| Question | Answer |
| Africa is the birthplace of humankind and is referred to as | the cradle of humankind. |
| Lake ________________is Africa’s largest lake by surface area and is the largest tropical lake in the world. | Victoria |
| What ocean is on the west side of Africa? | Atlantic |
| The capital of Egypt is ____. | Cairo |
| This is the highest mountain in Africa. | Mt. Kilimanjaro |
| ______________ is the oldest and largest of the Wonders of the Ancient World and is the only wonder still intact . | The Great Pyramid of Giza |
| This desert is the world's driest region. | Namib |
| True or False: Africa is rich in natural resources, but it remains the world’s poorest and most underdeveloped continent | True |
| True or False: Atlas Mountains stretch across SW Africa. | False |
| True or False: Africa is known for abundant resources such as gemstones and silver. | False |
| True or False: Middle East is a part of Africa. | True |
| Africa has the largest number of _______ (large or giant animal) species of any continent. | megafauna |
| Who made Timbuktu a leading center of learning? | Muḥammad I Askia of Songhai |
| This desert supports more plants and animals than any true desert. | Kalahari |
| Overgrazing is causing ________. | soil erosion |
| He was the legendary ruler of the vast West African empire of Mali and sought knowledge. | Mansa Musa |
| This is the largest hot desert in the world. | Sahara |
| _______ is the fourth largest island in the world & holds a high percentage of wildlife found nowhere else in the world. | Madagascar |
| Africa is nicknamed the _____. | Mother Continent |
| The capital of Nigeria is ____. | Abuja |
| Africa is the _________ continent in terms of land area and in population. | 2nd largest |
| What ocean is southeast of Africa? | Indian |
| The capital of Madagascar is __. | Antananarivo |
| These mountains stretch across Northwestern Africa for 1600 miles. | Atlas |
| Africa has _____ independent countries. | 54 |
| Africa produces corn, wheat, and _____. | rice |
| These are popular sports in Africa. | cricket, rugby, soccer |
| Many countries have a _________ form of government. | democratic (republic with presidents) |
| South Africa has ____ capitals. | 3 |
| The is Africa's longest river in the world. | Nile |
| There are roughly ____ languages spoken in Africa. | 2,000 |
| The ________ is a geographical region in Tanzania and Kenya.
It is home to the largest terrestrial mammal migration in the world. | Serengeti ecosystem |
| A strip of land that serves as a divider between the Sahara Desert and the savanna grasslands. It means "border" or "margin" and is at great risk of desertification. | sahel |
| ____ is the largest religion in Africa followed by Christianity. | Islam |
| What connects the Red Sea and Mediterranean Sea? | Suez Canal |
| A_______________ is a grassland ecosystem with trees that are spread apart far enough to allow light to reach the ground | savanna |
| Lake ____________is both the second deepest freshwater lake in the world and the second largest lake in the world by volume. | Tanganyika |
