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Geography of Africa

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1. Which Scottish missionary and explorer, is believed to have been the first European to view the Victoria Falls in 1855?
Francis Drake ✓
David Livingstone ✓
Henry Stanley ✓
John Cabot ✓
2. What country was created after referendum in Sudan in 2011?
Burundi ✓
North Sudan ✓
Eritrea ✓
South Sudan ✓
3. Nubia is a region along what river in Africa?
Zambezi ✓
Niger ✓
Congo ✓
Nile ✓
4. What country colonized Cameroon from 1884 to 1916, calling it Kamerun?
Germany ✓
Netherlands ✓
France ✓
United Kingdom ✓
5. What was the only color that appeared on the former flag of Libya from 1977 to 2011?
Red ✓
Green ✓
Blue ✓
White ✓
6. What is the former name of Benin?
Swaziland ✓
Upper Volta ✓
Rhodesia ✓
Dahomey ✓
7. From which country Gabon gained its independence in 1960?
Belgium ✓
United Kingdom ✓
France ✓
Italy ✓
8. What is the second largest mountain in Africa after Kilimanjaro?
Elgon ✓
Rwenzori ✓
Kenya ✓
Atlas ✓
9. There are three capital cities of South Africa. Which city is not the capital?
Johannesburg ✓
Bloemfontein ✓
Pretoria ✓
Cape Town ✓
10. Victoria Falls are located on the border between what two countries?
Zambia and Zimbabwe ✓
Botswana and Namibia ✓
Angola and DR Congo ✓
South Africa and Mozambique ✓
11. Sibebe is the second-largest monolith in the world located near the capital city Mbabane. Which country is this?
Rwanda ✓
Eswatini ✓
Zambia ✓
Lesotho ✓
12. Which ecosystem does not exist in Africa?
Taiga ✓
Tropical rainforest ✓
Savanna ✓
Steppe ✓
13. Djibouti have a coastline along what body of water?
Red sea ✓
Atlantic ocean ✓
Indian ocean ✓
Mediterranean sea ✓
14. Which African country was known as Upper Volta until 1984?
Benin ✓
Mauritania ✓
Burkina Faso ✓
Ethiopia ✓
15. From which country Botswana gained its independence in 1966?
Belgium ✓
United Kingdom ✓
France ✓
Spain ✓
16. What is official language in Benin?
English ✓
French ✓
Spanish ✓
Italian ✓
17. Which two rivers merge in the capital of Sudan, Khartoum, and form the Nile River?
White and Blue Nile ✓
Yellow and White Nile ✓
Blue and Green Nile ✓
Green and Yellow Nile ✓
18. What country in Africa has the highest population?
South Africa ✓
Ethiopia ✓
Egypt ✓
Nigeria ✓
19. Zanzibar is a semi-autonomous region of which country?
Kenya ✓
Mozambique ✓
South Africa ✓
Tanzania ✓
20. What lake in Africa is the world's second oldest and second deepest freshwater lake?
Malawi ✓
Tanganyika ✓
Victoria ✓
Kivu ✓
21. In what part of Africa mainly Bushmen, also known as San people live?
Northern Africa ✓
Eastern Africa ✓
Southern Africa ✓
Western Africa ✓
22. Which is the largest lake in Africa?
Malawi ✓
Volta ✓
Tanganyika ✓
Victoria ✓
23. Which country controlled Eritrea between 1882–1936?
Germany ✓
Italy ✓
France ✓
Spain ✓
24. Rhodesia was an unrecognized state in southern Africa from 1965 to 1979, equivalent in territory to which modern country?
