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Africa Jeopardy

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This is the world’s largest hot desert, acting as a physical divide between North Africa and the rest of the continent. What is the Sahara Desert?
This geological feature is a massive fracture in the Earth’s crust where the African Plate is splitting into two smaller plates. What is the Great Rift Valley?
This semi-arid transition zone sits at the southern edge of the Sahara and is home to many nomadic herders. What is the Sahel?
This coastal desert in southwestern Africa is a "cold-water desert" influenced by the Benguela Current. What is the Namib Desert?
These two mountains are actually inactive volcanoes that are high enough to have permanent snow despite being near the equator. What are Mt. Kilimanjaro and Mt. Kenya?
This river is often cited as the longest in the world and flows northward into the Mediterranean Sea. What is the Nile River?
This is the largest lake in Africa and serves as the primary reservoir for the White Nile. What is Lake Victoria
This river is the most voluminous in Africa, featuring a massive tropical drainage basin second only to the Amazon. What is the Congo River?
Located on the border of Zambia and Zimbabwe, this massive waterfall is one of the largest in the world. What is Victoria Falls?
The Blue Nile branch begins in this specific body of water located in the Ethiopian Highlands. What is Lake Tana?
This three-letter acronym measures the monetary worth of all goods and services produced within a country. What is GDP (Gross Domestic Product)?
This "paradox" describes why some countries with vast natural resources often suffer from poverty and instability. What is the Resource Curse?
This country has the highest GDP per person in its region but is also ranked as the world’s most unequal country. What is South Africa?
Most employment in African countries happens in this "unrecorded" sector of the economy. What is the Informal Economy?
This index uses 10 indicators like electricity and sanitation to measure poverty more holistically than income alone. What is the Multidimensional Poverty Index (MPI)?
This biome, located north and south of the equator, is characterized by tall grasses and scattered trees (the setting for "The Lion King"). What is the Savanna?
Unlike hot deserts, these regions in the Kalahari fill with water after heavy rain but remain dry salt beds most of the year. What are salt pans?
These "water towers" are important because they lose less water to this process due to cooler temperatures. What is evapotranspiration?
High-elevation areas receive more of this than their lower surroundings, allowing them to store water in glaciers and snow-packs. What is precipitation (or rainfall)?
This specific mountain range on the Congo–Uganda border is known for glaciers, waterfalls, and extreme biodiversity. What are the Rwenzori Mountains?
Because these river systems cross political borders, they are known by this "T" term, which often causes political tension. What are transboundary rivers?
The Great Rift Valley is a popular place for human settlement because its volcanic history has created this benefit for farmers. What is fertile soil?
This country is one of the world's largest oil exporters, yet a large share of its population remains in poverty. What is Nigeria (or Angola)?
When a resource boom causes a country to import cheaper goods, it often hurts these two domestic sectors of the economy. What are manufacturing and agriculture?
This country contains 80% of Africa’s terrain over 10,000 feet, despite only making up 4% of the continent's land surface. What is Ethiopia?
 



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