Landforms and Resources of Africa

What is Africa's most prominent feature?

• a river

• a plateau

• a basin

• a jungle

Each ____spans more than 625 miles across and as much as 5,000 feet deep, and water collects in them and rivers flow through them.

• waterfall

• plateau

• river

• basin

Africa's ______ are difficult to navigate because they meander and contain waterfalls, rapids, and gorges.

• plateaus

• rivers

• deserts

• forests

Africa is the world's ___ largest continent.

• first

• second

• third

• fourth

What is the world's longest river?

• The Nile River

• The Mississippi

• The Congo River

• The Niger River

The continent's most distinctive landforms are in ___.

• East Africa

• West Africa

• North Africa

• South Africa

a long, thin valley created by the moving apart of the continental plates

• river valley

• reserve valley

• rift valley

• ring valley

A volcano in Tanzania in Africa, is also Africa's highest peak.

• Mount Kenya

• Tibesti Mountains

• Mount Cameroon

• Mount Kilimanjaro

A steep slope with a nearly flat plateau on top.

• desert

• volcano

• escarpment

• lake

The Great Escarpment marks the edge of the continent's plateau in

• East Africa

• West Africa

• North Africa

• South Africa