Zambia ✓
Zimbabwe ✓
Mozambique ✓
South Africa ✓
25. What river flows along Botswana's southern border before emptying into the Indian Ocean?
Limpopo ✓
Niger ✓
Congo ✓
Zambezi ✓
26. Which explorer first reached the Cape of Good Hope in 1488?
Bartolomeu Dias ✓
Ferdinand Magellan ✓
Henry the Navigator ✓
Vasco da Gama ✓
27. What ethnic group of Tanzania and Kenya live a semi-nomadic life based on cattle herding?
Zulu ✓
Bushmen ✓
Berber ✓
Maasai ✓
28. What country which completely surrounds Lesotho?
Zimbabwe ✓
Namibia ✓
Botswana ✓
South Africa ✓
29. From which European country Algeria gained its independence in 1962?
United Kingdom ✓
France ✓
Spain ✓
Belgium ✓
30. The Victoria lake's area is divided among three countries. Which country is not one of them?
Zambia ✓
Uganda ✓
Tanzania ✓
Kenya ✓
31. What is official language in Angola?
Portuguese ✓
Spanish ✓
English ✓
French ✓
32. What area south of Sahara with semi-arid climate stretches between the Atlantic Ocean and the Red Sea?
Sahel ✓
Maghreb ✓
Oranje ✓
Kalahari ✓
33. The name of what African country derived from the ancient Greek name for the Red Sea?
Eritrea ✓
Somalia ✓
Sudan ✓
Ethiopia ✓
34. What is official language in Senegal?
Arabic ✓
Swahili ✓
French ✓
English ✓
35. What is the most-spoken first language in Africa?
English ✓
Arabic ✓
Portuguese ✓
French ✓
36. Which European country colonized Namibia between 1884 and 1915?
Portugal ✓
France ✓
Germany ✓
United Kingdom ✓
37. What Spanish islands are located just off the coast of Morocco?
Balearic ✓
Madeira ✓
Azores ✓
Canary ✓
38. What is the name of mountain range spanning the north of Algeria?
Atlas ✓
Elgon ✓
Meru ✓
Rwenzori ✓
39. What was the former name of the Democratic Republic of Congo from 1971 to 1997?
Rhodesia ✓
Brazzaville ✓
Dahomey ✓
Zaire ✓
40. What African river is the world's deepest recorded river, with measured depths in excess of 220 m?
Zambezi ✓
Congo ✓
Limpopo ✓
Nile ✓
41. What ethnic group is made up of Egyptian Christians?
Hutu ✓
Copts ✓
Tutsi ✓
Berbers ✓
42. What is the name of the strait between Morocco and Spain?
Dardanelles ✓
Bosphorus ✓
Gibraltar ✓
Bab-el-Mandeb ✓
43. Which African country has flag that is nearly identical to flag of Romania?
Benin ✓
Gabon ✓
Cameroon ✓
Chad ✓
44. In which African region are the Ahaggar mountains located?
Northern Africa ✓
Central Africa ✓
Eastern Africa ✓
Western Africa ✓
45. What is the name of Spanish autonomous city on the north coast of Africa?
Bizerte ✓
Tangier ✓
Ceuta ✓
Gibraltar ✓
46. Which is the longest river in Africa?
Nile ✓
Congo ✓
Niger ✓
Zambezi ✓
47. In which body of water is the island of Comoros located?
Indian ocean ✓
Atlantic ocean ✓
Mediterranean sea ✓
Red sea ✓
48. What disputed territory is divided between Morocco and the Sahrawi Republic?
Palestine ✓
Gaza Strip ✓
Western Sahara ✓
West Bank ✓
49. What is the official language of Egypt?
French ✓
Persian ✓
Arabic ✓
English ✓
50. What is the name of the strait between Red sea and Gulf of Aden?
Suez ✓
Bab-el Mandeb ✓
Gibraltar ✓
Dardanelles ✓
51. Afrikaans language of South Africa evolved from what European language?
Dutch ✓
French ✓
German ✓
Spanish ✓
52. What is the name of the region of North Africa that includes Algeria, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, and Tunisia?
Sahel ✓
Nubia ✓
Mayombe ✓
Maghreb ✓
53. What European country colonized Tunisia?
Spain ✓
Italy ✓
France ✓
Portugal ✓
54. What African river does not have an outlet to the sea and instead it discharges into the basin in the Kalahari Desert?
Zambezi ✓
Oranje ✓
Congo ✓
Okavango ✓
55. What ethnic groups whose average height is unusually short live primarily in Congo basin?
Zulu ✓
Bantu ✓
Pygmy ✓
Maasai ✓
56. What is the name of the gulf of the northeasternmost part of the tropical Atlantic Ocean from Gabon to Liberia?
Gulf of Nigeria ✓
Gulf of Ghana ✓
Gulf of Cameroon ✓
Gulf of Guinea ✓
57. What was the colonial name of Ghana?
White Coast ✓
Silver Coast ✓
Ivory Coast ✓
Gold Coast ✓
58. Half of Botswana's territory lies in what desert?
Kalahari ✓
Sahara ✓
Namib ✓
Gobi ✓
59. What African country was formerly known as Abyssinia?
Kenya ✓
Sudan ✓
Ethiopia ✓
Somalia ✓
60. The Serengeti hosts the second largest terrestrial mammal migration in the world. Where is it located?
Kenya ✓
Tanzania ✓
Namibia ✓
South Africa ✓
61. There are only three sovereign monarchies in Africa. Which country is not monarchy?
Eswatini ✓
Morocco ✓
Lesotho ✓
Mali ✓
62. From which country Eritrea became independent in 1993?
Somalia ✓
Egypt ✓
Sudan ✓
Ethiopia ✓
63. What are official languages in Morocco?
English and French ✓
French and Arabic ✓
Berber and English ✓
Arabic and Berber ✓
64. Which European country colonized Burkina Faso from 1896 to 1960?
Spain ✓
Belgium ✓
Netherlands ✓
France ✓
65. In what body of water is Mauritius located?
Atlantic ocean ✓
Mediterranean sea ✓
Red sea ✓
Indian ocean ✓
66. Which European country briefly colonized Libya?
Spain ✓
France ✓
Italy ✓
Germany ✓
67. In which country is Kilimanjaro, the highest mountain in Africa located?
Kenya ✓
Uganda ✓
Tanzania ✓
D.R. Congo ✓
68. Which ocean gulf is located between Somalia and Arabian peninsula?
Persian gulf ✓
Gulf of Guinea ✓
Gulf of Aden ✓
Gulf of Oman ✓
69. Which European country colonized the Democratic Republic of Congo?
Germany ✓
France ✓
Netherlands ✓
Belgium ✓
70. What is the largest country in Africa by size?
D.R. Congo ✓
Egypt ✓
Algeria ✓
South Africa ✓
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CardinalSin
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Level 77
Feb 20, 2021
Great quiz. Thank you.
Nenadbs
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Level 53
Feb 20, 2021
Thanks :)
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