Africa and Australia/Ocean Fun Facts

54 countries

Africa has ____ countries

9, across the Strait of Gibraltar morocco to Spain

Africa is only about ___ miles south of Europe ( ___________ )

2nd

Africa is the _____ largest Continent

Huge crack in earth's crust, runs thru Ethiopia to Mozambique

Africa's Great Rift Valley

Lake Assal

Africa's lowest point is _____

Lake Eyre, Australia, 52 ft below sea level

Australia lowest point Is _________

20,000 - 30,000

Australia/Oceania is mostly ocean and it is estimated that there are ________ - ______ islands in Oceania

smallest

Australia/Oceania is the _______ continent

Australia Outback,

Ayers Rock is located in _____ and is sacred site

exposed rock, Uluru, Aborigines

Ayers Rock is the biggest ______ in the world. Ayers Rock is called " ____" by the ______

1770, New south Wales

Captain Cook british navigator and explorer Australia in ____ specifically the east part of the continent, claiming it for England and naming it ______

Great Barrier Reef

Captain Cook was the first one to discover

foot long, 8 lbs.

Goliath frog can grow up to be a ____ long and weigh up to ____ lbs.

Mt. Kilimanjaro, Tanzania

Highest point in Africa is _________ in ______

Mt. Wilhelm, Papua New Guinea, 14,794 ft

Highest point in Australia is Mt. Wilhelm, Papua New Guinea it is __ ft

buried treasure put there by pirates but no has claimed they have found it also hoem to giant tortoise

It is believed that Moyenne island within the Ste. Anne Marine National Park, has ______

515 ft, Djibouti

Lake Assal is _____ ft below sea level in ______

Africa, 2nd

Lake Victoria is the largest lake in ____ and the ____ largest in the freshwater lake in the world.

Nile River

Lake Victoria is the main source of the _____

Avenue of the Baobabs a dirt road lined by massive centuries-old trees

Madagascar includes __________ it is a ________

Animal species, lemurs

Madagascar is home to thousands of _____ such as _____

Indian Ocean, East

Madagascar is in the ______ ocean off the ___ coast of Africa

Africa, fourth

Madagascar is the largest island in ___ and the ___ largest island in the world.

4,000 miles, 6,000 feet deep

Mozambique is about ____ miles long and places more than ____ feet deep

19,340 ft

Mt. Kilimanjaro is _______ above sea level

universal suffrage, 1893, vote

New Zealand was the first major nation to have _______ in ____ it become illegal for all male and female citizens of New Zealand to ___

Kiwis

New Zealanders are known by the nickname _____.

kiwi bird, China, New Zealand, 1959

New Zealanders nickname is originally from the name _____ the kiwi fruit that most people think of was originally from ____ and wasn't introduced to _____ until ____

region, Australia, Polynesia (many islands) Melanesia (black islands) and Micronesia (tiny islands)

Oceania is a ____ that includes ____ ___ ___ and the islands that compose the areas of _____ _____ _____

East

Seychelles a paradise off the ____ coast of Africa in the Indian ocean

Mt.Everest, Tenzing Norgay

Sir Edmund Hillary is the first man to reach the peak of ____ his climbing partner was ____

100 miles

Suez Canal is one of longest in the world it is ____ miles long

Armpit, Egypt, Sinai Peninsula

Suez Canal thru the ____ of _____ separating the ____ from the main part of Egypt

New Zealander, Auckland, 5$ bill

Tenzing Norgay was a ___ in ______ and his face is on the New Zeland ___ ___

world, 1,200

The Great Barrier Reef is the largest coral reef in the ___ more than ___ miles long

4,132 miles

The Nile River is _____ miles long

north, Mediterranean Sea, Nile Delta, Egypt

The Nile river flows _____ from Uganda and empties into the _________ at the _____ ____ in ____

U.S,

The Sahara desert covers an area almost as large as the entire _____ and located in Northern America

primate

The gorilla which can be found in the continent jungles is the world's largest _____

Nigeria, 184 million

The most populated country in Africa is ________ approximately _____ million

Goliath frog, Guinea and Cameroon

The world biggest frog, the _____ frog it is found in _________

Africa, Elephant

The world's largest land animal is in ___ an _____

115, Seychelles

There are _____ islands that make up the ____ archipelago.

30 miles

Victoria Falls spray can be seen from over ___ miles away

Zambezi River, Zambia and Zimbabwe, 355

Victoria falls on the _______ between _____ and ______ forms a wall of white water just over one mile wide and _____ feet high

South Sudan, July 9, 2011

_____ is Africa's newest country, born on ___ __, _____

Cheetah

the fastest land animals in the world is _____ lives in Africa

Nile River

the longest river in the world is ____

the Giraffe

the world's tallest animal ____ lives in Africa