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Geography of Africa #3
Test your knowledge about geography of Africa.
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Last updated: February 20, 2021
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1.
In which country is Kilimanjaro, the highest mountain in Africa located?
Kenya
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D.R. Congo
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Tanzania
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Uganda
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2.
Which Egyptian city on the southern tip of the Sinai Peninsula is a popular tourist destination?
Sharm El Sheikh
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Hurgada
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Hammamet
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Antalya
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3.
Which Scottish missionary and explorer, is believed to have been the first European to view the Victoria Falls in 1855?
Henry Stanley
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David Livingstone
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John Cabot
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Francis Drake
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4.
What is the name of Spanish autonomous city on the north coast of Africa?
Gibraltar
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Bizerte
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Ceuta
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Tangier
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5.
Nubia is a region along what river in Africa?
Congo
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Niger
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Zambezi
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Nile
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6.
The Serengeti hosts the second largest terrestrial mammal migration in the world. Where is it located?
Namibia
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South Africa
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Kenya
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Tanzania
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7.
What African river does not have an outlet to the sea and instead it discharges into the basin in the Kalahari Desert?
Congo
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Zambezi
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Oranje
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Okavango
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8.
In which African region are the Ahaggar mountains located?
Western Africa
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Central Africa
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Eastern Africa
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Northern Africa
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9.
Rhodesia was an unrecognized state in southern Africa from 1965 to 1979, equivalent in territory to which modern country?
Mozambique
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South Africa
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Zambia
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Zimbabwe
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10.
Zanzibar is a semi-autonomous region of which country?
South Africa
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Kenya
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Mozambique
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Tanzania
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11.
What is the most populous city in the African continent?
Lagos
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Kinshasa
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Cairo
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Johannesburg
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12.
Which two rivers merge in the capital of Sudan, Khartoum, and form the Nile River?
Blue and Green Nile
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Yellow and White Nile
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White and Blue Nile
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Green and Yellow Nile
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13.
Praia is the capital of which African country?
Senegal
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Cape Verde
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Mauritania
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Chad
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14.
What country colonized Cameroon from 1884 to 1916, calling it Kamerun?
Germany
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Netherlands
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France
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United Kingdom
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15.
What lake in Africa is the world's second oldest and second deepest freshwater lake?
Kivu
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Victoria
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Tanganyika
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Malawi
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16.
What area south of Sahara with semi-arid climate stretches between the Atlantic Ocean and the Red Sea?
Sahel
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Maghreb
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Kalahari
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Oranje
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17.
Which European country colonized Burkina Faso from 1896 to 1960?
France
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Belgium
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Netherlands
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Spain
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18.
Which African country was known as Upper Volta until 1984?
Mauritania
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Benin
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Ethiopia
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Burkina Faso
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19.
Gaborone is the capital of which African country?
Uganda
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Botswana
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Namibia
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Zimbabwe
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20.
Ouagadougou is the capital of which African country?
Burundi
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Burkina Faso
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Chad
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Botswana
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21.
What river flows along Botswana's southern border before emptying into the Indian Ocean?
Congo
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Limpopo
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Niger
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Zambezi
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22.
Half of Botswana's territory lies in what desert?
Sahara
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Kalahari
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Namib
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Gobi
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23.
From which country Botswana gained its independence in 1966?
Belgium
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France
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United Kingdom
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Spain
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24.
What is the name of the gulf of the northeasternmost part of the tropical Atlantic Ocean from Gabon to Liberia?
Gulf of Cameroon
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Gulf of Nigeria
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Gulf of Ghana
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Gulf of Guinea
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25.
What is official language in Benin?
English
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Italian
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Spanish
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French
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26.
What is the name of mountain range spanning the north of Algeria?
Elgon
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Meru
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Rwenzori
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Atlas
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27.
From which European country Algeria gained its independence in 1962?
Spain
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United Kingdom
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Belgium
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France
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28.
What is the name of the region of North Africa that includes Algeria, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, and Tunisia?
Maghreb
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Sahel
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Mayombe
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Nubia
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29.
What is official language in Angola?
English
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Spanish
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Portuguese
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French
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30.
What is the largest country in Africa by size?
South Africa
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Algeria
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D.R. Congo
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Egypt
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31.
What is the former name of Benin?
Rhodesia
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Swaziland
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Upper Volta
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Dahomey
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32.
What is the capital of Angola?
Yaounde
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Luanda
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Kinshasa
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Gaborone
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