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geography of Africa
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1
Approximately one third of Africa is covered by .......
the Kalahari Desert
the Nile River
mountains
the Sahara Desert
2
Which Oceans surround Africa?
Atlantic and Arctic
Indian and Pacific
Atlantic and Pacific
Atlantic and Indian
3
Natives in the ........ saw a picture of an apatosaurus and recognised it as mokele mbembe.
Sahara Desert
area around Lake Victoria
Congo Jungle
Ethiopian Highlands
4
Dodos, became extinct in 1681 after being wiped out by Portuguese sailors & introduced pests on
Canary Islands
Seychelles
Madagascar
Mauritius
5
How many countries are there in Africa?
26
42
54
35
6
What country got its name from its trade in animal parts
Gambia
Niger
Sierra Leone
Ivory Coast
7
One of the best game parks for tourists see the wildebeest migration is .........
Kruger National Park, South Africa
Maasai Mara, Kenya
Serengeti, Tanzania
Etosha, Namibia
8
What is Africa's largest lake?
Lake Tanganyika
Lake Malawi
Lake Victoria
Lake Chad
9
Where would you find the wildlife oasis of the Okavango Delta?
South Africa
Angola
Botswana
Kenya
10
What is the Kalahari?
The second longest river in Africa
A national park in Tanzania
A desert found in south west Africa
A mountain in the Ethiopian Highlands
11
Lake Malawi is so special because it has .........
the most pure fresh water found anywhere on earth.
become the number one tourist attraction in southern Africa.
more fish species than any other freshwater system on earth.
the greatest population of hippos in Africa.
12
The endangered mountain gorillas found in the Virunga mountains of?
Uganda, Rwanda and Democratic Republic of Congo
South Africa, Botswana and Zimbabwe
Ethiopia and Kenya
Congo, Equatorial Guinea and Gabon
13
What country has the highest population in Africa?
Egypt
Nigeria
Kenya
South Africa
14
How long is the Nile River? (the world's longest river)
5650 kilometres
6650 metres
5650 metres
6650 kilometres
15
The Nile passes through ........
Algeria, Niger and Nigeria
Uganda, Sudan and Egypt
Tanzania, Burundi and Rwanda
Libya, Chad and Central African Republic
16
What large island lies off the east coast of Africa?
Sri Lanka
Borneo
Sumatra
Madagascar
17
What creature kills the most people in Africa each year?
elephants
hippopotamuses
lions
mosquitoes
18
Africa's highest point is ........
Table Mountain
Mt Kilimanjaro
Mt Kenya
Mt Everest
19
What is the largest city in Africa with over 8 million people?
Alexandria, Egypt
Lagos, Nigeria
Cairo, Egypt
Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo
20
Where would you find the Victoria Falls?
Between Zimbabwe and Zambia.
In the Democratic Republic of Congo.
Where the Blue Nile joins the White Nile in Khartoum, Sudan.
In Botswana.
21
What is bilharzia?
A disease caused by parasitic flatworms.
A highly contagious disease.
A disease transmitted by snails affecting over 300,000,000.
A disease caught by fishing or swimming in freshwater.
22
What body of water does the River Nile flow into?
Mediterranean Sea
Indian ocean
Red Sea
Atlantic Ocean
23
Which African country shares a border with the most other African countries?
Sudan
Tanzania
Zambia
Democratic Republic of Congo
24
November 1855, David Livingstone saw the 'Smoke that thunders' and called them after his queen.
Angel Falls
Niagara Falls
Elizabeth Falls
Victoria Falls
25
What is the Great Rift Valley?
A canyon carved by water over an immense period of time.
A canyon carved out by an enormous lahar. (mudflow)
An extinct volcanic crater.
A trench created by tectonic plates splitting apart.
26
Which river in Africa is the deepest river in the world? (over 220 metres in parts)
Niger River
Congo River
Nile River
Zambezi River
27
What is Africa's largest country?
Sudan
Algeria
Libya
Democratic Republic of Congo
28
What is the name of the mountain ranges found in North Africa?
Ethiopian Highlands
Drakensberg Mountains
Mt Kilimanjaro
Atlas Mountains
29
Why was David Livingstone so famous and well respected by the African people?
For bringing Christianity to southern and eastern Africa.
For his discovery of the Zambezi River and Victoria Falls.
For his efforts to stop the slave trade.
For crossing Africa from east to west.
30
What was the name of the island at the centre of the east African slave trade?
Mauritius
Reunion
Zanzibar
Madagascar
