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Multiple choice geography africa - location, political divisions and physical features study of africa africa africa - the central continent cocoa cultivation in ghana

The river Zambezi originates from ______.

  1. Victoria lake

  2. North-western Plateau Zambia

  3. Tanganyika lake

  4. Mt. Atlas
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

The Zambezi river originates from north-west plateau of zambia.

The river is an amazing 2,200 miles (3,540 kilometers) long. The Zambezi is the longest east flowing river in Africa. Its source is in the wetlands of the Mwinilunga District of north-western Zambia, near the border where Zambia, Angola and theCongo meet. The Zambezi flows through six countries.

Multiple choice geography africa - location, political divisions and physical features study of africa africa africa - the central continent cocoa cultivation in ghana

Kimberley, a town of South Africa is famous for _________.

  1. Diamonds

  2. Goldmines

  3. Poisoneous Snakes

  4. Seaport
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

Kimberley is a prospecting city famous for its quality diamonds, the largest man-made excavation in the world and impressive variety of tourists attractions. It is the capital city of the Northern Cape and surrounded by five of South Africa's big rivers, two of them being the Orange and Vaal Rivers"

Multiple choice geography africa - location, political divisions and physical features study of africa africa africa - the central continent cocoa cultivation in ghana

Which continent is also known as the 'Dark Continent'?

  1. Australia

  2. South America

  3. Africa

  4. Europe
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation
Europe did not know much about Africa until the 19th century, but that answer is misleading and disingenuous. Europeans had known quite a lot about Africa for at least 2,000 years, but because of powerful imperial impulses, European leaders began purposefully ignoring earlier sources of information.

At the same time, the campaign against slavery and for missionary work in Africa actually intensified Europeans’ racial ideas about African people in the 1800s. They called Africa the Dark Continent, because of the mysteries and the savagery they expected to find in the “Interior."
Multiple choice geography africa - location, political divisions and physical features study of africa africa africa - the central continent cocoa cultivation in ghana

Which of the following country of the African continent is an Arab republic?

  1. Kenya

  2. South Africa

  3. Egypt

  4. Zimbabwe
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

22 countries are Arab countries with people who are considered Arabs by Arabs. Bahrain, Egypt, Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Oman, Palestine, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Syria, the United Arab Emirates, and Yemen are the only Arab countries.

Multiple choice geography africa - location, political divisions and physical features study of africa africa africa - the central continent cocoa cultivation in ghana

Which of the following is not true of the Sahara Region?

  1. Once there existed good number of rivers and dense vegetation and the area experienced a good amount of rainfall

  2. Dates are grown in abundance here

  3. Days are very hot and nights are very cold
  4. Rainfall in Sahara region exceeds $23$ inches per year
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation

The Sahara is a hyper-arid desert where annual rainfall is typically well below 5 inches, not exceeding 23 inches. The other options correctly describe its historical climate, agricultural practices, and extreme diurnal temperature variations.

Multiple choice geography africa - location, political divisions and physical features study of africa africa africa - the central continent cocoa cultivation in ghana

Africa is a hot continent, because __________.

  1. There are many volcanoes

  2. There is a great Sahara desert

  3. The greater part of the continent lies within the equatorial type of climate

  4. This is a big producer of spices
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

Africa mainly lies within the intertropical zone between the Tropic of Cancer and the Tropic of Capricorn. Only the northernmost and the southernmost fringes of the continent have a Mediterranean climate because they aren't located under the tropics. Because of this geographical situation, Africa is a hot continent as the solar radiation intensity is always high. Thus, warm and hot climates prevails all over Africa but the northern part is the most marked part by aridity and high temperatures."