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