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