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Sub-Saharan Africa Map Quiz Review

Total questions: 30

Worksheet time: 15mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Name this highlighted country.

a)

Mali

b)

Nigeria

c)

Senegal

d)

South Africa

2.

Select the correctly matched pair (City & Country).

a)

Capetown & South Africa

b)

Dakar & Nigeria

c)

Timbuktu & Botswana

d)

Nairobi & Ghana

3.

Name the country shown in orange.

a)

Ghana

b)

Angola

c)

Chad

d)

Kenya

4.

What is the CAPITAL of the country in orange?

a)

Alexandria

b)

Nairobi

c)

Johannesburg

d)

Lagos

5.

Which river runs through the highlighted country?

a)

Zambezi River

b)

Nile River

c)

Congo River

d)

Amazon River

6.

Name the country in orange.

a)

Cameroon

b)

Gabon

c)

Western Sahara

d)

Democratic Republic of the Congo -DRC

7.

Name this coastal desert.

a)

Namib Desert

b)

Gobi Desert

c)

Sahara Desert

d)

Kalahari Desert

8.

The Sahel is...

a)

a desert

b)

a semi-arid region

c)

a mountain range

d)

a grassland

9.

Name the river shown here.

a)

Zambezi

b)

Nile

c)

Congo

d)

Niger

10.

Name this lake.

a)

Lake Tanganyika

b)

Lake Baikal

c)

Lake Victoria

d)

Lake Congo

11.

What is the city labeled 1?

a)

Capetown

b)

Johannesburg

c)

Dakar

d)

Khartoum

12.

Which city is the located at the confluence of the White and Blue Nile?

a)

Alexandria, Egypt

b)

Lagos, Nigeria

c)

Timbuktu, Mali

d)

Khartoum, Sudan

13.

Name this small, highlighted country.

a)

Rwanda

b)

Kenya

c)

Tanzania

d)

Democratic Republic of the Congo

14.

Which of the following countries border Lake Victoria?

a)

DRC & Angola

b)

Kenya & Tanzania

c)

Senegal & Mali

d)

Gabon & Cameroon

15.

Which narrow water feature separates Morocco and Spain?

a)

Suez Canal

b)

Mozambique Channel

c)

Red Sea

d)

Strait of Gibraltar

16.

Which sea separates Africa from Southwestern Asia?

a)

Mediterranean Sea

b)

Caspian Sea

c)

Red Sea

d)

Black Sea

17.

Name the mountain range in red/orange.

a)

Appalachian Mountains

b)

Atlas Mountains

c)

Caucasus Mountains

d)

Andes Mountains

18.

Which physical feature can be found in Botswana?

a)

Kalahari Desert

b)

Sahara Desert

c)

Atacama Desert

d)

Namib Desert

19.

Name this large island country.

a)

Ghana

b)

Egypt

c)

Lesotho

d)

Madagascar

20.

Which desert is in northern Africa?

a)

Sahara

b)

Sahel

c)

Kalahari

d)

Namib

21.

Which country is shown in red?

a)

Gambia

b)

Ghana

c)

Senegal

d)

Sudan

22.

What is the CAPITAL of the red country?

a)

Nairobi

b)

Dakar

c)

Lagos

d)

Alexandria

23.

Name this coastal country in orange.

a)

Senegal

b)

Côte d’Ivoire (Ivory Coast)

c)

Gabon

d)

Ghana

24.

Which land feature is experiencing desertification?

a)

Serengeti Plains

b)

Sahel

c)

Great Rift Valley

d)

Congo Rainforest

25.

What is the coldest place along the Equator?

a)

Congo Rainforest

b)

Serengeti Plans

c)

Mt. Kilimanjaro

d)

Lake Tanganyika

26.

Which river flows through southern Africa?

a)

Zambezi River

b)

Nile River

c)

Congo River

d)

Niger River

27.

Which body of water separates Madagascar from mainland Africa?

a)

Mozambique Channel

b)

Suez Canal

c)

Strait of Gibraltar

d)

Nile Delta

28.

The southern-most point of Africa is called -

a)

Ivory Coast

b)

Cape Horn

c)

Horn of Africa

d)

Cape of Good Hope

29.

Name the country highlighted in green.

a)

Somalia

b)

Mozambique

c)

Tanzania

d)

Rwanda

30.

Select the correctly matched pair (City & Country).

a)

Lagos & Nigeria

b)

Dakar & Sudan

c)

Johannesburg & Kenya

d)

Khartoum & Gabon