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6th Grade
Map of Africa
Question | Answer |
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What is the strip of dry grassland on the southern border of the Sahara Desert? | Sahel |
What is the mountainous region located near the horn of East Africa? | Ethiopian Highlands |
What is the tallest mountain in Africa? | Mt. Kilimanjaro |
What is Africa's largest lake? | Lake Victoria |
What is the longest river in Africa? | Nile River |
What extensive rainforest covers a large part of central Africa and is almost completely surrounded by mountains? | Congo Basin |
What is the largest desert in southern Africa? | Kalahari Desert |
What is the major river in western Africa that empties into the Gulf of Guinea? | Niger River |
What is the enormous desert that stretches across North Africa? | Sahara Desert |
What is the mountain range in northwest Africa? | Atlas Mountain |
What is the longest river flowing through the Congo Basin and emptying into the Atlantic Ocean? | Indian Ocean |
What is the great valley that extends, with several breaks, from Syria to central Mozambique? | Great Rift Valley |
What is the broad, level area of land that is located in north central Tanzania and extends east of the southeastern shore of Lake Victoria? | Serengeti Plain |
What island is located about 240 miles off the southeastern coast of Africa? | Madagascar |
at is the large body of water that separates Africa from Europe? | Mediterranean Sea |
What is the sea that is actually an arm of the Indian Ocean and extends northwest between Africa and the Arabian Peninsula? | Red Sea |