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West & Central Africa Mapping Assessment - CHALLENGE

Total questions: 97

Worksheet time: 24hrs 15mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is country #1?

a)

Niger

b)

Mali

c)

Liberia

d)

Sierra Leone

e)

Mauritania

2.

What is country #2?

a)

Senegal

b)

Ivory Coast

c)

Mali

d)

Nigeria

e)

Benin

3.

What is country #3?

a)

Niger

b)

Guinea

c)

Nigeria

d)

Mauritania

e)

Togo

4.

What is country #4?

a)

Gambia

b)

Guinea-Bissau

c)

Niger

d)

Nigeria

e)

Burkina Faso

5.

What is country #5?

a)

Ghana

b)

Benin

c)

Togo

d)

Burkina Faso

e)

Mali

6.

What is country #6?

a)

Liberia

b)

Cape Verde

c)

Mauritania

d)

Togo

e)

Benin

7.

What is country #7?

a)

Ivory Coast

b)

Burkina Faso

c)

Sierra Leone

d)

Nigeria

e)

Guinea

8.

What is country #8?

a)

Gambia

b)

Cameroon

c)

Senegal

d)

Equatorial Guinea

e)

Ghana

9.

What is country #9?

a)

Congo

b)

Ivory Coast

c)

Ghana

d)

Mauritania

e)

Liberia

10.

What is country #10?

a)

Gambia

b)

Sao Tome & Principe

c)

Sierra Leone

d)

Liberia

e)

Gabon

11.

What is country #11?

a)

Guinea

b)

Democratic Republic of the Congo

c)

Sierra Leone

d)

Togo

e)

Gambia

12.

What is country #12?

a)

Guinea Bissau

b)

Chad

c)

Nigeria

d)

Sierra Leone

e)

Guinea

13.

What is country #13?

a)

Cameroon

b)

Equatorial Guinea

c)

Guinea Bissau

d)

Guinea

e)

Ghana

14.

What is country #14?

a)

Congo

b)

Burkina Faso

c)

Senegal

d)

Gambia

e)

Liberia

15.

What is country #15?

a)

Equatorial Guinea

b)

Gambia

c)

Cape Verde

d)

Benin

e)

Senegal

16.

What is country #16?

a)

Sao Tome & Principe

b)

Ghana

c)

Guinea

d)

Cape Verde

e)

Mauritania

17.

What is country #17?

a)

Congo

b)

Gabon

c)

Nigeria

d)

Niger

e)

Chad

18.

What is country #18?

a)

Cameroon

b)

Benin

c)

Liberia

d)

Central African Republic

e)

Democratic Republic of the Congo

19.

What is country #19?

a)

Ivory Coast

b)

Gabon

c)

Congo

d)

Democratic Republic of the Congo

e)

Central African Republic

20.

What is country #20?

a)

Cameroon

b)

Gabon

c)

Congo

d)

Chad

e)

Equatorial Guinea

21.

What is country #21?

a)

Sao Tome & Principe

b)

Cape Verde

c)

Gabon

d)

Equatorial Guinea

e)

Central African Republic

22.

What is country #22?

a)

Chad

b)

Niger

c)

Ghana

d)

Gabon

e)

Cameroon

23.

What is country #23?

a)

Guinea Bissau

b)

Cameroon

c)

Central African Republic

d)

Sao Tome & Principe

e)

Equatorial Guinea

24.

What is country #24?

a)

Equatorial Guinea

b)

Cape Verde

c)

Sao Tome & Principe

d)

Gabon

e)

Chad

25.

Which 3 countries in Central Africa does the equator run through?

a)

Gabon

b)

Chad

c)

Cameroon

d)

Congo

e)

Democratic Republic of the Congo

26.

In which region are the countries of Liberia, Senegal and Mali located?

a)

West Africa

b)

Central Africa

c)

East Africa

d)

South Africa

e)

North Africa

27.

Which country is NOT located in Central Africa?

a)

Cameroon

b)

Gabon

c)

Central African Republic

d)

Congo

e)

Guinea Bissau

28.

