Sub-Saharan Africa Physical Geography

Question 1

World’s longest river, flows northward through East Africa into the Mediterranean Sea

Answer 1

Nile River

Question 2

Major river of West Africa

Answer 2

Niger River

Question 3

River in Central Africa, flows into the Atlantic Ocean

Answer 3

Congo River

Question 4

River in Central and Southern Africa, flows into the Indian Ocean

Answer 4

Zambezi River

Question 5

Includes the biggest network of sea-based trade prior to the rise of Atlantic-based trade

Answer 5

Indian Ocean

Question 6

Africa’s highest mountain

Answer 6

Mt. Kilimanjaro

Question 7

Largest lake in Africa

Answer 7

Lake Victoria

Question 8

Desert in southwestern Africa (largely in Botswana)

Answer 8

Kalahari Desert

Question 9

Mountainous area around Ethiopia

Answer 9

Ethiopian Highlands

Question 10

Rainforest, dense canopy, diverse plant and animal species

Answer 10

Congo River Basin

Question 11

East African Highland nation lying east of the Nile River

Answer 11

Ethiopia

Question 12

areas where parts of the plateau’s surface dropped and early human fossils are found

Answer 12

Great Rift Valley

Question 13

Largest city in South Africa

Answer 13

Johannesburg