Africa Basic Knowledge

Can you answer these basic questions about the continent of Africa?

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Hint	Answer
Largest hot desert in the world	Sahara
Unique geographical climate south of the above	Sahel
What is the most populous country in Africa?	Nigeria
Longest river in the world	Nile
Sea that borders North Africa	Mediterranean Sea
Largest urban area on the continent (as of 2022)	Cairo
What is the largest country in Africa by land size?	Algeria
Mountain range in Northern Africa	Atlas
Landmark(s) located in Giza	Pyramids
Where the Akan people originate	Ghana
First black president of South Africa	Nelson Mandela
Policy of racial segregation in South Africa	Apartheid
One of the three largest cities in South Africa	Johannesburg \| Cape Town \| Durban
Famous ruler of the Zulu's	Shaka
Famous cape founded by Bartolomeu Dias in 1488	Cape of Good Hope
One of the two African countries not to be colonized	Ethiopia \| Liberia
Bantu language found in Eastern Africa	Swahili
Namesake for a disease and river in the DRC	Ebola
Former emirate and island in Tanzania	Zanzibar
Three most understood European languages (in order)	French
	English
	Portuguese
Zimbabwean Prime Minister 1980 to 2017	Robert Mugabe
Country with a genocide in 1994	Rwanda
Endangered species in East Africa	Mountain Gorilla
Largest waterfall in the world	Victoria Falls
Rich ancient empire in Western Africa	Mali Empire
One 3 largest Great Lakes of Africa	Malawi \| Tanganyika \| Victoria
Youngest country in the world (until 2027)	South Sudan
Large island off the coast of Mozambique	Madagascar

Level 77

Mar 29, 2022

Good quiz. Please can you re-word the second question, replacing "underneath" with "South of", which is, I'm sure, what you meant to say.

Level 68

Mar 29, 2022

Sure

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