Misc
This is the most widely spoken language in Africa.
What is Arabic?
He was Mali's most famous ruler.
Who is Mansa Musa?
Once Africa’s largest country in area, it dropped to third in 2011 when a portion of it declared independence
What is Sudan?
The earliest civilization in Africa centered on this, Africa's longest river which flows north and empties into the Mediterranean.
What is the Nile?
Which country in Africa used to be the only home of the extinct dodo?
Tanzania, Namibia, or Mauritius?
What is Mauritius?
When it comes to the number of films produced, Nollywood is the 2nd biggest movie industry in the world and is located in this country.
What is Nigeria?
These are the two most common religions in Africa.
What are Christianity and Islam?
King Leopold II of Belgium disguised his conquest of the Congo by ending the slave trade and introducing Christianity. However, he was really only interested in the Congo primarily for which pair of resources?
Diamonds and gold
Ivory and rubber
Diamonds and rubber
Gold and ivory
The largest country in Africa used to be Sudan, however after this country was formed, the title of largest country moved to Algeria.
What is South Sudan?
True or False? Africa contains the largest number of freshwater fish species in a single body of water.
What is true?
This type of war takes place within a country's own borders.
What is a civil war?
True or false. 40% of the population of Africa is aged 15 years and younger.
What is true?
Name two European colonial powers in Africa.
What are Great Britain, France, Germany, Portugal, etc?
This waterfall in Africa is neither the widest nor highest waterfall in the world, but it's the world's largest sheet of falling water, making it the largest waterfall in the world.
What is Victoria Falls?
What is the deadliest animal in Africa?
What is the mosquito?
A spoken record of past events.
What is oral history?
True or false. Africa can contain the entirety of the United States, China, India, Japan, Eastern Europe, Italy, Germany, France, Spain, Portugal, Switzerland, Belgium, the Netherlands, and the UK within its borders.
True.
Early empires in West Africa grew rich by controlling trade in these items
In Africa, there are 1, 15, 54, or 122 countries.
What is 54?
What animal was most impacted by the ivory trade in Africa?
What is the African Elephant?
This is an area of tall grasses and scattered trees and shrubs.
What is the savanna?
This bird, which is the world's largest and heaviest, can run up to 45mph.
What is an ostrich?