Which 2 countries are NOT located in West Africa?

a)

Cameroon

b)

Burkina Faso

c)

Ivory Coast

d)

Equatorial Guinea

e)

Ghana

29.

Which 2 countries are landlocked?

a)

Ghana

b)

Niger

c)

Congo

d)

Mali

e)

Mauritania

30.

Which 2 countries are landlocked?

a)

Central African Republic

b)

Benin

c)

Burkina Faso

d)

Cameroon

e)

Gabon

31.

What is the french name for the Ivory Coast?

a)

Cote D'Ivoire

b)

Cabo Verde

c)

Moroni Isles

d)

Ivoriani Coastale

e)

Isla de Cote

32.

Which country is east of the Prime Meridian?

a)

Cameroon

b)

Mauritania

c)

Sierra Leone

d)

Senegal

e)

Liberia

33.

Which country is located west of the Prime Meridian?

a)

Gambia

b)

Niger

c)

Congo

d)

Chad

e)

Central African Republic

34.

If you were in the country of Ghana and drove directly east, into which country would you enter?

a)

Ivory Coast

b)

Togo

c)

Benin

d)

Burkina Faso

e)

You'd end up in the ocean

35.

Which countries border Nigeria?

a)

Benin

b)

Niger

c)

Chad

d)

Cameroon

e)

Democratic Republic of the Congo

36.

Which countries do NOT border the Democratic Republic of the Congo?

a)

Central African Republic

b)

Congo

c)

Nigeria

d)

Chad

e)

Senegal

37.

Which is the capital city of Chad?

a)

Malabo

b)

N'Djamena

c)

Porto Novo

d)

Brazzaville

e)

Praia

38.

Which is the capital city of Togo?

a)

Monrovia

b)

Lome

c)

Bangui

d)

Conakry

e)

Accra

39.

Which is the capital city of Gabon?

a)

Kinshasa

b)

Yaounde

c)

Dakar

d)

Bamako

e)

Libreville

40.

Which is the capital city of Mauritania?

a)

Banjul

b)

Nouakchott

c)

Niamey

d)

Yaounde

e)

Bamako

41.

Which is the capital city of Burkina Faso?

a)

Malabo

b)

Ouagadougou

c)

Abuja

d)

Yamoussoukro

e)

Freetown

42.

Which is the capital city of Liberia?

a)

Monrovia

b)

Yaounde

c)

Niamey

d)

Bamako

e)

Porto Novo

43.

Which is the capital city of Sierra Leone?

a)

Kishasa

b)

Dakar

c)

Freetown

d)

Banjul

e)

Libreville

44.

Which is the capital city of Guinea Bissau?

a)

Sao Tome

b)

Bangui

c)

Bissau

d)

Lome

e)

Praia

45.

Which is the capital city of Mali?

a)

Banjul

b)

Bamako

c)

Yamoussoukro

d)

Monrovia

e)

Abuja

46.

Which is the capital city of Ghana?

a)

Lome

b)

N'Djamena

c)

Niamey

d)

Accra

e)

Abuja

47.

Which is the capital city of Central African Republic?

a)

Yaounde

b)

Accra

c)

Brazzaville

d)

Kinshasa

e)

Bangui

48.

Which is the capital city of the Democratic Republic of the Congo?

a)

Libreville

b)

Conakry

c)

Dakar

d)

Kinshasa

e)

Brazzaville

49.

Which is the capital city of the Congo?

a)

Freetown

b)

Yaounde

c)

Malabo

d)

Brazzaville

e)

Accra

50.

Which is the capital city of Sao Tome & Principe?

a)

Bangui

b)

Sao Tome

c)

Bissau

d)

Malabo

e)

Kinshasa

51.

Which is the capital city of Guinea?

a)

Dakar

b)

Conakry

c)

Malabo

d)

Monrovia

e)

Bamako

52.

Which is the capital city of Senegal?

a)

Praia

b)

Nouakchott

c)

Bamako

d)

Niamey

e)

Dakar

53.

Which is the capital city of Nigeria?

a)

Accra

b)

Ouagadougou

c)

Abuja

d)

Kinshasa

e)

Yaounde

54.

