Study Guide

Question 1

How many countries are found in South Africa

Answer 1

50

Question 2

List the five mountain ranges

Answer 2

Atlas
Kenya
Kilimanjaro 
Drakensburg
Renwenzori

Question 3

What mountain range borders Uganda and democratic republic of Congo

Answer 3

Renwenzori

Question 4

How high is Kilimanjaro

Answer 4

19340

Question 5

What two rivers does the Great Rift Valley stretch from

Answer 5

Jordan

Zambezi

Question 6

What is the second largest freshwater lake in the world

Answer 6

Victoria

Question 7

What 3 countries surround the second largest freshwater lake

Answer 7

Kenya
Tanzania
Uganda

Question 8

What is the worlds longest freshwater lake

Answer 8

Tanganyika

Question 9

What lake is surrounded by Tanzania, Mozambique, and Malawi

Answer 9

Lake Malawi

Question 10

List the four great rivers

Answer 10

Nile
Congo
Niger
Zambezi

Question 11

What is the largest river south of the Sahara

Answer 11

Congo

Question 12

What ocean does the Niger river drain into

Answer 12

Atlantic Ocean

Question 13

What ocean does the Zambezi river drain into

Answer 13

Indian Ocean

Question 14

What waterfall is found in Africa

Answer 14

Victoria Falls

Question 15

What resource do the miners mine for in Congo

Answer 15

Diamonds

Question 16

What resource is found in the Great Rift Valley

Answer 16

Gold

Question 17

What resource is found in Zambia and the Congo

Answer 17

Copper

Question 18

4 Resources

Answer 18

Uranium
Manganese
Cobalt
Zinc

Question 19

What desert runs from the Atlantic Ocean to the Red Sea

Answer 19

Sahara

Question 20

What desert is found in Namibia

Answer 20

Namib

Question 21

What desert covers Botswana

Answer 21

Kalahari

Question 22

What two wild game preserves were set up to protect wildlife

Answer 22

Tanzanias Serengeti Plains

Kenyas Nairobi National Park

Question 23

What percent of Africa is made up of rainforest

Answer 23

8%

Question 24

What are the three types of plantations that take up most of the land

Answer 24

Cocoa
Rubber
Palm-Oil

Question 25

What is the temperature in the rainforest

Answer 25

80 degrees

Question 26

What is the average age of people in Africa

Answer 26

No more than 15 years old

Question 27

What percent of Africans have clean water

Answer 27

40%

Question 28

What is the insect that carries viruses

Answer 28

Tsetse fly

Question 29

What two things claim infant lives

Answer 29

Famine | Poor nutrition

Question 30

What is the main disease that claims the most lives

Answer 30

AIDS

Question 31

What was the trip across the Atlantic Ocean called during the slave trade

Answer 31

Middle Passage

Question 32

What was the first African country to gain its independence

Answer 32

Ghana

Question 33

What year did South Africa hold its first election with equal voting rights

Answer 33

1994

Question 34

Who was the first black president of South Africa

Answer 34

Nelson Mandela

Question 35

How many different languages are spoken in South Africa

Answer 35

800

Question 36

List the three main religions

Answer 36

Christian Muslim Traditional religions

Question 37

What language is most spoken

Answer 37

Swahili

Question 38

List the three different language groups

Answer 38

African Afro-Asiastic Malaya-Polonesian

Question 39

How is most African history passed down

Answer 39

Through Story Telling

Question 40

What three things are made by the different tribes

Answer 40

Painting Sculpture Weaving