facts
rivers and other bodies of water
miscellaneous
history
people
100
True or False? "Africa is a country larger than the United States."
What is FALSE. Africa is NOT a country. It is a continent!
100
Which river is the longest in all of Africa?
What is the Nile River?
100
What is the name of the fourth largest island in the world?
What is Madagascar?
100
The capital of Liberia was named after which American president?
Who is President Monroe? [Monrovia, Liberia]
100
Who is known for his anti-apartheid activism?
Who is Nelson Mandela?
200
What do we call an open grassland having few trees?
What is savanna?
200
Which river was dammed up to create the man-made lake called Lake Volta? (It was dammed up for hydro-electric power.)
What is the Volta River (now the Black Volta River and the White Volta River)?
200
Name a form of music (American) directly influenced and shaped by African music.
What is rock 'n' roll, blues, or jazz?
200
Name two countries that were NOT colonized by a European power by 1914?
What is Liberia and Ethiopia?
200
Who was the first president of South Africa to be elected by all races?
Who is Nelson Mandela?
300
What does Côte d'Ivoire mean in English?
What is the Ivory Coast?
300
Name a body of water that surrounds some of Africa.
What is the Atlantic Ocean, Indian Ocean, Red Sea, Gulf of Aden, or the Mediterranean Sea?
300
What is the forced separation of the races in South Africa called?
What is apartheid?
300
Which plantation (now the land and the prison on it) was named for the location of the source of its slaves?
What is Angola?
300
Which Europeans settled the southern tip of Africa in the 1600s?
Who are the Dutch?
400
What is a term for illegal hunting?
What is poaching?
400
What river drains most of west central Africa?
What is the Congo River?
400
What is the term for history that is not written but passed down from one generation to the next?
What is oral history?
400
Which kingdom (besides Ibo) is known for its fine work in bronze? bronze statues?
What is Benin?
400
Name two tribes in Rwanda that are NOT getting along.
Who are the Hutu and the Tutsi?
500
What is a term for a small waterfall or rapid in a river?
What is a cateract?
500
The Blue Nile and the White Nile join together to form which river?
What is the Nile River?
500
Name an American food (Cajun?) that is named after the African word for "okra".
What is "gumbo"?
500
Which are the two most recent countries in sub-Sahara Africa to experience war/civil war/civil unrest?
What is Mali and Sudan?
500
Lake Victoria is named after which person? Be specific.
Who is Queen Victoria of Great Britain?
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