West African Geography Quiz - Statistics

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Question Answer % Correct
What is the most populous city in Nigeria? Lagos
97%
Liberia was founded as a place for freed slaves from what country? United States
94%
What island nation was uninhabited until it was colonized by Portugal in the 1400's? Cape Verde
89%
What is the French name of Ivory Coast? Côte d'Ivoire
88%
What is the longest river in West Africa? Niger River
87%
What city in Mali was once a prosperous center of trans-Saharan trade? Timbuktu
85%
What gulf does the above empty into? Gulf of Guinea
81%
What is the capital of Burkina Faso? Ouagadougou
72%
What religion, starting with V, does 17% of the Benin residents follow? Vodun
70%
What city was the terminus of a famous rally that took place from 1972-2007? Dakar
68%
What was Ghana formerly known as? Gold Coast
68%
Gambia is built on the edges of what river? Gambia River
61%
What type of animal killed 25 fisherman over a ten-year period on the Senegal River? Hippopotamus
61%
What are the three largest ethnic groups in Nigeria? (name any) Yoruba | Igbo | Hausa
60%
What type of yellow element represents about 91% of Niger's exports? hint: it was falsely claimed that Saddam Hussein tried to buy it Uranium
58%
What "shocking" lake in Ghana is world's largest artificial reservoir by surface area? Lake Volta
46%
What is the staple crop of West Africa? Yam
44%
By what other name is Mauritania's Richat Structure also known? hint: an organ {Eye} of Africa
38%
What former independent country existed in southeastern Nigeria between 1967–1970? Biafra
35%
What type of forest covers most of West Africa's coastal areas? Mangrove
32%
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