African Countries
This country is the southernmost country in Africa
South Africa
This waterfall on the Zambezi River is one of the largest and most famous in the world.
Answer: What is Victoria Falls?
This big cat is known as the "king of the jungle" but actually lives in grasslands.
What is a lion?
This is the largest hot desert in the world, covering much of North Africa.
What is the Sahara Desert?
Africa has about one half of the world's ___________ and well over one half of the world's supply of ___________,
Gold; Diamonds
What is the capital city of Egypt?
Cairo
These ancient stone structures were built as tombs for Egyptian pharaohs.
What are the Pyramids of Giza?
This animal is the tallest land mammal.
What is a giraffe?
This desert in southern Africa is famous for its red sand dunes.
What is the Kalahari Desert?
____________ trees grow in much of Africa. Hige pods are cut from the tree and the beans in side are used to make _____________ and chocolate.
Cacao; cocoa
What is the largest country in Africa by area?
Algeria
This mountain is the highest in Africa and located in Tanzania.
What is Mount Kilimanjaro?
This large mammal is known for its wide mouth and is considered one of the most dangerous animals in Africa.
What is a hippopotamus?
This coastal desert runs along the Atlantic coast of Namibia.
What is the Namib Desert?
African farmers grow some crops for exports, which include:
bananas, cacao, coffee, tea, and tobacco.
This country is famous for the pyramids and the Nile River
Egypt
Name the famous desert that covers much of northern Africa.
What is the Sahara Desert?
These fast-running antelopes are often seen in large herds on African plains.
What are gazelles?
The Sahara covers over ________________ square miles of Africa.
3,500,000
Africa has huge potential for the development of ___________ ___________, which uses moving water to create electricity.
hydroelectric power
This island nation off the southeast coast of Africa is known for its unique wildlife.
Madagascar
This is the mountain range that is located at the northwest corner of Africa.
Atlas Mountains
What type of bird, generally only chooses to bring up one chick, and will abandon the weaker/ younger one.
Shoebill
What two deserts are located in Namibia and Botswana?
Namib Desert and Kalahari Desert
A few rare hardwoods, such as ___________________, are exported from the continent of Africa.
Mahogany