Africa's Landforms and Waterways
This is the longest river in the world, flowing north through 11 countries.
This is the longest river in the world, flowing north through 11 countries.
This is the largest hot desert in the world, covering much of North Africa.
What is the Sahara Desert?
This is the largest ocean on Earth.
What is the Pacific Ocean?
Madagascar is famous for this type of primate, found nowhere else in the world.
What is a lemur?
What is one major factor causing desertification in the Sahel?
What is deforestation, overgrazing, or climate change?
This small country, entirely surrounded by South Africa, is one of only three enclaved nations in the world.
What is Lesotho?
The Lion King is heavily inspired by this East African country, home to the Serengeti.
What is Tanzania?
This lake is Africa’s largest and serves as the source of the White Nile.
What is Lake Victoria?
Africa’s tallest mountain, located in Tanzania, is actually a dormant volcano.
What is Mount Kilimanjaro
This continent is home to the Amazon Rainforest.
What is South America?
The Serengeti is home to one of the largest populations of this big cat.
What is the lion?
What are some of the effects of deforestation, overgrazing, or climate change?
What are lack of water, food insecurity, and desertification?
Name the only African country that borders both the Mediterranean Sea and the Atlantic Ocean.
What is Morocco?
The towering mountain seen in the distance during parts of the film resembles this famous peak in Africa.
What is Mount Kilimanjaro?
This river, the second longest in Africa, flows through the world’s second-largest rainforest.
What is the Congo River?
This desert, located in southern Africa, is not as dry as the Sahara and is home to the San
What is the Kalahari Desert?
The Equator passes through this number of continents.
(What is three: South America, Africa, and Asia?)
The Congo Rainforest is the second largest in the world after this one.
(What is the Amazon Rainforest?)
What challenges have some West African countries faced since decolonization?
(What are political instability, corruption, and economic struggles?
Lake Victoria is bordered by these three countries.
What are Uganda, Kenya, and Tanzania?
The Pride Lands experience a drought after Scar takes over. What is the term for a period of extreme dryness in Africa?
What is a drought or desertification?
This valley, formed by tectonic activity, may one day split Africa into two continents.
What is the Great Rift Valley?
The Serengeti Plains are famous for this annual event, where millions of animals migrate
What is the Great Migration?
Name the only continent that is also a country.
What is Australia?
is home to this massive type of sand dune, which can reach up to 500 feet high.
The Sahara Desert
What is one major industry in Nigeria?
What is oil production
This country is the most populous in Africa.
What is Nigeria?
What real-life ecosystem is home to most of the animals in The Lion King?
What is the Serengeti?
This African river is the deepest in the world, reaching over 720 feet!
What is the Congo River?
This island, the fourth largest in the world, is home to unique species found nowhere else
What is Madagascar
This ocean borders Africa to the east and separates it from Australia.
What is the Indian Ocean?
The Serengeti and other African grasslands rely on this natural event, which helps fertilize the soil and create space for new plant growth.
What are wildfires?
How does the geography of The Gambia influence its economy?
The Gambia's small size and river-based geography make agriculture and fishing key industries?"
This country changed its capital from Lagos to Abuja to create a more central political hub.
Nigeria
The film’s opening song, The Circle of Life, is sung in what African language?
Zulu