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A) Arabian Desert B) Kalahari Desert C) Sahara Desert D) Gobi Desert
A) Asia B) Australia C) North America D) Africa
A) 1 million square miles B) 2.5 million square miles C) 3.6 million square miles D) 4.5 million square miles
A) Qahira B) Jazeera C) Maraksh D) Sahara
A) Nile River B) Amazon River C) Mississippi River D) Yangtze River
A) Rocky Mountains B) Andes Mountains C) Himalayas D) Atlas Mountains
A) Erg Admer B) Sossusvlei C) Erg Chebbi D) Erg Chigaga
A) Red Sea B) Caspian Sea C) Mediterranean Sea D) Arabian Sea
A) Mesa B) Plateau C) Reg D) Steppe
A) Trans-Saharan Trade Route B) Silk Road C) Oregon Trail D) Panama Canal
A) Christianity B) Islam C) Hinduism D) Buddhism
A) Penguin B) Polar Bear C) Camel D) Arctic Fox
A) Sand Dunes B) Rainforests C) Volcanoes D) Icebergs
A) Iron oxide B) Titanium oxide C) Copper oxide D) Zinc oxide
A) South Africa B) Kenya C) Algeria D) Nigeria
A) Dates B) Pineapples C) Apples D) Bananas
A) Inuit B) Tuareg C) Bedouin D) Maasai
A) Spanish B) Arabic C) French D) English
A) Sombrero B) Tagelmust C) Turban D) Beanie
A) Gobi Desert B) Arabian Desert C) Antarctica D) Kalahari Desert
A) The Sahel B) The Nile Valley C) The Mediterranean Sea D) The Atlas Mountains
A) Coastal plains B) Sand seas C) Rocky hamada D) Gravel plains
A) Mount Kenya B) Toubkal C) Kilimanjaro D) Emi Koussi
A) The southern limit of the Mediterranean forest B) The southern limit of the Sahel C) The northern limit of the Nubian Desert D) The northern limit of date palm cultivation
A) The 100 mm isohyet of annual precipitation B) The 200 mm isohyet of annual precipitation C) The 250 mm isohyet of annual precipitation D) The 150 mm isohyet of annual precipitation
A) Tripoli B) Timbuktu C) Algiers D) Nouakchott
A) Volcanic activity B) Human activity C) The precession of Earth's axis D) Tectonic shifts
A) Grasslands B) Dense forests C) Sparse vegetation D) Cacti
A) The southern limit of the Sahel B) The northern limit of the Nubian Desert C) The northern limit of esparto D) The southern limit of Cornulaca monacantha
A) Algiers B) Nouakchott C) Agadez D) Tripoli
A) High humidity B) Hyperarid conditions C) Frequent rainfall D) Dense vegetation
A) Dfb B) Cfa C) BWh D) Am
A) Mediterranean Sea B) Intertropical Convergence Zone C) Indian Ocean D) Atlantic Ocean
A) Maritime tropical (mT) B) Maritime polar (mP) C) Continental polar (cP) D) Continental tropical (cT)
A) Tropical cyclones B) Subsiding air from the subtropical ridge C) Trade winds D) Monsoons
A) Create a rain shadow effect B) Increase humidity C) Decrease temperatures D) Increase rainfall
A) Subtropical high pressure B) High altitude C) High precipitation D) Proximity to oceans
A) Frequent thunderstorms B) Extremely low and erratic rainfall C) High humidity D) High annual snowfall
A) Confinement to the upper troposphere B) Causes heavy rainfall C) Disappears completely D) Reaches the ground
A) Polar front B) Equatorial low C) Subtropical ridge D) Monsoon winds
A) Dama gazelle B) Saharan cheetah C) African wild dog D) Northeast African cheetah
A) Primary regional center B) Trade outpost C) Peripheral settlement D) Secondary regional center
A) The Saharan halophytics B) The North Saharan steppe and woodlands C) The Sahara desert ecoregion D) The South Saharan steppe and woodlands
A) The West Saharan montane xeric woodlands B) The South Saharan steppe and woodlands C) The Tibesti-Jebel Uweinat montane xeric woodlands D) The Sahara desert ecoregion
A) A Dansgaard-Oeschger (DO) event B) A Heinrich event C) A Milankovitch cycle D) A Younger Dryas event
A) El Niño B) La Niña C) Indian Ocean Dipole D) North Atlantic Oscillation (NAO)
A) Seated B) Standing C) Lying flat D) Fetal position
A) 100 millimetres (4 in) to 250 millimetres (10 in) B) Less than 1 millimetre (0.04 in) C) 5 millimetres (0.2 in) or less D) 10 millimetres (0.4 in) or less
A) Wooden architecture B) Rammed earth architecture C) Stone architecture D) Brick architecture
A) The vast central hyper-arid core B) The eastern Sahara C) The northern fringe D) The southern fringe
A) Variable levels B) Low levels C) Moderate levels D) Extremely high levels
A) The Saharan cheetah B) The fennec fox C) The addax D) The dorcas gazelle
A) Songhai Empire B) Oyo Empire C) Mali Empire D) Ghana Empire
A) Albert Einstein. B) Charles Darwin. C) John Kutzbach. D) Rudolf Spitaler.
