Statistics for Political Geography: Africa

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Hint	Answer	% Correct
Zanzibar is an autonomous region of this country	Tanzania	97%
Ngazidja, Ndzuani, and Mwali are islands that belong to this island country.	Comoros	94%
The mainland country that has 521 (mostly uninhabited) islands off its Red Sea coast.	Egypt	94%
The three most populous islands belonging to this island nation are Santiago, São Vicente, and Santo Antão.	Cape Verde	90%
Although most of this country’s area is located on the mainland, its capital city is on the island of Bioko.	Equatorial Guinea	90%
Western Sahara (the former colony of Spanish Sahara) is partially controlled by the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic (which at some stage was recognized by 84 UN member states). Most of Western Sahara is controlled by which sovereign state?	Morocco	90%
The autonomous province of Príncipe is contained in which country?	São Tomé and Príncipe	87%
Mahé, Praslin, and La Digue are three of the islands that are contained in this island nation.	Seychelles	87%
This European country has two autonomous cities (Ceuta and Melilla) on the north coast of Africa that are claimed by Morocco.	Spain	87%
The Dahlak Archipelago and certain other islands in the Red Sea belong to which mainland country?	Eritrea	84%
Although this country owns the fourth largest island in the world, it also has over 250 smaller ones.	Madagascar	84%
This federal republic has two states that have self-declared autonomy (Puntland and Galmudug) and another that is de facto independent, although it is not diplomatically recognized by any UN member state.	Somalia	84%
Perhaps the most famous of this country’s many islands is Robben Island, where one of its future presidents was imprisoned for 18 years.	South Africa	84%
	Sudan	84%
This mainland country has islands in the Red Sea, in the Bab-el-Mandeb (the strait between Yemen and Africa), and in the Gulf of Tadjoura.	Djibouti	81%
This country uses the westernmost point of uninhabited Pyramid Island in Lake Victoria to demarcate its border with Uganda.	Kenya	81%
Rodrigues is an autonomous island contained in this country.	Mauritius	81%
	Réunion	81%
The disputed Abyei Area, a zone with “special administrative status,” is jointly administered by the UN and these two countries.	South Sudan	71%
This southernmost region of Spain is geographically part of Africa.	Canary Islands	68%
Two of this European country’s Pelagie Islands lie on the African continent.	Italy	68%
This country owns an Indian Ocean island of the same name that has been designated a UNESCO World Heritage Site.	Mozambique	68%
	Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha	61%
This autonomous region of Portugal is geographically part of Africa.	Madeira Islands	52%
Owner of the Penguin Islands, this country also owns the man-made Bird Island, which serves as a breeding ground for birds and yields guano, which is collected and sold.	Namibia	52%
France has two Overseas Departments in Africa. What are their names?	Mayotte	48%
Name the two British Overseas Territories in Africa.	British Indian Ocean Territory	35%
The only Norwegian Dependent Territory in Africa.	Bouvet Island	23%
Name the French Overseas Territory that is located partially in Africa.	French Southern and Antarctic Lands	16%
Name the single Australian External Territory in Africa.	Heard Island and McDonald Islands	6%