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Geography of Africa Quiz
1.
Which country is the chief home of the Shona people?
Tanzania
Kenya
Zimbabwe
Namibia
2.
Serengeti National Park is in which country?
Canada
Tanzania
India
Kenya
3.
Which country was formerly called Rhodesia?
Somalia
Zimbabwe
Ethiopia
Algeria
4.
What is the name given to various types of open country in southern Africa that is used for pasturage and farmland?
pampas
prairie
veld
tundra
5.
What is the North African mountain range that runs from the Moroccan port of Agadir in the southwest to the Tunisian capital of Tunis in the northeast?
Drakensberg
Ruwenzori Range
Virunga Mountains
Atlas Mountains
6.
In which country would you find the city of Timbuktu?
Chad
Mali
Niger
Morocco
7.
What is the full name of “The Rand,” the ridge of gold-yielding rock in Gauteng province, South Africa?
Krugerrand
Randers Fjord
Witwatersrand
Kaap Plateau
8.
What Ethiopian locality is famous for its 11 monolithic churches (hewn out of solid rock)?
Lalībela
Addis Ababa
Mogadishu
Aksum
9.
According to local tradition, what ancient Christian artifact is located in the church of St. Mary of Zion in Aksum, Ethiopia?
Ark of the Covenant
Holy Grail
True Cross
burial shroud of Jesus
10.
What historic city, located in the centre of the fertile Haouz Plain south of the Tennsift River, is the major city of central Morocco?
Rabat
Agadir
Marrakech
Casablanca
11.
Olduvai Gorge, an archaeological site in the eastern Serengeti Plain, is located in what country?
Botswana
Kenya
Tanzania
Ethiopia
12.
Which of the following is not a border of the Sahara Desert?
Bering Sea
Atlantic Ocean
Pacific Ocean
Black Sea
13.
Which African river flows into the Indian Ocean?
Mania River
Zambezi River
Kowie River
Luangwa River
14.
Which of the following country lies on the Horn of Africa?
Serbia
Ethiopia
Slovenia
Philippines
15.
What was the historical name of Lalībela?
Monomotapa
Dahomey
Bechuanaland
Roha
16.
Which of the following ethnic group of people is found in Burkina Faso?
Ewe
Mossi
Igbira
Yoruba
17.
What separates the Gabon estuary from Corisco Bay?
Peninsula Cape
Cape Agulhas
Santa-Clara Cape
Cape of Good Hope
18.
In which country do we find Winam Gulf?
Guam
Argentina
Bulgaria
Kenya
19.
Which lake is the largest lake in Africa and the main reservoir of the Nile?
Lake Tanganyika
Lake Victoria
Lake Chad
Lake Malawi
20.
What body of water connects the Mediterranean and the Red seas?
Seuz Canal
Gulf of Aden
Benue River
Lake Kivu
21.
Osei Tutu was the founder and first ruler of which historical empire?
Mali Empire
Aksumite Empire
Asante empire
Songhai Empire
22.
Which is the highest mountain peak of the Sahara?
Mount Karisimbi
Mount Virunga
Mount Koussi
Mount Elgon
23.
Which is the highest peak in Africa?
Toubkal
Mount Elgon
Mount Batian
Kilimanjaro
24.
Which country is completely surrounded by South Africa?
Cape Verde
Madagascar
Lesotho
Liberia
25.
Which is the smallest non-island country in Africa?
The Gambia
Mozambique
CĂ´te d'Ivoire
Tanzania
26.
Which language is spoken on the east coast of Africa?
Cushitic language
Songhay language
Swahili language
Malagasy language
27.
Which is the largest lake in Ethiopia?
Chamo Lake
Lake Turkana
Ziway Lake
Lake Tana
28.
Which Zimbabwean town was founded after the discovery of coal?
Beitbridge
Kadoma
Hwange
Chitungwiza
29.
Which town in Zambia is known as "the garden town of the copper belt"?
