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AllAboutAfrica


Africaisacontinentthathasmanycountries.Somecountriesarevery
small.Othersareverybig.
Africaisverylarge.Therearedifferentoceansoneachside!Mostpeoplelivein
thesouth.Theylivenearriversandtheoceans.Thenorthishotanddry.Notas
manypeoplelivethere.
Somepeopleliveintowns.Othersliveincities.Manyliveonfarms.Thereare
manygroupsofpeopleinAfrica.NoteverypersonspeaksEnglish.Onelanguage
peoplespeakinAfricaiscalledSwahili.Inonecountry,therearemorethanten
languages!
AfamousriverisinAfrica.ItiscalledtheNile.Peoplehavelivednearitformany
years.Peopleuseitswatertohelpgrowfood.Itgoesthroughmanydifferentplaces.
Peoplealsousethisrivertogetfromplacetoplace.

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Directions:ReadAllAboutAfricaandanswerthefollowingquestions.

1.WhydomostpeopleinAfricaliveinthesouth?
A.Becauseitisneartheriversandoceans
B.Becauseitiscoolandbreezy
C.Becauseitishotanddry
D.Becausethenorthistoofaraway

2.WhatisSwahili?
A.Ariver
B.Amountain
C.Anocean
D.Alanguage

3.WhatcountrydoesmostoftheNileRiverflowthrough?
A.Libya
B.Swahili
C.Egypt
D.Africa

4.WhattwooceanstouchAfrica?

A.TheNileOceanandAtlanticOcean
B.ThePacificOceanandIndianOcean
C.TheArcticOceanandIndianOcean
D.TheAtlanticOceanandIndianOcean

5.Whatisthearticlemostlyabout?
A.TheNileRiver
B.Africa
C.Egypt
D.CountriesinAfrica