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

   Map of East Africa with one very large lake shaded and unlabeled. Bo finds the largest lake in Africa, shared by Uganda, Kenya and Tanzania. Which lake is it?

   • Lake Superior
   • Lake Titicaca
   • Lake Victoria
   • Lake Baikal
5. 5.

   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?

   • The Caspian Sea
   • Lake Michigan
   • Lake Tanganyika
   • Lake Victoria
6. 6.

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

   • A lake
   • A river
   • A country in West Africa
   • A continent of its own
7. 7.

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

   • A lake
   • A peninsula of Africa
   • An island country
   • A continent of its own
9. 8.

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

   • Côte d'Ivoire
   • Egypt
   • Zambia
   • Ethiopia
10. 9.

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

    Use the picture in question 8.

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

    Ren reads that coffee first came from the highlands of one East African country, which still grows the most coffee in Africa. Which country is it?

    Use the picture in question 8.

    • Ethiopia
    • Côte d'Ivoire
    • Egypt
    • Zambia