A physical map of Africa

Question 1

Which is the highest mountain in Africa

Answer 1

Mount Kilimanjaro

Question 2

Second-highest peak in Africa

Answer 2

Mount Kenya

Question 3

Which is the highest peak in southern Africa

Answer 3

Thaba Ntlenyana in the uKhahlamba-Drakensberg mountain

Question 4

What is the highest point of a mountain called?

Answer 4

Peak

Question 5

If you stand at sea level, where high are you above sea-level?

Answer 5

0.5m

Question 6

What is a place called that is sandy, dry and very hot during the day?

Answer 6

deserts

Question 7

What is the biggest desert in the world?

Answer 7

Sahara Desert

Question 8

Dune 7 Sousussvlei in the Namib Desert is nicknamed?

Answer 8

Big Daddy

Question 9

Rivers flow from ______________ land to _______ land

Answer 9

higher to lower

Question 10

The longest river on earth

Answer 10

Nile River (5 times the distance from Cape Town to Johannesburg). 6670 km long

Question 11

What is a lake?

Answer 11

Large area of fresh water with land all around it.

Question 12

The 3 largest lakes in Africa?

Answer 12

Lake Victoria, Lake Tanganyika, Lake Malawi

Question 13

What is a waterfall?

Answer 13

Is a river or stream falling from a high place to a low place.

Question 14

What are the names of the three well-known waterfalls in Southern Africa?

Answer 14

Victoria Falls, Maletsunyane Falls and Augrabies Falls