REVIEW OF THE PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY OF AFRICA

Read each question and its choices and decide which is the correct answer

Which best describes the Sahara region?

A. Hot, dry desertB. Rolling grasslandC. Tropical rainforestD. Scattered grassland and scrub brush

What is a nomad?

A. Plantation owners who live along the coast

B. Industrial workers who live in African cities

C. One who wanders from place to place to find food and water

D. Thos who live and farm in villages on the edge of the desert

What were two of the most important trade goods carried across the Sahara Desert by camel caravan?A. Gold and saltB. Iron and silverC. Gold and silverD. Spices and wood

What has been the most reliable way to get across the Sahara over the centuries?A. CamelB. HorseC. RailroadD. Wagon

What is the name for a desert area that gets some rainfall or where there is a spring?A. NomadB. OasisC. SavannaD. Tuarag

Which phrase best describes the Sahel?

A. Rolling grasslands and low hillsB. An area that borders the desertC. A desert made up of high sand

dunesD. Cleared land that was once

rainforest

Why is farming so difficult in the African Sahel?

A. No rain falls in the Sahel at allB. Thick grass makes farming difficultC. Rainfall can vary widely from year to

yearD. Farm animals in the Sahel eat up all

the crops

What is the most common way people make a living in the Sahel?

A. LoggingB. Fishing and shipbuildingC. Caravan trade in gold and saltD. Herding and subsistence farming

Which is a consequence of cutting down trees for fuel in the Sahel?

A. Civil warB. DesertificationC. OverpopulationD. Wealthy loggers

How large is the region known as the African Sahel?

A. The Sahel is found along the Mediterranean Coast

B. The Sahel makes up the southern half of the country

C. The Sahel is found just along the west coast of the continent

D. The region extends from the Red Sea to the Atlantic Ocean just south of the Sahara Desert

Which phrase best describes the savanna?

A. A semi-arid region just south of the Sahara Desert

B. An area of harsh desert in the north of the continent

C. Grasslands making up half of the African continent

D. An area of fertile plain along the Mediterranean coast

Which is found on the African savanna?

A. A heavy jungle canopyB. A wide variety of animalsC. Dry areas with just occasional oasisD. Lots of commercial logging

businesses

Which is the greatest danger for the African savanna today?

A. Seasonal firesB. Logging industriesC. The annual droughtD. Activities of people

What are some African countries trying to do to protect the savanna?

A. Setting up land aside as national parks

B. Setting up zoos for the animals that are threatened

C. Stopping all commercial logging in central Africa

D. Refusing to let people move into the savanna area

Which phrase BEST describes the rainforest?

A. Hot and dry desertB. Semi-arid farmlandC. Rolling grassy plainsD. Humid and warm with thick

vegetation

How does the African rainforest rank in the world in terms of size?

A. The largest in the worldB. The second largest in the worldC. One of the smallest in the worldD. Large but not in comparison with

most others in the world

In what part of Africa is the largest rainforest found?

A. The Nile River basinB. The Niger River basinC. The Congo River basinD. The Mediterranean coast

Beginning in the 1800s, what did European nations do that affected the African rainforest?

A. Cleared large areas of land for great plantations

B. Passed laws protecting the rainforests from development

C. Moved Europeans who had no homes to land in the rainforests

D. Helped African nomads relocate from the desert to farms in the rainforest

What is the definition of deforestation?

A. Eliminating a species of animalB. Creating nature preserves to protect

forestsC. Cutting down and clearing trees

from the areaD. Forcing people to move from cities

into traditional forest villages