Which is the capital city of the Ivory Coast?

a)

Malabo

b)

Banjul

c)

Brazzaville

d)

Yamoussoukro

e)

Niamey

55.

Which is the capital city of Cape Verde?

a)

Dakar

b)

Freetown

c)

Kinshasa

d)

Praia

e)

N'Djamena

56.

Which is the capital city of Equatorial Guinea?

a)

Bissau

b)

Malabo

c)

Libreville

d)

Niamey

e)

Porto-Novo

57.

Which is the capital city of Cameroon?

a)

Yaounde

b)

Libreville

c)

Monrovia

d)

Nouakchott

e)

Freetown

58.

Which is the capital city of the Gambia?

a)

Bamako

b)

Lome

c)

Porto-Novo

d)

Banjul

e)

Dakar

59.

Which is the capital city of Niger?

a)

Abuja

b)

Kinshasa

c)

Niamey

d)

Bamako

e)

Accra

60.

Which is the capital city of Benin?

a)

Lome

b)

Abuja

c)

Monrovia

d)

Bissau

e)

Porto-Novo

61.

What ocean is west of the continent of Africa?

a)

Atlantic Ocean

b)

Pacific Ocean

c)

Indian Ocean

d)

Arctic Ocean

62.

What body of water is south of Benin and Togo?

a)

Lake Volta

b)

Lake Chad

c)

Gulf of Guinea

d)

Senegal River

e)

Stanley Falls

63.

What body of water is on the border of Chad, Cameroon, Niger and Nigeria?

a)

Lake Volta

b)

Niger River

c)

Lake Chad

d)

Gulf of Guinea

e)

Great Rift Valley

64.

Stanley Falls is a large waterfall located on the Congo River in which country?

a)

Central African Republic

b)

Cameroon

c)

Democratic Republic of the Congo

d)

Congo

e)

Equatorial Guinea

65.

Which country is located partially on the mainland of Africa and also on an island?

a)

Sao Tome & Principe

b)

Cape Verde

c)

Equatorial Guinea

d)

Togo

e)

Mauritania

66.

What line of latitude is located at zero degrees?

a)

Prime Meridian

b)

Equator

c)

Tropic of Cancer

d)

Tropic of Capricorn

67.

What line of longitude is located at zero degrees?

a)

Equator

b)

Prime Meridian

c)

Tropic of Cancer

d)

Tropic of Capricorn

e)

Arctic Circle

68.

What is the name of the region located on the outskirts of the Sahara Desert?

a)

Great Rift Valley

b)

Niger River Delta

c)

Sahel

d)

Congoville

e)

Congo River

69.

Lake Volta is located in which country?

a)

Benin

b)

Togo

c)

Ivory Coast

d)

Ghana

e)

Liberia

70.

Which country does the Niger River NOT flow through?

a)

Democratic Republic of the Congo

b)

Niger

c)

Nigeria

d)

Mali

71.

What is the name of the area where the Niger River feeds out into the ocean?

a)

Niger River Peninsula

b)

Niger River Plateau

c)

Niger River Archipelago

d)

Niger River Desert

e)

Niger River Delta

72.

Which is a major river in Central Africa?

a)

Senegal River

b)

Niger River

c)

Congo River

d)

Chad River

e)

Volta River

73.

What major physical feature is found partially along the eastern border of the Democratic Republic of the Congo and extends much farther north and south in Africa?

a)

Sahara Desert

b)

Sahel

c)

Lake Volta

d)

Great Rift Valley

e)

Lake Chad

74.

What major physical feature spans much of northern Mauritania, Mali, Niger and Chad (as well as other countries we have not yet learned)?

a)

Great Rift Valley

b)

Gulf of Guinea

c)

Gobi Desert

d)

Stanley Falls

e)

Sahara Desert

75.

Which line of latitude, located at 23.5 degrees north, runs through Mauritania and Mali in West Africa?

a)

Equator

b)

Prime Meridian

c)

Tropic of Cancer

d)

Tropic of Capricorn

e)

Arctic Circle

76.

