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