African Geography Quiz # 1

Try to answer these 14 questions about Africa, then click the button at the bottom of the page. The answers to some of the questions are in The Congo Cookbook. When you finish this quiz you can go on to Quiz # 2. (Your browser must be javascript-enabled.)

Which of these food crops is indigenous to Africa?

Bananas and Plantains
Cassava (Manioc)
Maize (Corn)
Peanut
None of the above

Which of these food crops is not indigenous to Africa?

Chile pepper
Okra
Tamarind
Yam

In Africa, plantains are prepared by . . . ?

Baking, boiling, frying, mashing, or steaming
Cooking with other ingredients to make soups and stews
Fermenting into beer or wine
All of the above

Which African writers are matched correctly to their country?

Cameroon : Ferdinand Oyono
Nigeria : Chinua Achebe
Nigeria : Buchi Emecheta
Nigeria : Wole Soyinka
South Africa : Alan Paton
All of the above

Which African ethnic groups are matched correctly to their country?

Congo : Kongo
Kenya : Kikuyu
Ghana : Ashanti (Asante)
Nigeria : Igbo (Ibo)
Tanzania/Zanzibar : Swahili
All of the above

Which African leaders are matched correctly to their country?

Ghana : Kwame Nkrumah
Kenya : Jomo Kenyatta
Senegal : Léopold Senghor
South Africa : Nelson Mandela
Tanzania : Julius Nyerere
All of the above

Which is the tallest mountain in Africa?

Kilimanjaro
Mount Cameroon
Mount Kenya
Table Mountain

Which is the largest desert in Africa?

Kalahari
Libyan
Namib
Nubian
Sahara

The capital city of which African country is named for a U.S. president?

Burkina Faso
Gabon
Liberia
Sierra Leone

Which African country is the largest (in area)?

Central African Republic
Kenya
Sudan
Tanzania

Which well-known British musician was born in Africa?

Boy George
Mick Jagger
Freddie Mercury
George Michael

Which two African capital cities are visible one from the other?

Abidjan and Bamako
Brazzaville and Kinshasa
Dar es Salaam and Nairobi
Harare and Lusaka

Which African river crosses the equator twice?

The Congo
The Limpopo
The Niger
The Nile

Which animal is not found in Africa?

Baboon
Elephant
Leopard
Penguin
Tiger
Warthog

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