Landforms, rivers and resources of Africa south of the Sahara

Grade 6 Social Studies Worksheet - Building Confidence

Circle the best answer.

1. 1.

   Tala finds a dry belt of grassland and scrub along the southern edge of the Sahara. What is it called?

   • The Sahel
   • The Great Plains
   • The Llanos
   • The Pampas
2. 2.

   Zee traces a long valley in East Africa where the Earth's crust is pulling apart, lined with lakes and volcanoes. What is it called?

   • The Nile Delta
   • The Amazon Basin
   • The Grand Canyon
   • The Great Rift Valley
3. 3.

   Map of southern Africa with a large dry region shaded tan. Ari finds a large, dry, sandy region covering much of Botswana and parts of Namibia and South Africa. What is it called?

   • The Atacama Desert
   • The Gobi Desert in Asia
   • The Mojave Desert
   • The Kalahari Desert
4. 4.

   Map of East Africa with one long, narrow lake shaded along Tanzania's western border. Esme finds a very long, deep lake lying in a rift valley along the western border of Tanzania. Which lake is it?

   • Lake Victoria
   • Lake Michigan
   • The Caspian Sea
   • Lake Tanganyika
5. 5.

   Jun traces the large curve of ocean along West Africa's southern coast, from Ghana to Gabon. What is it called?

   • Hudson Bay
   • The Gulf of California
   • The Bay of Bengal
   • The Gulf of Guinea
6. 6.

   Kira labels Africa on a world map. What is Africa?

   • A continent with 54 countries
   • A large island
   • One large country
   • Part of Europe
7. 7.

   Luz labels Nigeria, in West Africa. What is Nigeria?

   • A continent of its own
   • A lake
   • A river
   • A country in West Africa
8. 8.

   Milo labels Madagascar, off Africa's southeast coast, with ocean all around it. What is Madagascar?

   • A continent of its own
   • A peninsula of Africa
   • An island country
   • A lake
10. 9.

    Noah reads that one West African country grows more cocoa, the bean used for chocolate, than any other. Which country is it?

    • Ethiopia
    • Zambia
    • Côte d'Ivoire
    • Egypt
11. 10.

    Pia reads that one southern African country mines large amounts of copper. Which country is it?

    Use the picture in question 9.

    • Côte d'Ivoire
    • Ethiopia
    • Egypt
    • Zambia