050 Map 4 Exercise Africa & W. Asia
How many kingdoms were located in Sub-Saharan Africa?
24
Who planted more than one million trees to reduce soil erosion and satisfy demand for household biofuels?
50,000 women as part of Wangari Maathai's Green Belt movement
The cities of Kisangani and Lagos are located in a tropical wet climate, shown in a dark orange color and indicated by the letters "Af." What is the approximate annual precipitation in these two cities? Use the climographs below to guide you.
70 inches
Which city is the capital of Nigeria?
Abuja
What is the most common climate type along the equator?
Af and Aw (Tropical wet)
The largest concentration of Muslims best correlates with which of these language families?
Afro-Asiatic
What physical feature separates Tehran from the Caspian Sea?
Alborz Mountains
Where is the mouth of the Nile River located?
Alexandria, Egypt
In which of these countries are the Ahaggar Mountains primarily located?
Algeria
In which countries is the Sahara Desert located?
Algeria, Libya, and Egypt.
Where is salinization most common?
Along the Nile River
In which of these countries is the Sahel not found?
Angola
The Rub-al-Khali is primarily located toward the southern end of the _______________.
Arabian Peninsula
What climate type is found immediately north and immediately south of the wet climates in the central region of Sub-Saharan Africa?
BSh (Tropical and subtropical steppe)
Which of these cities has the smallest population? (Sub-Sahara Africa)
Banjul
Which kingdom of Sub-Saharan Africa came into existence first?
Benin
The Bosporus is a strait between the _________ and the _____________.
Black Sea, Mediterranean Sea
As measured by gross domestic product purchasing power parity, the poorest of these countries is ___________________.
Botswana
As measured by per capita gross domestic product purchasing power parity, the wealthiest of these countries is ________________.
Botswana
In which of these countries is the total fertility rate lowest?
Botswana
Which of these countries has English as its official language but is home to many speakers of languages in the Khoisan language family?
Botswana
Which of these cities is situated closest to Kinshasa?
Brazzaville
The southernmost of these cities is _______________.
Cape Town
Which of these physical features is located closest to the equator?
Congo Basin
Which city is the capital of Syria?
Damascus
Which of these problems is most common in Southwest Asia and North Africa?
Desertification
Which of these countries does not possess large forested areas?
Egypt
Which three countries of Africa were independent in 1913?
Ethiopia, Liberia, Union of South Africa
another multi answer dumb thing
Evidence of colonization can be found in the official languages of Sub-Saharan Africa. Evidence of indigenous kingdoms in Africa can be found in the official languages of Sub-Saharan Africa. The only kingdom that survived colonization and maintained its indigenous language as its official language was Abyssinia/Ethiopia.
Malawi is located on the Horn of Africa.
False
Nigeria has the largest land area in Sub-Saharan Africa.
False
Two European countries dominated Sub-Saharan Africa. Britain was one dominant country. Which other country dominated Sub-Saharan Africa?
France
Using the information included in the map and climographs shown below to guide you, which three of the following statements are probably true?
Freezing temperatures are highly unlikely in Sub-Saharan Africa. Two of the cities shown on the map have desert (BWh) climates. The mild midlatitude climates of Sub-Saharan Africa are located south of the Tropic of Capricorn.
The Niger River flows into the __________________.
Gulf of Guinea
In which of these countries is desertification the most serious problem?
Iran
Which of these cities is the northernmost?
Istanbul
What is the name of Africa's largest tropical rain forest?
Ituri
Which of these cities lies at the highest elevation?
Kampala
Two countries have both English and Swahili as their official languages. Which countries are they?
Kenya and Tanzania
Which of these cities is a national capital?
Khartoum
If you were traveling from south to north through northeast Africa, which would be the correct order of cities you would encounter?
Khartoum, Aswan, Cairo, Alexandria
Tombouctou is located in _______________.
Mali
The Suez Canal connects the __________ with the _____________.
Mediterranean Sea, Red Sea
The regions that receive the greatest amount of precipitation correlate with _______ climates.
