Africa's Physical Geography
African Countries
African Environment
African Religions
African People
100
What African desert is the largest in the world?
Sahara
100
Which country is home to the Nile River Delta and is known for its ancient civilizations?
Egypt
100
What is the term used to describe the area where fertile land ends and desert begins?
Green Line
100
This is the predominant religion among Arabs.
Islam
100
What term means the ability to read and write?
Literacy
200
Which river in Africa flows through Egypt and into the Mediterranean Sea and is known as the longest in the world?
Nile
200
Which country is home to both the Kalahari Desert as well as a savanna?
South Africa
200
What is the term used to describe the destruction of trees and other vegetation?
Deforestation
200
This group of people brought religion and education to North Africa in the late 600s.
Arabs
200
What is the term used for a group of people who follow the same cultures and beliefs and have for generations?
Ethnic Group
300
The (blank) is the third largest river in the world, and its mouth is known as the 'Oil Delta.'
Niger River
300
Which country is known mostly for its savanna and game parks?
Kenya
300
What term describes the process of land becoming a desert?
Desertification
300
A (blank) is a group of people who share a particular belief system.
Religious Group
300
Which group of Africans migrated south beginning around 2,000 years ago?
Bantu
400
This river flows through the world's second largest rainforest.
Congo River
400
Which country has experienced brutal warfare and continues to do so to this day?
Sudan
400
What is the term used for a species that no longer exists?
Extinction
400
The Ashanti believe a holy man presented this to the Ashanti king.
Golden Stool
400
Roughly how many Africans speak the Bantu language and/or practice Bantu cultures?
60 Million
500
Which mountain range separates the northern coast of Africa from the Sahara Desert?
Atlas Mountains
500
Which country has rainforests, deserts, and savannas, as well as large amounts of oil?
Nigeria
500
What is the practice of growing just enough food for one's own family?
Subsistence Farming
500
What are local beliefs that many Swahili follow?
Mila
500
This term means 'one who lives on the coast.'
Swahili