Africa-7B|22-23

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Africa stretches from ____ ___

latitude and 20°W to 520E longitude.

• 370N to 380S

• 375.5N to 350S

• 370N to 350S

• 360N to 350S

The shape and

size of this continent has not undergone many changes.

• True

• False

There are many

continents that have Tropic of Cancer, Equator and the Tropic of Capricorn running

through them.

• True

• False

It is also called the Dark Continent because...

• knowledge

  of its interior parts was very limited.

• mostly dark people lived there.

• It wasn't called the Dark continent

It is bounded on the north by

the ______.

• Atlantic Ocean

• Indian Ocean

• Mediterranean Sea

• None of the above

It is bounded on the west

by the ______

• Atlantic Ocean

• Indian Ocean

• Mediterranean Sea

• None of the above

The ________

separates Africa from Europe.

• Indian Ocean

• Otranto Strait

• Mozambique Channel

• None of the above

What discouraged explorers to explore Africa?

• Dark stories of ghosts

• Fear of diseases

• The tribal people there

• They were just lazy

Most of Africa lies within the ________

• Oceania Region

• South Pole

• It doesn't exist

• Tropical Region

Africa is one of

the few continents that is mostly

defined by the land masses which surround it.

• True

• False