A) Songhai civilization B) Ghana civilization C) Mali civilization D) Tichitt civilization
A) Dhar Tagant B) Dia Shoma C) Dhar Néma D) Bou Khzama
A) Agadez B) Ain Sefra C) Timbuktu D) Biskra
A) Freezing B) Drying in the sun C) Evisceration D) Preservation in honey
A) 4,300 kWh/(m2 year) B) 1,240 kWh/(m2 year) C) 2,800 kWh/(m2 year) D) 3,600 kWh/(m2 year)
A) Sheep B) Goats C) Dromedary camels D) Horses
A) Asyut B) Ouarzazate C) Timbuktu D) Biskra
A) Isolationist policies B) Complex social hierarchies C) Nomadic lifestyle D) Simple social structures
A) 75% B) 50% C) 17% D) 31%
A) About 1500 species B) Around 2800 species C) Over 4000 species D) Approximately 500 species
A) The Tanezrouft B) The Atlantic coastal desert C) The South Saharan steppe and woodlands D) The Sahara desert ecoregion
A) Every 50,000 years B) Every 100,000 years C) Every 21,000 years D) Every 10,000 years
A) Significant variation B) Minimal variation C) No variation D) Constant high temperatures
A) Seated position B) Lying flat position C) Standing position D) Crouched position
A) 4,300 hours B) 1,240 hours C) 3,600 hours D) 2,800 hours
A) Sand vipers B) Elephants C) Monitor lizards D) Hyrax
A) Haplogroup M35 B) Haplogroup R C) Haplogroup P2 D) Haplogroup E
A) About half B) Approximately a quarter C) Nearly all D) Less than 10%
A) Antonio Ascenzi B) Zahi Hawass C) Paul Sereno D) Howard Carter
A) Grasses B) Palms C) Acacia trees D) Succulents
A) Rice B) Pearl millet C) Barley D) Sorghum
A) Red hair B) Dark skin complexion C) Light skin complexion D) Blue eyes
A) Antelope skin B) Cowhide C) Goat skin D) Papyrus
A) Egalitarian society B) Two-tiered hierarchy C) Four-tiered hierarchy D) Monarchical system
A) Wet and cloudy B) Humid and rainy C) Sunny, dry, and stable D) Cold and snowy
A) The Younger Dryas period B) The Bølling/Allerød phase C) The Holocene thermal maximum climatic phase at 4000 BCE D) The Last Glacial Maximum
A) Rice B) Wheat C) Cereals D) Barley
A) Pastoralists overgrazing available grassland. B) A decrease in solar radiation. C) A rise in sea levels. D) A sudden increase in rainfall.
A) P2 haplogroup B) R haplogroup C) E haplogroup D) M35 haplogroup
A) 13–20 °C (23–36 °F) B) 25 °C (77 °F) C) 10 °C (18 °F) D) 40 °C (104 °F)
A) Lying side by side B) Standing upright C) Hugging each other D) Seated
A) A gold necklace B) A silver bracelet C) A copper ring D) An ostrich eggshell necklace
A) The Tibesti-Jebel Uweinat montane xeric woodlands B) The South Saharan steppe and woodlands C) The West Saharan montane xeric woodlands D) The Sahara desert ecoregion
A) Copper B) Stone C) Clay D) Tamed pearl millet
A) Dhar Néma B) Dhar Tichitt C) Dhar Walata D) Dhar Tagant
A) Makes it drier B) Increases rainfall C) Reduces temperature D) Increases humidity
A) Biskra B) Timbuktu C) Agadez D) Aswan
A) 41.9 °C (107.4 °F) B) 43.8 °C (110.8 °F) C) 45.5 °C (113.9 °F) D) 46.4 °C (115.5 °F)
A) They are active only at night B) They are active only during the rainy season C) They are active all day D) They are active outside their nest for only about ten minutes per day
A) The Ferrel Cell B) The Hadley Cell C) The Walker Cell D) The Polar Cell
A) An organic preservative B) Water C) Clay D) Salt
A) Paul Sereno B) Antonio Ascenzi C) Howard Carter D) Charles Darwin
A) 80 °C (176 °F) B) 83.5 °C (182.3 °F) C) 75 °C (167 °F) D) 72 °C (161.6 °F)
A) Biskra B) Ouarzazate C) Timbuktu D) Kufra
A) 500 B) 200 C) 300 D) 100
A) Increases rainfall B) Promotes cloud formation C) Decreases temperature D) Blocks air ascent |