Location And Position Of Africa

Question 1

Africa is located between latitudes

Answer 1

37•C and 35•C North and south respectively

Question 2

And on the GmT africa is located

Answer 2

17•W and 51•E

Question 3

The GMT is said to pass

Answer 3

GHANA AND LONDON

Question 4

Africa is said to be what position in continental size

Answer 4

2nd position after asia

Question 5

Africa is bounded to the south by ___ east by _____ north by ____

Answer 5

Atlantic ocean,indian ocean,Mediterranean sea

Question 6

The sea that separates afria from europe is the

Answer 6

Mediterranean sea

Question 7

The sea that separates africa from asiaa is

Answer 7

The Red Sea and gulf of eden

Question 8

Africa is Approximately

Answer 8

30.3million square meters

Question 9

Africa consists of how many main land Country

Answer 9

48

Question 10

The largest island on the indian ocean is

Answer 10

Mauritius

Question 11

5 land locked countries inclue

Answer 11

Chad,Zimbabwe,Niger,Malawi,Botwana,Burundi

Question 12

High freight cost is mainly experienced by countries that are

Answer 12

Landlocked eg malawi botwana burndi zimbabwe niger,chase

Question 13

The type of relief found in the east,west,south, and north are

Answer 13

Mountains,Highland s,plateau,Ranges

Question 14

The longest river in africa is

Answer 14

River nile

Question 15

Kanji is and artificial lake made on

Answer 15

The niger

Question 16

The largest man made lake in africa is

Answer 16

Kariba

Question 17

The equatorial climate is found and is characterized by

Answer 17

In the coast of west africa high temp and double maxima rainfall

Question 18

The tropical continental climate is found in

Answer 18

West africa and the curves down to South Africa

Question 19

Mediterranean climate is found at the

Answer 19

Horns and tips of africa

Question 20

The type of of winds prominent in Mediterranean region is

Answer 20

Sirocco and Mistral

Question 21

Cape town morocco and algeria are under what type of climate

Answer 21

Mediterranean

Question 22

Canary current is sahara dessert as Benguella current is

Answer 22

Kalahari and namib

Question 23

The climate found the margin of S.A is

Answer 23

Warm temperate margin of South Africa

Question 24

The temperate continental is the temperate grasslands is found in the

Answer 24

Veld of south africa

Question 25

The vegetation steppe is associated with

Answer 25

The temperate continental

Question 26

The _____ of North America ,The ____ of argentina the ___ of south africa ,The Downs of _______

Answer 26

Prairies,Pampas,Veld,Australia

Question 27

Obeche mahogany is often associated with

Answer 27

Equatorial clime or tropical rainy forest

Question 28

Plants found in the desert are called

Answer 28

Xero phytes

Question 29

Montane vegetation in s found in

Answer 29

East africa(Ethopia)

Question 30

Lumbering in africa is done in

Answer 30

West africa(Zaire and Nigeria)

Question 31

Economic trees that are lumbered include

Answer 31

Mahogany obeche sapele wood

Question 32

Irrigation is widely practised in

Answer 32

Egypt and sudan(Nile basin) makes use of water from river nile

Question 33

Northern nigeria makes use of water for irrigation from

Answer 33

River niger

Question 34

The method irrigation used by egypt and Nigeria is

Answer 34

Perennial method

Question 35

The metho involving the use of buckets mounted on a lever is called

Answer 35

Shaduf

Question 36

In west africa the area for plantation include

Answer 36

Ibadan and akure for cocoa

Question 37

The areas of plantation in east Africa include

Answer 37

Tea and tobacco in kenya

Question 38

West africa has less plantations compared to east africa because

Answer 38

The colonial masters encouraged it in east africa

Question 39

Fruit farming is mainly done in the ___ part of

Answer 39

Mediterranean parr(south africa,NW africa)

Question 40

Fruits mainly grown in the south africa is

Answer 40

Apples pears oranges

Question 41

In the north west africa is

Answer 41

Oranges,Apricots and figs

Question 42

The movement of cattle rearers and their herd from lowland or valley to highland is

Answer 42

Transhumance

Question 43

In west Africa pastoral farming in done in _____ while it is practised in the ______ of east Africa

Answer 43

In the savanna regions of nigeria and mali, while in the east its the masai reserve in kenya and Tarzania and ethopia

Question 44

One tribe particular that is well know for pastoral farm in west and east africa is

Answer 44

Fulani(sometimes hausa),Masai and Beja

Question 45

Gold mining is done the most in

Answer 45

Africa

Question 46

The major sites for mining gold in africa can be found in

Answer 46

South africa and zimbabwe

Question 47

The method mining gold is mainly the

Answer 47

Underground shaft method(where holes are drilled and filled with explosives

Question 48

Petroleum is an important fuel in

Answer 48

Libya,Nigeria and egypt

Question 49

The method used for mining petroleum is the

Answer 49

Drilling method(underground rocks are dig with the aid of drilling rig or derrick)

Question 50

The three oil zones in the soil layer are

Answer 50

Natural gas on top,Petroleum in the middle,Water at the bottom

Question 51

Copper is another metallic mineral produced by

Answer 51

Zambia and south africa

Question 52

The one country mainly involved in gold,copper and petroleum is

Answer 52

Zaire

Question 53

Copper is mined through

Answer 53

Open cast method(explosives are used to remove burden rocks) and underground shaft method

Question 54

The device used to pile the coppet washed into a heap is called

Answer 54

Dragline

Question 55

____ is used to direct strong get on water towards heap of copper and the soil containing the copper is washed through series of

Answer 55

Monitor sluice boxes

Question 56

The port of Dar-es salaam is found in

Answer 56

Tarzania

Question 57

KaiNji dam is to niger,Aswan dam to nile while Kariba dam to ___

Answer 57

River zambezi