Geography Of Africa

Question 1

What is Africa known as and why?

Answer 1

The dark continent because there’s not much electricity

Question 2

True or False: Africa is the 2nd largest continent

Answer 2

True

Question 3

How much of the worlds population comes from africa?

Answer 3

10%

Question 4

How much larger is Africa compared to the US?

Answer 4

2 1/2 times

Question 5

True or false: the Nile is the largest river in the world

Answer 5

True

Question 6

The Nile is the only major river to flow _____.

Answer 6

North

Question 7

How much of the continent does the Congo River basin cover?

Answer 7

12%

Question 8

Ho many countries does the Congo River basin extend over?

Answer 8

9 countries

Question 9

Which country is 99% Congo River basin?

Answer 9

Democratic republic of Congo

Question 10

How much of the continent does the Niger River cover?

Answer 10

7.5%

Question 11

How many countries does the Niger River extend over?

Answer 11

10

Question 12

What is the hydroelectric dam in Africa?

Answer 12

Aswan high dam

Question 13

What River is the Aswan high dam built in?

Answer 13

The Nile

Question 14

When was the Aswan high dam built?

Answer 14

In the 60’s

Question 15

Why was the Aswan high dam built?

Answer 15

To keep the Nile from flooding

Question 16

Where is the Sahara located?

Answer 16

North Africa

Question 17

True or false: the Sahara is the largest desert in the world

Answer 17

True

Question 18

How many years old is the Sahara desert?

Answer 18

2.5 million

Question 19

Where is kalahari located?

Answer 19

Southern Africa

Question 20

What is it known as?

Answer 20

Waterless place

Question 21

What is kalahari the ancestral land of?

Answer 21

The bushman (San)

Question 22

What is a problem for Africa concerning desertification?

Answer 22

It’s expanding towards populated areas

Question 23

What is the Sahel?

Answer 23

Dry grasslands on the outskirts of the desert

Question 24

What is great riff valley?

Answer 24

Valley extending from the Red Sea to the Mozambique

Question 25

Where do our hurricanes come from?

Answer 25

West Africa

Question 26

What are the vegetation zones?

Answer 26

Desert (biggest) Grasslands Tropical forests Mediterranean

Question 27

What is the annual rain fall for the African rain forest?

Answer 27

17ft

Question 28

How many countries does the African rain forest cover?

Answer 28

37 countries

Question 29

What percentage of Africa is the African rain forest?

Answer 29

15%

Question 30

Where is there snow on the equator?

Answer 30

My. Kilimanjaro

Question 31

What are the 9 natural resources of Africa?

Answer 31

Oil, gold, cocoa, peanut, coffee, plutonium, uranium, sisal, and diamond

Question 32

Where are diamonds found?

Answer 32

South Africa

Question 33

What percentage of the worlds diamonds come from Africa?

Answer 33

15%

Question 34

Where in Africa do a lot of the diamonds come from?

Answer 34

Zimbabwe

Question 35

What kind of slavery happens in Africa?

Answer 35

Child labor

Question 36

What happened to people who were suspected of thievery?

Answer 36

Their hands were cut off

Question 37

What is still used in the mines?

Answer 37

Child labor or just forced labor in general

Question 38

Climate zones

Answer 38

Arid (desert) Tropical Sub tropical Savannah