United States

Question 35

How much larger in terms of population and size is Africa compared to the United States?

Answer 35

3x the U.S. population | 4x the U.S. land mass

Question 36

What independent nations appear on the map of Africa in 1913 and also appear on the map of Africa today?

Answer 36

Union of South Africa Ethiopia Liberia

Question 37

Which two European powers controlled the most land in Africa in 1913? Which country controlled the least amount?

Answer 37

France | Britain

Question 38

Which three African countries emerged from colonialism with the most territory?

Answer 38

Democratic Republic of Congo Sudan Algeria

Question 39

What religion is the most dominant

Answer 39

Christianity

Question 40

What are the two largest cities

Answer 40

Cairo | Lagos

Question 41

What is Africa ranked in the largest continents

Answer 41

2nd | Only Asia surpasses it

Question 42

Where does most of the continent lie

Answer 42

At least 1,000 feet above sea level

Question 43

What do geographers often call Africa

Answer 43

The "Plateau Continent"

Question 44

What do Africa's rivers contain much of

Answer 44

Waterfalls Rapids Gorges

Question 45

What impact do the waterfalls, rivers, and gorges have on the rivers

Answer 45

They cannot be used for traveling or trading goods

Question 46

What is the largest mountain on the continent

Answer 46

Mount Kilimanjaro

Question 47

What kind of mountains does Africa mostly contain

Answer 47

Volcanic

Question 48

Who tried to take Africa's goods

Answer 48

Europeans

Question 49

Who send 40% of their oil to us

Answer 49

Nigeria

Question 50

What places on the continent produce about 1/10 of the world's oil

Answer 50

Nigeria Libya Algeria Angola

Question 51

What are the two most profitable commodities

Answer 51

Oil | Coffee

Question 52

What can temperatures rise above in the summer in the Sahara

Answer 52

130°

Question 53

What can temperatures fall below at night in the Sahara in winter

Answer 53

Freezing

Question 54

What part of the Sahara consists of sand | What are the other parts made of

Answer 54

20% | Mountains, rock formations, gravelly plains

Question 55

What animals is used most commonly for travel in the Sahara | Why

Answer 55

Camel | They can go up to 17 days without water

Question 56

Many parts of Africa get how much rain a year

Answer 56

Less than 20 inches

Question 57

Where in Africa may rain not fall for years

Answer 57

Sahara and other deserts

Question 58

What covers most of Africa

Answer 58

Tropical grassland

Question 59

Has a dry climate and hard soil, preventing the growth of trees and many crops, but it's perfect for growing grass

Answer 59

The Serengeti Plain

Question 60

What animals roam on the grassy plains of Africa

Answer 60

Huge herds of wildebeests, gazelles, and zebras

Question 61

What is endangering the existence of the rain forest

Answer 61

Farmers using the slash-and-burn technique

Question 62

What do experts estimate about the African rain forest

Answer 62

That over 1/2 of the African rain forest has been destroyed