Population
What is the most populated country in Africa?
Nigeria
How many countries does the Nile run through
five
2 types of monarchies
absolute and constitutional
Least common natural disaster
wildfires
What valley is found in parts of Kenya and Ethiopia?
Great Rift Valley
What is the total population (2024)
1.5 billion
Largest Desert in Africa
Sahara
Main government system
Presidential Republic
Second largest climate
Tropical/Equatorial
Who is Nelson Mandela
South African anti-apartheid activist and politician who served as the first president of South Africa from 1994 to 1999.
What is the growth rate of Africa's population
100 million every 3 years
What is the area below the Sahara called
Sub-Saharan Africa
Location that slaves were sold from in Africa
Slave Coast
Primary Natural Disaster
Floods
Where Nelson Mandela was imprisoned
Robben Island
List the top 10 most populated countries in order in Africa
Extra 50 points: how many countries are in Africa
Nigeria, Democratic Republic of Congo, Ethiopia, Egypt, Tanzania, South Africa, Kenya, Sudan, Uganda, Algeria
Extra: 52
What river in Africa runs opposite
The Nile
Four main religions
100 points for each
Name the language families
(hint: make sure you have examples written down as well, they are on the PowerPoint on canvas)
Afro-Asiatic
Nilo Saharan
Kosian
Niger-Congo/Congo-Kordofanian
Creole
Austronesian
Indo-European
What is the guardian of the pyramids of Giza?
One of the most famous landmarks in Egypt.
The Great Sphinx
What percentage of the world's population is in Africa
18.3%
List the 5 famous landforms in Africa
100 points for each
Nile River, Mount Kilimanjaro, Victoria Falls, Lake Victoria, Sahara Desert
Name of the theory that humans originated in Africa
Migration out of Africa theory
Desert/Dry/Arid
Begining of the trans-Saharan slave trade
Double points if you know the name of the King
date as far back as the 3rd millennium BC during the reign of the Egyptian king Sneferu who crossed the fourth cataract of the Nile into what is today modern Sudan to capture slaves and send them north.