World Geography Trivia

Africa Geography

A quiz on Africa Geography

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medium
Questions:
30

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Questions in this quiz

Q1. Which African country is known as the 'Rainbow Nation'?

  • • Kenya
  • • South Africa
  • • Ghana
  • • Morocco

Q2. Which desert covers much of northern Africa?

  • • Kalahari Desert
  • • Namib Desert
  • • Sahara Desert
  • • Danakil Desert

Q3. Which African country has the city of Casablanca?

  • • Morocco
  • • Tunisia
  • • Algeria
  • • Egypt

Q4. Which African island country lies off the southeast coast of the continent?

  • • Cape Verde
  • • Madagascar
  • • São Tomé and Príncipe
  • • Seychelles

Q5. Which river forms part of the border between the Democratic Republic of the Congo and the Republic of the Congo?

  • • Niger River
  • • Congo River
  • • Zambezi River
  • • Orange River

Q6. What is the capital of Ghana?

  • • Kumasi
  • • Accra
  • • Tamale
  • • Cape Coast

Q7. Which African country is home to the ancient city of Timbuktu?

  • • Mali
  • • Niger
  • • Chad
  • • Senegal

Q8. Which African country is completely surrounded by South Africa?

  • • Botswana
  • • Lesotho
  • • Eswatini
  • • Namibia

Q9. Which mountain range stretches across Morocco, Algeria, and Tunisia?

  • • Drakensberg Mountains
  • • Atlas Mountains
  • • Rwenzori Mountains
  • • Ahaggar Mountains

Q10. Which African lake is the largest by area?

  • • Lake Tanganyika
  • • Lake Malawi
  • • Lake Victoria
  • • Lake Chad

Q11. The Serengeti is most closely associated with which two countries?

  • • Tanzania and Kenya
  • • Botswana and Namibia
  • • South Africa and Lesotho
  • • Egypt and Sudan

Q12. Which country is Africa’s most populous?

  • • Egypt
  • • Ethiopia
  • • Nigeria
  • • South Africa

Q13. Which African country has Portuguese as an official language and borders the Indian Ocean?

  • • Angola
  • • Mozambique
  • • Guinea-Bissau
  • • Cape Verde

Q14. Which African country is famous for the rock-hewn churches of Lalibela?

  • • Ethiopia
  • • Eritrea
  • • Sudan
  • • Somalia

Q15. Which sea lies between northeastern Africa and the Arabian Peninsula?

  • • Mediterranean Sea
  • • Red Sea
  • • Arabian Sea
  • • Caspian Sea

Q16. Which African country contains the city of Alexandria?

  • • Libya
  • • Egypt
  • • Tunisia
  • • Sudan

Q17. Which waterfall on the Zambezi River lies near the border of Zambia and Zimbabwe?

  • • Tugela Falls
  • • Victoria Falls
  • • Blue Nile Falls
  • • Epupa Falls

Q18. Which African country has the capital city Addis Ababa?

  • • Ethiopia
  • • Kenya
  • • Uganda
  • • Rwanda

Q19. Which country is known for the ancient ruins of Carthage?

  • • Morocco
  • • Tunisia
  • • Libya
  • • Algeria

Q20. Which African country is the source of the Blue Nile?

  • • Ethiopia
  • • Uganda
  • • South Sudan
  • • Rwanda

Q21. Which African country is bordered by both the Atlantic Ocean and the Mediterranean Sea?

  • • Algeria
  • • Morocco
  • • Tunisia
  • • Libya

Q22. Which African country was formerly known as the Gold Coast?

  • • Ghana
  • • Benin
  • • Sierra Leone
  • • Togo

Q23. Which desert is located mainly in Botswana, Namibia, and South Africa?

  • • Sahara Desert
  • • Kalahari Desert
  • • Libyan Desert
  • • Danakil Desert

Q24. Which African capital city is located near Table Mountain?

  • • Pretoria
  • • Cape Town
  • • Windhoek
  • • Gaborone

Q25. Which African country is made up of many islands off the coast of West Africa and has Praia as its capital?

  • • Cape Verde
  • • Comoros
  • • Seychelles
  • • Mauritius

Q26. Which African country is home to the Okavango Delta?

  • • Botswana
  • • Zambia
  • • Angola
  • • Namibia

Q27. Which African country has the capital Kigali?

  • • Burundi
  • • Rwanda
  • • Uganda
  • • Tanzania

Q28. Which African country is the smallest on the mainland by area?

  • • The Gambia
  • • Djibouti
  • • Eswatini
  • • Rwanda

Q29. Which African country has both Arabic and French as widely used languages and has N'Djamena as its capital?

  • • Chad
  • • Niger
  • • Mali
  • • Mauritania

Q30. Which African country is home to the Rwenzori Mountains, sometimes called the 'Mountains of the Moon'?

  • • Uganda
  • • Senegal
  • • Morocco
  • • Namibia