Bodies of Water
Countries & Capitals
History
Vocab
Potpourri
100

Africa has coastline on what oceans?

Indian and Atlantic

100

This country has the highest population in Africa.

Nigeria

100
This was the first black president of South Africa.

Nelson Mandela

100

When a country doesn't have coastline on any oceans or major seas, we say that it is ___________.

Landlocked
100

This is the world's largest (hot) desert.

Sahara

200

This is the most important river in West Africa. It gives its name to two countries.

Niger
200

This country was colonized by freed slaves from the United States.

Liberia

200

This is the oldest country in Africa

Ethiopia

200

When someone attempts to destroy an entire group of people.

Genocide

200

The Green Wall of Africa seeks to slow desertification in the Sahel by doing what?

Planting trees

300

This river in Central Africa creates large amounts of hydroelectric power.

Congo

300

This country became independent from Ethiopia in the 1990s.

Eritrea

300

At this conference, in 1884, the countries of Europe divided up African territory between them.

Berlin

300

Language spoken by the Dutch settlers in South Africa.

Afrikaans

300

The CFA franc is a _______ shared by many countries in West and Central Africa.

Currency (money)

400

This country is named after its largest lake, which in prehistoric times was one of the world's largest.

Chad

400
Angola and Mozambique both use this language left over from when they were colonies.

Portuguese

400

In South Africa, this system was used to keep racial groups separate until 1994.

Apartheid

400

When a country’s territory is completely surrounded by another country.

Enclave

400

Ethiopia, Eritrea, Somalia, and Djibouti are all located around the ______ of Africa.

Horn

500

Located on the border between Zambia and Zimbabwe, this is the largest waterfall on Earth.

Victoria Falls

500

This African country has 3 official capitals.

South Africa

500

The Ghana, Mali, and Songhai Empires were all located in the ________ region of Africa.

West or Sahel

500
Another name for honoring the spirits of the dead.

Ancestor worship

500

This king from Mali is believed to have been the richest person of all time.

Mansa Musa