Anne’s Quiz #28

Africa

This quiz is based on a set of questions used by Jean Hubbell for a seminar on Africa in 2001 at Foundry UMC.

1. What divides Africa almost equally north and south?: a) the Sahara; b) the Equator; c) the Nile River; d) the Tropic of Capricorn

2. Which country is home to one of the world's highest mountains, Mt. Kilimanjaro (5.963 m/19,340 ft)?: a) Tanzania; b) Uganda; c) Chad; d) Nigeria

3. What makes the Nile River unique?: a) It flows north.; b) It carries the most volume of water.; c) It floods.; d) It is the longest in the world.

4. How many separate, distinct languages are spoken in Africa?: a) 20-30; b) 50-60; c) 200-250; d) 800-1000

5. Which desert is the world's largest contiguous desert?: a) Sahara; b) Kalahari; c) Negev; d) Namib

6. When did Europeans first settle in South Africa?: a) The Dutch landed a party of settlers in 1652.; b) The Portuguese started a colony in 1580.; c) The British colonized South Africa in 1830.; d) The French sent a group of colonists there in 1703.

7. How many continents are larger than Africa?: a) 0; b) 1; c) 2; d) 3

8. What percentage of the Earth's population lives in Africa?: a) 2%; b) 13%; c) 37%; d) 51%

9. What was discovered in the Rift Valley of Eastern Africa by paleoanthropologists?: a) gold; b) dinosaurs; c) early hominids; d) diamonds

10. Which of these animals is NOT native to Africa?: a) lion; b) giraffe; c) elephant; d) tiger

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