Africa Landforms & Resources

What landform covers just about the entire surface area of Africa allowing the continent to lie 1,000 feet or above sea level?

• Mountain

• Plain

• Valley

• Plateau

What is Africa's size as a continent compared to the rest in the world?

• 1st

• 4th

• 3rd

• 2nd

Throughout the enormous plateau of Africa, lies huge water collectors that can also be called depressions. They can get as deep as 5,000 feet and 625 miles wide. These are called what?

• Rivers

• Gorges

• Basins

• Valleys

This is the longest river in Africa and also the longest river in the world, flowing through the eastern part of Africa through Uganda, Sudan, and Egypt.

• Congo River

• Nile River

• Zambezi River

• Niger River

More than what % of Egyptians depend on the Nile River for their water supply?

• 80%

• 95%

• 75%

• 50%

As the continental plates pull apart in East Africa, huge cracks have appeared on the earth's surface then cause the land to sink. What distinctive landform had formed here?

• Gorges

• Rift Valleys

• Mountains

• Escarpments

This lake was formed through the rift valleys of East Africa. It is the longest freshwater lake in the world stretching 420 miles and 4,700 feet deep

• Lake Michigan

• Lake Victoria

• Lake Tanganyika

• Lake Onega

What is Africa's highest mountain sitting at 19,341 ft.?

• Mt. Kilimanjaro

• Mt. Kenya

• Mt. Everest

• Mt. Olympus

South Africa accounts for what % of the world's gold?

• 40%

• 50%

• 30%

• 10%

With all the minerals and resources Africa has within its continent, what is the most important economic activity?

• Mining

• Industrial

• Agriculture

• Drilling