African Geography
What is the longest river in Africa?
Nile
What is the tallest mountain in Africa?
Mount Kilimanjaro
Who was South Africa’s first Black president?
Nelson Mandela
What is the tallest land animal in Africa?
Giraffe
What is the most widely spoken African language?
Swahili
What desert stretches across North Africa?
Sahara
In which country are the Pyramids of Giza?
Egypt
What empire was ruled by Mansa Musa?
Mali Empire
What big cat is known as the “king of the jungle”?
Lion
Which country is home to Nollywood, a major film industry?
Nigeria
Which African country has the most people?
Nigeria
What huge waterfall is on the border of Zambia and Zimbabwe?
Victoria Falls
Which African country was never colonized by a European power?
Ethiopia
What type of ecosystem covers much of East Africa?
Savanna
What is the traditional South African cookout called?
Braai
What is Africa’s largest lake by area?
Lake Victoria
Where can you visit the ancient rock-hewn churches of Lalibela?
Ethiopia
Which genocide occurred in 1994 involving Hutus and Tutsis?
Rwandan Genocide
What island nation is home to lemurs?
Madagascar
Name one of the African Union’s official languages.
Arabic, English, French, Portuguese, Spanish, Swahili
Which African country has the most land borders?
Democratic Republic of the Congo
In which African city would you find the Medina of Fez?
Fez, Morocco
Which North African country experienced the Arab Spring first?
Tunisia
What endangered ape lives in the mountains of Rwanda, Uganda, and the DRC?
Mountain Gorilla
What ancient script is still used in Ethiopia?
Ge'ez