African Geography
It's estimated that more than 40% of Africa is covered in grasslands known as these.
What are Savannas?
This largest living land mammal weighs approximately 6-7 tons, can drink up to 160 liters of water per day, and can live up to 70 years.
What are African Elephants?
In Afrikaans - the West Germanic language spoken in South Africa - "apartheid" means this. More than 300 laws led to apartheid’s establishment in South Africa.
What is apartness or separateness?
The word Sahara means desert in this language of North Africa and the Middle East.
What is Arabic?
The flag from this country is one of the oldest in Africa and has influenced many other African nations’ flags. The green, yellow, and red colors are known as the Pan-African colors.
What is Ethiopia?
Built around 1855 the first railroad in Africa linked Alexandria to this capital about 100 miles away.
What is Cairo?
Lake Turkana is home to what may be Africa's largest population of the Nile species of this reptile.
What are crocodiles?
This leading African political party led by Nelson Mandela in South Africa was banned by the then government resulting in Nelson Mandela's arrest in 1962.
What is the African National Congress?
This is the only river that completely crosses the Sahara Desert.
What is the Nile?
The flag from this country was the first African flag to feature the Pan-African colors of red, yellow, and green. The black star in the center represents African freedom.
What is Ghana?
Glaciers are found just a few miles away from the equator on this National Mount, the second highest peak in Africa.
What is Mount Kenya?
4 out of 5 of the fastest land animals live in Africa. The fastest is the Cheetah, which can run up to this top speed (in mph), followed by the Wildebeest, lion, and Thomson's Gazelle which can all run at about 50mph.
What is 75mph?
Education during apartheid was segregated with the whites getting the best education. This 1953 Act separated the education system for Black South African students, restricting their access to higher education.
What is the Bantu Education Act?
Some of the largest supplies of underground water exist beneath the Sahara Desert, supporting these biodiverse places of which the Sahara has approximately 90 major ones.
What are Oases?
The flag of this country features a diagonal yellow-edged black band dividing green and blue triangles. The green represents the land, the blue symbolizes the sea, the black stands for the people, and the yellow represents the country’s mineral wealth.
What is Tanzania?
The Yatta Pateau in Tsavo National Park is the world's largest flow of this substance.
What is Lava?
This semi-aquatic mammal is found in rivers, lakes, and swamps across Africa. Although they are seemingly docile, they are considered one of the most dangerous animals in Africa and are responsible for more human deaths than any other large mammal.
What is a Hippopotamus?
This Noble Peace Prize winner of 1984 was instrumental in ending apartheid by speaking against it. Specifically, he talked about the economic sanctions against the apartheid government while maintaining a path of nonviolence in the anti-apartheid movement.
Who is Bishop Desmond Tutu?
The Sahara Desert is known to be the hottest desert in the world, with the highest temperature recorded in the desert be this many degrees Fahrenheit.
What is 136 degrees F?
The flag of this country features a Maasai shield and spears, representing the defense of freedom. The black, red, and green colors symbolize the people, the struggle for independence, and the country’s natural resources, respectively.
What is Kenya?
This third-longest African river flows past ancient Timbuktu on its 2600-mile trip to the Gulf of Guinea.
What is the Niger?
The largest colony of this animal in the southern hemisphere is located at Cape Cross in Namibia.
What are Seals?
South Africa held it's first universal democratic election on this date (month, day, year), electing Nelson Mandela as the nation's first black president after his release from prison.
When is April 27, 1994?
The Sahara Desert covers 31% of the African Continent spanning across this many countries.
What are 11 - Algeria, Libya, Chad, Egypt, Mali, Morocco, Mauritania, Niger, Sudan, Western Sahara, and Tunisia?
The flag of this country consists of six horizontal stripes of black, yellow, and red, with a white circle containing a grey crowned crane in the center. The crane is a national symbol, and the colors represent the people, the sun, and brotherhood.
What is Uganda?