Africa Review
Name_____________________________
Period_______
Date___________
Directions: Fill in the blanks with the correct physical features from the box
below. E a c h a n s w e r w i l l b e u s e d o n l y o n c e !
Mozambique Channel
Mt. Kilimanjaro
Nile River
Mediterranean Sea
Kalahari Desert
Cape of Good Hope
Sahara Desert
Lake Victoria
Congo River
Victoria Falls
Great Rift Valley
1. _______________________________ is Africa’s largest lake and the largest tropical lake in the world. It is
the source of the longest branch of the Nile River, the White Nile.
2. The _______________________________ is a major north-flowing river in Africa, generally regarded as the
second longest river in the world.
3. The _______________________________ is the world’s largest hot desert, and second largest desert after
Antarctica. It is almost as large as the United States, and is located in North Africa.
4. The _______________________________ is a sea of the Atlantic Ocean almost completely enclosed by
land: on the north by Europe, on the south by Africa, and on the east by Asia.
5. The _______________________________ is a large arid to semi-arid sandy area in southern Africa, covering much of Botswana and parts of Namibia and South Africa.
6. _______________________________ is a mountain in north-eastern Tanzania. It is the tallest free-standing
mountain rise in the world rising 15,000 ft. from the base, and includes the highest peak in Africa at 19,340 ft.
7. _______________________________ is a waterfall situated on the Zambezi River, on the border between
Zambia and Zimbabwe.The falls are roughly 1 mile wide and 420 ft. high.
8. The _______________________________ is a vast valley, approximately 6,000 km in length, which runs
from northern Syria in Southwest Asia to central Mozambique in East Africa.
9. The _______________________________ is the largest river in Western Central Africa. Its overall length of
4,374 km (2,720 miles) makes it the second longest in Africa. The river and its tributaries flow through the second largest rain forest area in the world.
10. The _______________________________ is a portion of the Indian Ocean between the island of
Madagascar and southeast Africa.
Directions: Match the letters on the map with the physical features on the left.
Namib Desert ____
B
A
Mediterranean Sea ____
F
H
Atlas Mountains ____
G
I
Sahara Desert ____
C
Indian Ocean ____
E
Red Sea ____
Canary Islands ____
Sahel ____
Strait of Gibraltar ____
Great Rift Valley ____
D
J
Directions: Match the letters on the map with the correct countries below.
H
B
F
G
J
I
A
E
C
D
Madagascar ____
Nigeria ____
Angola ____
South Africa ____
Kenya ____
Sudan ____
Algeria ____
Egypt ____
Namibia ____
Democratic Republic of the Congo ____