Which is the second capital city of the Ivory Coast?

a)

Abidjan

b)

Cotonou

c)

Lagos

d)

Timbuktu

e)

Ascension

77.

Which is the second capital city of Benin?

a)

Lagos

b)

Abidjan

c)

Timbuktu

d)

Cabinda

e)

Cotonou

78.

Which is a city located in Nigeria?

a)

Lagos

b)

Timbuktu

c)

Abidjan

d)

Cabinda

e)

Annobon

79.

Timbuktu is a city located in which country?

a)

Benin

b)

Mauritania

c)

Mali

d)

Niger

e)

Nigeria

80.

Which is an island off the south-west coast of Africa that belongs to the United Kingdom?

a)

Cabinda

b)

Annobon

c)

Lagos

d)

Ascension

e)

Jos

81.

In which country is the Jos Plateau located?

a)

Central African Republic

b)

Democratic Republic of the Congo

c)

Chad

d)

Nigeria

e)

Mali

82.

Which area is where the Prime Meridian and the Equator meet?

a)

Near Lake Chad

b)

In the Sahara Desert

c)

In the Democratic Republic of the Congo

d)

In the Atlantic Ocean

e)

Off the coast of Cape Verde

83.

Which is the highest peak in Cameroon?

a)

Mount Everest

b)

Mitumba Mountains

c)

Tibesti Mountains

d)

Mount Cameroon

e)

Mount Fuji

84.

Which is the old name of the Democratic Republic of the Congo?

a)

Annobon

b)

Albert

c)

Mitumba

d)

Zaire

e)

Ubangi

85.

Which is one of the African Great Lakes on the border of the DRC and Rwanda?

a)

Lake Kivu

b)

Lake Albert

c)

Lake Edward

d)

Lake Volta

e)

Lake Chad

86.

Which is the smallest of the African Great Lakes on the border of the DRC and Uganda?

a)

Lake Chad

b)

Lake Kivu

c)

Lake Edward

d)

Lake Albert

e)

Lake Volta

87.

Which of the African Great Lakes is the 7th biggest in Africa and is on the border of the DRC and Uganda?

a)

Lake Volta

b)

Lake Edward

c)

Lake Chad

d)

Lake Kivu

e)

Lake Albert

88.

Which is an island of Equatorial Guinea?

a)

Cabinda

b)

Annobon

c)

Ascension

d)

Kasai

e)

Katanga

89.

The Katanga Plateau, a farming and ranching region, is located in which country?

a)

Chad

b)

Central African Republic

c)

Congo

d)

Democratic Republic of the Congo

e)

Niger

90.

The Tibesti Mountains are located primarily in which country?

a)

Nigeria

b)

Chad

c)

Gabon

d)

Democratic Republic of the Congo

e)

Mali

91.

Which river forms the boundary between Central African Republic and the DRC?

a)

Kasai River

b)

Ubangi River

c)

Chari River

d)

Senegal River

e)

Congo River

92.

Which river flows through Central African Republic and Chad and into Lake Chad?

a)

Senegal River

b)

Chari River

c)

Ubangi River

d)

Kasai River

e)

Congo River

93.

The Mitumba Mountains are located in the eastern part of which country?

a)

Mauritania

b)

Mali

c)

Democratic Republic of the Congo

d)

Central African Republic

e)

Nigeria

94.

Which is an area of Angola that is separated from the rest of the country by the Democratic Republic of the Congo?

a)

Annobon

b)

Cabinda

c)

Timbuktu

d)

Lagos

e)

Ascension

95.

Which is a low lying area spanning 6 countries - CAR, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, DRC, Cameroon & Congo

a)

Cabinda

b)

Congo Basin

c)

Sahel

d)

Mount Cameroon

e)

Jos Plateau

96.

Which is part of the Congo River (a tributary) that flows from Angola into the Democratic Republic of the Congo?

a)

Ubangi River

b)

Katanga Plateau

c)

Lake Albert

d)

Kasai River

e)

Chari River

97.

Where is the capital city of Equatorial Guinea located?

a)

On the mainland part

b)

On the island part