Africa Mapping - Answers

1. What is the strip of dry grassland on the southern border of the Sahara Desert? Sahel

2. What is the mountainous region located near the horn of East Africa? Ethiopian Highlands

3. What is the tallest mountain in Africa? Mt. Kilimanjaro

4. What is Africa’s largest lake? Lake Victoria

5. What is the longest river in Africa? Nile River

6. What extensive rainforest covers a large part of central Africa and is almost completely surrounded by mountains? Congo Basin

7. What is the largest desert in southern Africa? Kalahari Desert

8. What is the major river in western Africa that empties into the Gulf of Guinea? Niger River

9. What is the enormous desert that stretches across North Africa? Sahara Desert

10. What is the mountain range in northwestern Africa? Atlas Mountain

11. What is the largest river flowing through the Congo Basin and emptying into the Atlantic Ocean? Congo River

12. What ocean lies east of Africa? Indian Ocean

13. What is the great valley that extends, with several breaks, from Syria to central Mozambique? Great Rift Valley

14. 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

15. What island is located about 240 miles off the southeastern coast of Africa? Madagascar

16. What ocean lies west of Africa? South Atlantic Ocean

17. What is the large body of water that separates Africa from Europe? Mediterranean Sea

18. What is the sea that is actually an arm of the Indian Ocean and extends northwest between Africa and the Arabian Peninsula? Red Sea

19. What country contains the Kalahari Desert and is located on the southernmost tip of Africa? South Africa

20. What country contains the Nile River Valley, which sustains most of the population and is located west of the Red Sea? Egypt

21. What country is known for its rich savanna grasslands and magnificent animal parts? It is south of Ethiopia and east of Lake Victoria. Kenya

22. What country is a dry land that stretches across the savanna grasslands and finally to tropical rainforest and is south of the Sahara? Democratic Republic of the Congo

23. What country is the largest country in Africa? Algeria

24. Using pg. 126 in the atlas, locate the country that is rich in minerals and diamonds. South Africa

25. Which country is connected to Asia by the Sinai Peninsula? Egypt

26. What country has 2/3 of its land covered with rainforest and is located in Central Africa? Democratic Republic of the Congo

27. What is one of the deepest lakes in the world and is located between the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Tanzania? Lake Tanganyika

28. What dry semi-arid region lies between the Sahara and the savanna? Sahel