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