Do You Recognize These African Countries?
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Africa is one of the most diverse continents on Planet Earth, with a plenty of natural resources to go along with some of the world's biggest deserts, jungles, and rivers. There are 54 countries in Africa - can you name these 20?
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Africa is one of the most diverse continents on Planet Earth, with a plenty of natural resources to go along with some of the world's biggest deserts, jungles, and rivers. There are 54 countries in Africa - can you name these 20?
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Question 1
This country contains a port city that is the largest city in Africa and also has the largest population of any country in Africa at 184,000,000 inhabitants.
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AEthiopia
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BNigeria
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CEgypt
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DSouth Africa
Nigeria
Nigeria contains the metropolis of Lagos, which has a population north of 21 million.
Question 2
This country is the most populous landlocked country in the world and is the only country that retained sovereignty during the 19th-century colonialization of Africa. (Hint: This country is in the horn of Africa)
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ACongo
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BEthiopia
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CSomalia
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DSudan
Ethiopia
Over 100,000,000 people live in Ethiopia.
Question 3
This country modeled on America is the only one in Africa to self-declare independence, becoming a country with no bloodshed and without revolt from a colonial power. This small country borders the Atlantic Ocean.
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AKenya
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BLiberia
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CAngola
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DSouth Africa
Liberia
Liberia was founded by the American Colonization Society and issued a Declaration of Independence in 1847.
Question 4
This country, only nine miles from Europe, annexed Western Sahara after Spain relinquished control in 1975, sparking a guerilla war that lasted until 1991. The capital of this country is Rabat.
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AMorocco
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BLibya
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CEgypt
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DAlgeria
Morocco
Morocco administers Western Sahara as its Southern Provinces.
Question 5
German is a national language in this desert country, the only African country where German is widely spoken. This country borders Angola, Botswana, Zambia, and South Africa.
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ANamibia
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BTanzania
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CBali
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DEcquador
Namibia
German is one of the 20 national languages of Namibia and the main language of approximately 1% of the population.
Question 6
Let's go for a trip down the Nile River. The White Nile flows northward out of Lake Victoria, Africa's largest lake. Which of these countries does NOT border that lake? (Hint: This was the setting of a movie where a hotel manager housed over a thousand Tutsi refugees.)
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ARwanda
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BKenya
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CTanzania
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DUganda
Rwanda
Tanzania, Uganda and Kenya all have shoreline on Lake Victoria.
Question 7
We're sure you already knew that the two main tributaries of the Nile are the White Nile and the Blue Nile. In which country do they merge?
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AEgypt
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BEthiopia
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CCentral African Republic
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DSudan
Sudan
The White Nile and the Blue Nile merge at Khartoum, the capital of Sudan.
Question 8
Finally, this five thousand year old country is where the Nile flows into the Mediterranean.
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ASudan
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BEgypt
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CLibya
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DEthiopia
Egypt
The Nile fans out into the Nile Delta north of Cairo in Egypt.
Question 9
This island nation off of Africa's east coast has some of the most unique flora and fauna in the world, and is the title of a Dreamworks film franchise.
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ACape Verde
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BMauritius
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CComoros
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DMadagascar
Madagascar
There have been three main 'Madagascar' films plus several spinoff titles and a tv show.
Question 10
This country is a geographical oddity. It is the only country that lies entirely above 4,500 feet in elevation and is also the southernmost landlocked country in the world.
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ALesotho
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BZimbabwe
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CBotswana
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DSwaziland
Lesotho
Lesotho is one of only three countries in the world completely surrounded by another country.
Question 11
Africa's highest point, Mount Kilimanjaro, is located near the Kenyan border in what country?
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AUganda
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BMozambique
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CTanzania
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DZambia
Tanzania
Mount Kilimanjaro is located in Tanzania.
Question 12
Until September 2012, when it was overturned by the World Meteorological Organization, the world's all-time hottest recorded temperature occurred near Aziziya in the region of Tripolitania in this country.
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ALibya
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BMauritania
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CTogo
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DBenin
Libya
The temperature of 136.4 degrees F, now believed to be an error, was recorded in Libya.
Question 13
This diverse country with 11 official languages granted the right to vote to all citizens somewhat recently in 1994.
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ABurundi
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BZambia
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CZimbabwe
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DSouth Africa
South Africa
Before 1994, South Africans were ruled by a policy of 'apartheid'.
Question 14
The brutal Paris-Dakar rally was run from 1979 - 2007 across the Sahara Desert, finishing yearly in what country? (Hint: This country starts with an S)
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ASierra Leone
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BCote D'Ivoire
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CSenegal
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DChad
Senegal
The traditional finishing point of the rally was in Dakar, Senegal.
Question 15
This is the largest country in Africa by area, the tenth largest in the world, and a former pirate haven along the Barbary Coast.
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AAlgeria
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BTunisia
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CVenice
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DMorocco
Algeria
Barbary pirates counted Algiers, Algeria as one of their main launching points.
Question 16
This country is led by the world's oldest living leader, Robert Mugabe, who is an impressive 93 years old as of 2017.
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AKenya
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BCongo
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CZimbabwe
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DBotswana
Zimbabwe
Robert Mugabe leads Zimbabwe and has been in power since 1980.
Question 17
This country cleans up at the Olympics. As of 2017, seven of the top 10 fastest marathon times ever recorded have been run by natives of this country, including the 2016 Rio Games gold medalist, Eliud Kipchoge.
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AUganda
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BCentral African Republic
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CKenya
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DEthiopia
Kenya
Kenya has been dominant in the Olympic marathon event over the last 10 years.
Question 18
Civil War has been ongoing in this country since the fall of Siad Barre in 1991, although recent progress has been made against the al-Qaeda-backed militants.
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ASomalia
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BNiger
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CSudan
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DLibya
Somalia
Somalia is still fractured into multiple semi-autonomous areas.
Question 19
This landlocked country contains the fabled city of Timbuktu, located on the Niger River.
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AThe Gambia
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BNigeria
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CNiger
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DMali
Mali
Timbuktu is located in the northern desert of Mali.
Question 20
Let's end on a tough one. This tiny country, containing both a mainland and island region, is the richest country in Africa by per-capita income.
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AGabon
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BSao Tome and Principe
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CEquatorial Guinea
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DComoros
Equatorial Guinea
Equatorial Guinea boasts per capita income of over $14,000 per person.
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Fascinating.
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It's quite challenging and the questions are precise.