• 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)?

  • LalÄ«bela
  • 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?

  • OgoouĂ© 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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