Africa Geography Quiz

Three of the world's 10 largest lakes are in what area of Africa?

• Congo Basin

• North Africa

• Niger

• Great Rift Valley

Africa has more countries than any other continent?

• True

• False

What is Africa's longest mountain range?

• Mitumba

• Atlas

• Drakensberg

• Virunga

Which river flows into the Indian Ocean?

• Nile

• Congo

• Zambezi

• Niger

What is called the Horn of Africa?

• Trading post along all coast

• Elephant rich savannas

• Eastern-most projection of continent

• The deserts of North Africa

What African country is the only known home to the now extinct dodo bird?

• South Africa

• Mauritius

• Bostwana

• Ghana

What body of water separates Africa from the Middle East?*

• Arabian Sea

• Mediterranean Sea

• Atlantic Ocean

• Red Sea

What is the smallest country in mainland Africa?

• Gambia

• Dijibouti

• Lesotho

• Rwanda

Which of these group of islands is not in Africa?

• Comoros

• Seychelles

• Society

• Cape Verde

How much of Africa is desert?

• Two-thirds

• One half

• One-fifth

• One-third