Africa

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African countries began winning their independence in what year?

1941

What is the capital of Nigeria?

Abuja

What is the capital of Ethiopia?

Addis Ababa

What is the capital of Algeria?

Algiers

What is the capital of Africa's large island country to the east?

Antananarivo

What is the capital of Egypt?

Cairo

What cape is on the southwestern tip of Africa?

Cape of Good Hope

What is Africa's westernmost capital?

Dakar

What African country borders the Mediterranean Sea and the Red Sea ?

Egypt

Do African rivers begin at the coast or end at the coast.

End at the coast

True or false the Sahara is in southern Africa?

False

True or false the Sahara is made up entirely of sand?

False

True or false the hottest temperature on record 136.4 was taken in Death Valley?

False

What is the capital of Congo?

Kinshasa

What large African lake does the Equator cross?

Lake Victoria

What lake in Ghana does the Prime Meridian cross?

Lake Volta

What large island is east of Mozambique?

Madagascar

Which sea is directly north of Africa?

Mediterranean Sea

What is the capital of Somalia?

Mogadishu

What channel is west of Madagascar?

Mozambique

What mountain is shown in the elephant picture?

Mt.Kilimanjaro

What is Africa's southernmost country?

South Africa

Which strait lies between Morocco and Spain?

Strait of Gibralter

What country shares borders with Egypt and Ethiopia?

Sudan

In many places in Africa what is the only common language?

The language of the last colonial power.

True or false Sahara means "desert" in Arabic?

True

True or false the Sahara is larger than 48 contiguous United States?

True

True or false the Sahara is the largest desert in the world?

True

What African country is closest to Italy?

Tunisia

Today the only territory in Africa is what?

West Sahara

What river is in the picture of Victoria Falls?

Zambezi River


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