Mediterranean summer
Which of these countries borders both the Atlantic Ocean and the Mediterranean Sea?
Morocco
Which group of countries all include part of the Atlas Mountains?
Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia
Madagascar is separated from the African mainland by the _________________.
Mozambique Channel
The Zambezi River flows into the _________________.
Mozambique Channel
Which of these capital cities is coastal?
Muscat
Which of these cities has the smallest population?
Muscat
Which of these is the most likely explanation for the distribution pattern of Islam in South Africa?
Muslims are mainly concentrated in cities in the region.
Which of these cities is not located along a coast?
Nairobi
Which of these countries has the lowest percentage of arable land?
Nambia
Using the information included in the map below to guide you, which three of the following statements are probably true?
National parks are located throughout the region. Most of the rivers identified as being polluted flow into one of the oceans that surround Sub-Saharan Africa. Three major areas in Sub-Saharan Africa are prone to drought.
Which of these rivers flows through the Sahel?
Niger
The most populous of these countries is _______________.
Nigeria
Which of these countries has the largest number of mobile cellular telephones?
Nigeria
From south to north, which is the correct order of east African lakes?
Nyasa, Tanganyika, Victoria, Tana
The Tigris and Euphrates Rivers flow into which body of water?
Persian Gulf
Angola's official language is _________, but the majority of the native population speak a language in the ___________ language family.
Portuguese, Niger-Congo
Which city is the executive capital of South Africa?
Pretoria
Which city is the capital of Morocco?
Rabat
If you were to travel eastward through the Nubian Desert, at which body of water would you arrive?
Red Sea
Languages and Religions: Sub-Saharan Africa (multiple-choice)
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Physical Environment: Southwest Asia and North Africa (multiple-choice)
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Sub-Saharan Africa - Biomes
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Sub-Saharan Africa - Cities
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Sub-Saharan Africa - Culture, Boundaries, and Conflict
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Which of these cities is not located on a river?
Sanaa
Which of these countries is located in the Indian Ocean?
Seychelles
In what country is the Horn of Africa located?
Somalia
In which of these countries is the literacy rate lowest?
Somalia
In what country is the Great Escarpment located?
South Africa
Where is Shiraz found?
Southwestern Iran
Which European country had colonies with the smallest land area in Africa?
Spain
Which of these countries has the largest number of Internet users?
Sudan
Using the information included in the map below to guide you, which three of the following statements are probably true?
Swazi is the only kingdom that still exists today. Modern-day Ethiopia was once home to both Axum and Abyssinia. Mali, Songhai, and Ghana existed at the same location but during different periods of time.
Which of these countries has the largest land area?
Tanzania
Which of these cities is located at the highest elevation?
Tehran
Which of these statements is incorrect?
The Alborz (Elburz) Mountains are being subducted beneath the Caspian Sea.
Which of these countries has the highest life expectancy at birth?
Togo
The Congo River is second only to the Amazon in the amount of water it discharges into the oceans.
True
The Sahel is a zone of ecological transition between the Sahara to the north and the wetter savannas and forests to the south.
True
In what country does the Euphrates River originate?
Turkey
In what country is the Anatolian Plateau found?
Turkey
Which country is located on the Anatolian Plateau?
Turkey
If you were visiting the city of Kampala, what country would you be in?
Uganda
Which of these cities is not located on an island?
Yaoundé
Which of these countries appears to be free of coastal pollution?
Yemen
How long was Benin in existence?
about 3,200 years
Where are the zones of desertification in Sub-Saharan Africa?
adjacent to the existing deserts, especially in the Sahel
Where is Afrikaans spoken?
at the southernmost tip of Africa, in the country of South Africa
Where are the tropical forests located?
in the central part of the region, along the equator
Which of these countries has the least coastal pollution?
libya
Which of these is the most likely determinant of Cs climates in this region?
mountainous topography near coastal areas
Place Names Identification: Sub-Saharan Africa - Physical Features
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The largest concentration of Muslims in Sub-Saharan Africa is located in __________.
the north
The Nile River is the world's longest river.
true
