Geography africa

Question 1

Africa Latitude ——

Answer 1

N 37degrees
S 35 degrees

Question 2

Africa longitude |

Answer 2

E 51 degrees (50)
W 17 degrees (20)

Question 3

Africa surrounding oceans and sea

Answer 3

Mediterranean sea

North Atlantic ocean. Red sea

                                             Arabian sea

South Atlantic Ocean. Indian ocean

Question 4

Africa’s greatest missionary, explorer

Answer 4

David Livingstone ( 19th century)

Question 5

Second largest continent by size

Answer 5

Africa

Question 6

Africa size

Answer 6

30, 370,000 sq km

Question 7

Open grassy plain (found mainly in Southern africa)

Answer 7

Veld (derived from field)

Question 8

Africa’s longest glacier

Answer 8

Credner Glacier near Mt. Kilimanjaro in Tanzania

Question 9

Continent with the most diversity in languages

Answer 9

Africa (2000 plus languages)

Question 10

World’s biggest hot desert

Answer 10

Sahara desert (9,200,000 sq km)

Question 11

Top 5 biggest desserts (1)

Answer 11

Antarctica desert (Polar ice and Tundra)
( 14,200,000 sq km)

Question 12

Top 5 biggest deserts (2)

Answer 12

Arctic desert (Polar ice and tundra)
(13,900,000 sq km)

Question 13

Top 5 biggest deserts (3)

Answer 13

Saharan desert (subtropical)
(9,200,000 sq km)

Question 14

Top 5 biggest deserts (4)

Answer 14

Arabian desert (subtropical)
(2,330,000 sq km)

Question 15

Top 5 biggest deserts (5)

Answer 15

Great Australian desert (subtropical)
(1,371,000 sq km)

Question 16

Tallest mountain in africa

Answer 16

Mt. Kilimanjaro (5,895m)

(Largest free-standing mountain rise in the world i.e. not part of a mountain range)

(Also a dormant volcano in Tanzania)

Question 17

Biggest country in Africa

Answer 17

Algeria

Question 18

Smallest country in Africa

Answer 18

The Republic of Seychelles

Question 19

Number of countries in Africa

Answer 19

54

Question 20

World’s longest river

Answer 20

Nile (6,650 km long)

Question 21

Source and ending point of Nile

Answer 21

Source: Lake Victoria
Ending point (mouth): Mediterranean Sea

Question 22

Primary rivers in Africa

Answer 22

Nile river
Congo river
Niger river
Zambezi river
Limpopo river

Question 23

Africa is also known as the____

Answer 23

Dark continent (due to obstacles encountered while exploring it and how much of it was unknown to then colonizers)

Question 24

Africa’s largest lake by area

Answer 24

Lake Victoria (59,947 sq km)

Question 25

Lake victoria

Answer 25

-Africa’s largest lake by area -World’s largest tropical lake -Second largest freshwater lake by surface area after Lake Superior

Question 26

Longest mountain range in Africa

Answer 26

Atlas Mountains (1600 km) from western Sahara to Tunisia and passes through Morocco

Question 27

Most of Africa’s rainforest found in

Answer 27

Congo river basin on the Atlantic ocean side of the continent

Question 28

Lowest point in Africa

Answer 28

Lake Assal (Djibouti)

Question 29

Main cities of Africa

Answer 29

Cairo, Egypt Cape Town, South Africa Casablanca, Morocco Alexandria, Egypt Nairobi, Kenya

Question 30

Continent nearly divided equally in half by the equator

Answer 30

Africa