Chinsali
Mazabuka
Luanshya
Solwezi
30.
Which is the easternmost extension of Africa?
Horn of Africa
Somali
Tigray Region
Ethiopian Highlands
31.
Which of the following rivers was the place of battle between the Zulu and the Voortrekker Boers?
Ogooué River
Blood River
Kagera River
Volta River
32.
Who built the archaeological site Abu Simbel?
Ramses II
Amenhotep III
Khafra
Akhenaten
33.
Which of the following is home to the Zulu people of Africa?
Free State
Gauteng
KwaZulu-Natal
Northern Cape
34.
Which river is also called the father of African rivers?
Ubangi River
Kasai River
Nile River
Uele River
35.
Which is the largest desert in the world?
Guban
Grand Bara
Sahara
Namib
36.
Which continent lies in all four hemispheres?
Africa
Asia
Antarctica
Europe
37.
Which African country was home to the extinct bird dodo?
Ivory Coast
Zimbabwe
Mauritius
Angola
38.
What is the lowest point on the African continent?
Lake Mweru
Lake Edward
Lake Assal
Lake Albert
39.
Which is the largest African country by area?
SĂŁo TomĂ© and PrĂncipe
Eritrea
Seychelles
Algeria
40.
In what part of Africa is the Cape of Good Hope located?
South Africa
Nigeria
Morocco
South Sudan
41.
Which African country means “river among rivers” in the Tamashek language?
Djibouti
Niger
Republic of the Congo
Botswana
42.
Which country is bordered by Burkina Faso, Nigeria, and Togo
Sierra Leone
Comoros
Libya
Benin
43.
Which is the highest waterfall in Africa?
Rianbavy Falls
Kagera Falls
Owu Falls
Tugela Falls
44.
What is the current name of Stanley Falls located in Ubundu and Kisangani?
Boyoma Falls
Gauthiot Falls
Rusumo Falls
Thomson's Falls
45.
Which African nation means “land of the blacks”?
Cameroon
Burundi
Guinea
Sudan
46.
Which is the largest ethnic group in South Africa?
Bantu
Zulu
Hutu
Khoekhoe
47.
Ouagadougou is the capital of which African nation?
Somalia
Burkina Faso
Malawi
Gabon
48.
Which South African language originated from Dutch?
Indo-European language
Khoe-Kwadi languages
Afrikaans language
Nilo-Saharan language
49.
Which country was formerly called South West Africa?
Tunisia
Namibia
Mali
Guinea-Bissau
50.
Cape Town and Pretoria are two capital cities of South Africa, which city is the third?
Bloemfontein
Queenstown
Johannesburg
Durban
51.
Which landlocked African country is nicknamed "the land of a thousand hills"?
Senegal
Rwanda
Swaziland
Mauritania
52.
What is the second highest mountain in Africa?
Mount Kenya
Mount Stanley
Mount Cameroon
Mount Meru
53.
In which year was Johannesburg found?
1902
1861
1994
1886
54.
What is Swaziland now known as?
Nyasaland
Creole
Eswatini
Kinshasa
55.
What was Harare, capital of Zimbabwe, formerly known as?
Barbary Coast
Salisbury
Numidia
Carthage
56.
N’Djamena is the capital of which of the following countries?
Equatorial Guinea
Ghana
Chad
Uganda
57.
Which African national capital was named after the American president James Monroe?
Harare
Lusaka
Kampala
Monrovia
58.
Which African desert name means "an area where there is nothing"?
Karoo Desert
Kalahari Desert
Guban Desert
Namib Desert
59.
Where is Victoria Falls located?
Zambia
Romania
San Marino
Paraguay
60.
Which of the following separates Africa from Europe?
Mediterranean Sea
Caspian Sea
Red Sea
Arabian Sea
61.
Which mountain in South Africa is also known as Tafelberg?
Helderberg Mountain
Pilanesberg mountain
Table Mountain
Impati Mountain
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