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 Pampas
   • The Sahel
   • The Llanos
   • The Great Plains
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 Great Rift Valley
   • The Amazon Basin
   • The Nile Delta
   • The Grand Canyon
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 Kalahari Desert
   • The Mojave Desert
   • The Gobi Desert in Asia
   • The Atacama 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 Titicaca
   • Lake Victoria
   • Lake Baikal
   • Lake Superior
5. 5.

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

   • A large island
   • One large country
   • Part of Europe
   • A continent with 54 countries
6. 6.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

    Use the picture in question 8.

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

    • Egypt
    • Ethiopia
    • Zambia
    • Côte d'Ivoire