Physical Geography
Human Geography
Culture
Environmental Issues
Miscellaneous
100
This river is the longest in Africa and helped create fertile farmland in Egypt.
What is the Nile River?
100
This African city is one of the world’s megacities, with over 20 million people.
What is Lagos, Nigeria?
100
This religion spread into northern Africa through trade with the Middle East.
What is Islam?
100
Cutting down forests in Central Africa harms wildlife habitats. What is this process called?
What is deforestation?
100
This body of water forms a natural border between Africa and Asia.
What is the Indian Ocean (Red Sea is acceptable, as well)?
200
This man-made structure connects the Mediterranean Sea to the Red Sea, allowing faster travel between Europe and Asia.
What is the Suez Canal?
200
Large population growth in Africa has caused more land to be turned into farms, leading to this environmental problem.
What is desertification?
200
This is an example of an indigenous African religion.
What is Bantu?
200
The growing demand for farmland has caused grasslands in Africa to turn into desert, a process known as what?
What is desertification?
200
This river in West Africa, which happens to be the third largest river in Africa, helped support ancient kingdoms like Mali and Ghana.
What is the Niger River?
300
This climate region, found across northern Africa, limits travel and cultural diffusion because of its arid conditions.
What is the Sahara Desert?
300
This major factor created many of the political borders that still exist in Africa today.
What is European colonization?
300
Large deserts and rainforests made it difficult for different groups in Africa to mix, limiting this process of spreading ideas and culture.
What is cultural diffusion?
300
Wildlife populations in Africa are shrinking due to illegal hunting. What is this practice called?
What is poaching?
300
This natural resource combo — gold, iron, coal, and diamonds — helped make this industry a major part of many African economies.
What is mining?
400
These valuable natural resources helped early West African kingdoms grow powerful.
What are gold and salt?
400
Africa is experiencing booming population growth. In fact, Africa's population is expected to reach 2.5 billion by the year 2050. Therefore, what can we conclude about the relationship between birth and death rates?
What is the birth rate is significantly higher than death rates?
400
These are the three main religions found in Africa.
What is Islam, Christianity, and traditional religions (Bantu)?
400
This environmental problem occurs when too many animals eat vegetation faster than it can regrow, leading to soil loss.
What is overgrazing?
400
This historical practice forced millions of Africans to the Americas and had long-lasting effects on African societies.
What is the Atlantic Slave Trade/Triangular Trade?
500
This is a photo of Serengeti National Park in Africa. Based on this photograph, Serengeti National Park can be found in which biome?
What is grassland?
500
The graph below shows the population distribution in South Africa by gender and age group in the year 2016. Males between what ages make up the most populous number of South Africans?
What is 25-29?
500
Based on the chart below, this is the most common religion found in the Congo Basin region.
What is Christianity?
500
Lake Chad has shrunk to 1/20th of its original size mostly because of climate change and increased use of this farming practice.
What is irrigation?
500
What is the name of the Grinch's dog?
What is Max?