Test 6 Study Guide- Africa South of the Sahara

Question 1

Afrikaans is spoken in what 2 countries?

Answer 1

Namibia and South Africa

Question 2

Atlantic Ocean is ___ of Africa south of the Sahara

Answer 2

west

Question 3

Atlas Mountains are in ___ Africa

Answer 3

North

Question 4

clean water is ___ in Africa

Answer 4

rare

Question 5

Congo Basin holds major ___ deposits

Answer 5

diamond

Question 6

Cyprus is the small island closest to the coasts of

Answer 6

Turkey, Syria, Lebanon and Israel

Question 7

desert is common in much of Africa including ___ and ___

Answer 7

Kenya and Somalia

Question 8

Drakensberg Mountains are part of what range?

Answer 8

The Drakensberg Range

Question 9

East Africa includes many ___ resources and countries along the ___ Sea and Gulf of ___ . It is also near ___ Asia

Answer 9

water….Red….Aden…Southwest

Question 10

Egypt’s capitol is

Answer 10

Cairo

Question 11

Equator passes through how many African countries?

Answer 11

6

Question 12

Eritrea is a small country right on the

Answer 12

Red Sea

Question 13

Ethiopia is bordered by

Answer 13

Sudan, Kenya, Somalia, Djibouti, and Eritrea

Question 14

Iran is the bridge between Central Asia and

Answer 14

Southwest Asia

Question 15

Israel is on the

Answer 15

Mediterranean Sea

Question 16

Jordan is a country with a small opening to the

Answer 16

Red Sea

Question 17

Kenya has access to Lake ___ and ___ Ocean

Answer 17

Victoria …. Indian

Question 18

lingua franca is the way of saying

Answer 18

the common language throughout a region

Question 19

Lake Chad is not in

Answer 19

The Great Rift Valley

Question 20

Lake Malawi is a ____ lake that looks much like a ___

Answer 20

is a mountain-rimmed lake that looks much like a fjord

Question 21

Lake Tanganyika is one of the

Answer 21

deepest and longest freshwater lakes in the world

Question 22

Lake Victoria is in

Answer 22

east Africa

Question 23

Lake Tanganyika is in the

Answer 23

Great Rift Valley

Question 24

lake Victoria is the ___ lake in Africa

Answer 24

largest

Question 25

Lake Victoria lies between the ___ and western branches of the Great Rift

Answer 25

eastern…western

Question 26

lake Chad is ___ because much of it’s water evaporates and seeps into the ground

Answer 26

shrinking

Question 27

The Congo River is an important ___ and reaches the seas by an ___

Answer 27

waterway…estuary

Question 28

Which countries in Africa doe sthe Equator pass through?

Answer 28

Gabon, Congo, Dem. Rep. of the Congo, Uganda, Kenya, and a bit of Somalia

Question 29

Eritrea’s capitol is

Answer 29

Asmara

Question 30

Eritrea exports ___ and imports ___

Answer 30

livestock…food

Question 31

Ethiopia’s capitol is

Answer 31

Addis Ababa

Question 32

Ethiopia exports ___ and imports___

Answer 32

Coffee …Foods and livestock

Question 33

Jordan borders

Answer 33

Isreal, Egypt and Saudi Arabia

Question 34

Lake Volta is in ___ Africa

Answer 34

West

Question 35

Madagascar is an island of the coast of

Answer 35

east

Question 36

Maldives is a country parallel to ___ and is southwest of ___

Answer 36

Somalia…Sri Lanka

Question 37

Mediterranean Sea is not part of Africa South of the Sahara but is ___ it

Answer 37

above

Question 38

Mount Kilimanjaro Nairobi is a ____summit

Answer 38

volcanic

Question 39

Niger River is the main ___ in ___ Africa

Answer 39

artery….western

Question 40

Nile River extends all the way down to ___ then it splits and feeds into other lakes and ___

Answer 40

Uganda…waterways

Question 41

plateau is an area of

Answer 41

relatively high ground

Question 42

Portuguese is spoken in

Answer 42

Angola, Cape Verde, Guinea-Bissau, Mozambique, and in Soa Tome and Principe

Question 43

below the Sahara desert there is ___ African countries

Answer 43

44

Question 44

Saudi Arabia is located in Southwest

Answer 44

Asia

Question 45

savanna is a

Answer 45

tropical grassland scattered with trees

Question 46

Sri Lanka is in ___ Asia

Answer 46

South

Question 47

Sudan contains much of the ___ River and is below the ___ Desert

Answer 47

Nile…Sahara

Question 48

Tanzania touches how many countries? What are they

Answer 48

6, Mozambique, Malawi, Zambia, Burundi, Rwanda and Kenya

Question 49

Tropic of Cancer passes through ___ Africa and nothing below

Answer 49

North

Question 50

Tropic of Capricorn c rosses through 4 countries in ___ ___; they are ___ ____ ___ and ___

Answer 50

South Africa… Nambia, Botswana, Zimbabwe, and Mozambique

Question 51

Turkey is in ___ Asia`

Answer 51

Southwest

Question 52

Zaire or the Republic of Zaire was renamed in 1997 to

Answer 52

The Demo. Rep. of the Congo

Question 53

Zaire River is another name for the

Answer 53

Congo River

Question 54

Zambezi River flows about____ then fans out in ___ mile wide delta

Answer 54

2200 miles …37

Question 55

Lake Volta is ___ lake that was created in ___ and is among the largest ___ lakes in the world

Answer 55

human-made…1960…human-made

Question 56

Lake Volta is used for ___ and holds a good bit of ___

Answer 56

irrigation….fish

Question 57

Madagascar’s capital is

Answer 57

Antananarive

Question 58

Madagascar’s exports___ and imports___ all while speaking ___ and ___, mainly

Answer 58

Coffee…machinery…..French…Malagasy

Question 59

Mount Kilimanjaro is included in the

Answer 59

Eastern Highlands of Africa

Question 60

The Niger River splits into a vast inland

Answer 60

delta

Question 61

The Niger River is about ____ miles long

Answer 61

2600

Question 62

The Nile River is the ___ river in the world

Answer 62

longest

Question 63

Plateaus in Africa rise in elevation from the___ and from west to ___

Answer 63

coast inland ….east

Question 64

the edges of the plataeus are marked by___ in which rivers plunge into to form ____

Answer 64

escarpments…cataracts or towering waterfalls

Question 65

Savanna covers almost half of

Answer 65

Africa