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6th grade Landforms, rivers and resources of Africa south of the Sahara worksheet

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Landforms, rivers and resources of Africa south of the Sahara

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

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

  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. 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. 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
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Landforms, rivers and resources of Africa south of the Sahara. Every version has 10 questions, and the answer key prints on the second page.

What your child will learn

  • I can name the Sahel, the Great Rift Valley and Africa's great lakes, and tell a continent from a country or an island.
  • I can tell rainforest, savanna and desert apart, work out which way rivers flow, and explain why high places are cooler.
  • I can compare river lengths and explain how copper, oil, cocoa, coffee and tea reach other countries.

Standard: D2.Geo.10.6-8

Common mistakes

Your child mixed up a continent, a country and an island. Africa is a continent of 54 countries; Nigeria is one country; Madagascar is an island country.

Your child matched a resource to the wrong place. Make a chart together: Côte d'Ivoire cocoa, Zambia copper, Ethiopia coffee, Kenya tea.

Your child thought rivers flow south. Rivers flow downhill toward their mouth, in any direction. Trace a river from source to mouth together.

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What is the most common mistake with landforms, rivers and resources of africa south of the sahara?

Your child mixed up a continent, a country and an island. Africa is a continent of 54 countries; Nigeria is one country; Madagascar is an island country.

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