Countries From List 1 Facts

Question 1

This country is as big as California and has largest population in the region.

Answer 1

Nigeria

Question 2

This country’s main way of income is mainly through the production of oil exports. And also has many subsistence farms.

Answer 2

Nigeria

Question 3

This country has more than 250 ethnic groups. 1/2 of population is Muslim, 40% are Christian and the remainder practice traditional African religions.

Answer 3

Nigeria

Question 4

This country is part of group that makes up the Sahel except for one and is very landlocked and is limited in transportation

Answer 4

Possible answers (Mali, Burkina Faso, Niger, Chad)

Question 5

This country is one of five that makes up the Sahel and the lack of transportation makes exporting their main items, uranium, gold, and oil hard.

Answer 5

Possible answers( Mauritania, Burkina Faso, Niger, Chad and Mali)

Question 6

This country is one of five that is part of Sahel and receives little rainfall and so farming isn’t optional. Instead hearing livestock is a way of life here.

Answer 6

Possible answers (Burkina Faso, Niger, Chad, Mauritania, Mali)

Question 7

This country is one of five in the Sahel and there is very little population here because of the dry conditions.

Answer 7

Possible answers (Niger, Chad, Mauritania, Mali, Burkina Faso)

Question 8

This country is one of five in the Sahel and is mostly populated by Muslims who speak Arabic as well as French and African languages.

Answer 8

Possible answers (Chad, Mauritania, Mali, Burkina Faso, Niger)

Question 9

This country has a major source of copper, tin, and industrial diamonds and is home to 200 ethnic groups.

Answer 9

Democratic Republic of the Congo

Question 10

This country’s lack of transportation and safety makes for the lack of ability to get to its country’s resources and its capital Kinshasa is home to 6 million people.

Answer 10

Democratic Republic of the Congo

Question 11

This is the largest country in South Eastern Africa most people there speak Swahili.

Answer 11

Tanzania

Question 12

The Serengeti is a major national park that spreads across this country

Answer 12

Tanzania

Question 13

This country’s capital is Nairobi and is the largest city in Eastern Africa

Answer 13

Kenya

Question 14

This country has a large port called Mombasa and gained its independence from Britain in 1963

Answer 14

Kenya

Question 15

This country uses its oil, manganese, timber and uranium resources to build the economy

Answer 15

Gabon

Question 16

This country produces cacao and coffee for its export

Answer 16

Cameroon

Question 17

This country benefits from oil resources

Answer 17

Equatorial Guinea

Question 18

This country is landlocked and in the highlands and its dictator in 1970s was Idi Amin

Answer 18

Uganda

Question 19

This country is landlocked and in the highlands and has very fertile soil and its Hutu led government killed many Tutsi

Answer 19

Rwanda

Question 20

This country has very fertile soil and is producer of bananas cassava potatoes corn and grain and was affected by genocide

Answer 20

Burundi

Question 21

This country’s people live along Nile River and were ruled by Britain and Egypt from late 1800’s -1956

Answer 21

Sudan

Question 22

This country had civil war in 1983-2004 and killed 1.5 million

Answer 22

Sudan

Question 23

This country’s main export is coffee along with grains, sugarcane and potatoes and has 80 different languages

Answer 23

Ethiopia

Question 24

This country’s main export is cotton as well as sugarcane, grains and dates

Answer 24

Sudan

Question 25

This country broke away from Ethiopia in 1993 and sits on Red Sea

Answer 25

Eritrea

Question 26

This country is tip of Horn of Africa and its two Muslim clan are Suni and Shia and caused civil war in 1980s

Answer 26

Somalia

Question 27

This country is on water passage connecting Mediterranian and Indian Ocean

Answer 27

Djibouti

Question 28

Shipping and commerce is this country’s main income and most of its people are Muslim

Answer 28

Djibouti