Report: Africa

Question 1

Algeria

Answer 1

• Algiers
• Second largest country in Africa, after Sudan. Four times size of Texas.
• National language: Arabic
• most Algerians are Muslim
• over 90% is covered by Sahara desert

Question 2

Angola

Answer 2

• Luanda
• Portuguese is the official language
• 47% indigenous beliefs; 38% Roman Catholic; 15% Protestants

Question 3

Berlin

Answer 3

• Germany
• French is the official language
• Agricultural products: cotton, corn, cassava

Question 4

Botswana

Answer 4

• Gaborone
• landlocked African country just north of South Africa;
• has no ocean coastline

Question 5

Burkina Faso

Answer 5

• Ouagadougou
• main product is cotton
• industries: cotton lint, beverages, agricultural processing, soap
• agricultural products: cotton, peanuts, Shea

Question 6

Equatorial Guinea

Answer 6

• located in central Africa
• capital: Malabo
• language: Spanish, French, and Portuguese
• richest country per capita in Africa

Question 7

Eritrea

Answer 7

• a country in the Horn of Africa
• capital: Asmara
• multi ethnic country, 9 recognized ethnic groups of around 6 million groups

Question 8

Ethiopia

Answer 8

• capital: Addis ababa
• multilingual nation; Amhara is one of the largest groups among the 80 ethnolinguistic groups
• Has the most UNESCO World Heritage Site in Africa

Question 9

Gabon

Answer 9

• capital: libreville
• French is the official language
• has low population density, but is abundant in Petroleum - making them one of the most prosperous countries in Africa

Question 10

Madagascar

Answer 10

• Antananarivo
• 4th world’s largest island, after Greenland, New Guinea, and Borneo
• scientist said that Madagascar was originally covered with evergreen forest in the wetter areas of the east and the north

Question 11

Malawi

Answer 11

• Lilongwe

- many varieties of animal life; at least 520 bird species can be found

Question 12

Mali

Answer 12

• Capital: Bamako

- Eight largest country in Africa

Question 13

Mauritania

Answer 13

• capital: Nouakchott

- thirty-year war was the unsuccessful final effort of the people

Question 14

Seychelles

Answer 14

• Victoria
• an archipelago; has over 100 islands in the Indian Ocean
• the islands in the central group are formed from granite
• the outer islands are made up of coral accretions

Question 15

Sierra Leone

Answer 15

• Freetown
• found in Atlantic Ocean in West Africa
• Half the size of Illinois

Question 16

Somalia

Answer 16

• Mogadishu
• according to legend, if not all Somali Clans, most of their ancestor was Irir Samaale, which literally means “go and milk” - which reflects the pastoral lifestyle of his descendants

Question 17

South Africa

Answer 17

• Cape Town, Pretoria, Bloemfontein
• is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean on the west and by the Indian Ocean on the south and East
• southernmost point: Cape Agulhas