1) Which of the following rivers in African flows to the Indian Ocean? a) Zambezi b) Nile c) Niger 2) Which of the following landscapes is known as the Horn of Africa? a) The deserts in North Africa b) Trading posts in the Atlantic Coast c) Easternmost projection of Africa 3) Which country has the smallest area in Africa? a) Seychelles b) Lesotho c) Ivory Coast 4) Which country has the largest area in Africa? a) The Democratic Republic of the Congo b) Algeria c) Sudan 5) How much of Africa’s landmass is the desert? a) One-third b) Two-fourth c) One-fifth 6) Which area in Africa contains three of the ten largest lakes in the world? a) Great Rift Valley b) Congo Basin c) Niger Delta 7) What is the longest mountain range in Africa? a) Mitumba b) Atlas c) Virunga 8) Which country in Africa used to be the only home of the extinct dodo? a) Tanzania b) Namibia c) Mauritius 9) Africa is separated from the Middle East by which body of water? a) Red Sea b) Mediterranean Sea c) Arabian Sea 10) What is the name of the largest desert in Africa. a) Atacama b) Gobi c) Sahara 11) Which is the largest island in Africa? a) Comoros b) Madagascar c) Cape Verde 12) Which of those island groups is not located in Africa? a) Society b) Comoros c) Seychelles 13) Which country in Africa has the largest population? a) Niger b) Nigeria c) Egypt 14) Which is the highest mountain in Africa? a) Mount Kilimanjaro b) Mount Kenya c) Mount Emin 15) Lake Victoria, the biggest lake in Africa and the second largest freshwater lake in the world, is bordered with which countries? a) Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda b) Congo, Namibia, Zambia c) Ghana, Cameroon, Lesotho 16) How many countries in Africa are landlocked, meaning that they are completely enclosed by land? a) 12 b) 14 c) 16 17) Which country in Africa is considered by many scholars as being never colonised throughout its history? a) Ethiopia b) Gambia c) Ghana 18) What is the largest international organisation of African countries with 55 member states? a) African Association b) African Union c) African Summit 19) How many countries in Africa does the River Nile flow through? a) 9 b) 11 c) 13 20) What is the largest city in Africa? a) Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo b) Lagos, Nigeria c) Cairo, Egypt 21) Which country in Africa is bordered with both the Indian Ocean and the Atlantic Ocean? a) Mozambique b) South Africa c) Ivory Coast 22) What is the most widely spoken language in Africa? a) French b) Arabic c) English 23) Which city is located in the southernmost part of Africa? a) Johannesburg b) Cape Town c) Pretoria 24) Apart from Egypt, we can find pyramids in which African country? a) Algeria b) Sudan c) Morocco 25) The oldest remains of modern humans were excavated in which African country? a) Ethiopia b) South Africa c) Cameroon 26) What is the newest country in Africa that gained its dependence from Sudan in 2011? a) North Sudan b) South Sudan c) Central Sudan 27) Where is the headquarters of the African Union? a) Johannesburg, South Africa b) Lagos, Nigeria c) Addis Ababa, Ethiopia 28) When it comes to the number of films produced, Nollywood is in the top 3 biggest movie industry in the world. Where is it? a) Nigeria b) Namibia c) Algeri 29) What or who is the capital Monrovia of Liberia named after? a) The indigenous Monroe trees in the region b) James Monroe, the 5th president of the United States c) Marilyn Monroe, the well-known film star 30) What does Ushahidi mean? a) An African philosophy that promotes communal values b) A policy that defers to elders c) A crowd-sourcing platform that was used to control violence 31) In the modern history of South Africa, what is the number of black presidents do they have? a) One b) Five c) Ten 32) Which structure in Africa costs $30 million to build, is higher than the Statue of Liberty and is designed to last until 3200? a) The new hotel of Donald Trump in Zanzibar, Tanzania b) The central library in Mali for Timbuktu c) The monument of the African Renaissance in Dakar, Senegal 33) Who is longest serving leader in Africa? a) Teodoro Obiang, Equatorial Guinea b) Nelson Mandela, South Africa c) Robert Mugabe, Zimbabwe 34) Which publication considered Africa as “a hopeless continent” in 2000 and then “a hopeful continent” in 2011? a) The New York Times b) The Economist c) The Sun 35) Which of the following canals connects Africa and Asia? a) Suez b) Panama c) Corinth 36) Which of the following facts is true about the population of Africa? a) Africa has the youngest population among continents b) Africa has the oldest population among continents c) Africa is the most populous continent 37) Which country is the largest GDP in Africa with more than 440 billion USD in 2021? a) South Africa b) Egypt c) Nigeria 38) The entire territory of which country is completely inside South Africa? a) Mozambique b) Namibia c) Lesotho 39) Which area of Africa is widely known as the the place of origin of humans? a) Southern Africa b) Eastern Africa c) Western Africa

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