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