Sub-Saharan Africa Country Characteristics

Question 1

This nation is one of the world’s major oil producing countries, and it won freedom from the British in 1960

Answer 1

Nigeria

Question 2

This is the only Sahel country that is not landlocked, and about 100% of the population there follow Islam

Answer 2

Mauritania

Question 3

This is a landlocked Sahel country, and about 90% of the population follow Islam, about 9% have traditional beliefs, and about 1% are Christian

Answer 3

Mali

Question 4

This is one of the landlocked Sahel countries, and about 50% of the population follow Islam, 40% have traditional beliefs, and about 10% are Christian

Answer 4

Burkina Faso

Question 5

This nation is one of the landlocked Sahel countries, and the capital is Niamey

Answer 5

Niger

Question 6

This nation is one of the landlocked Sahel countries, and the capital is N’Djamena

Answer 6

Chad

Question 7

This nation holds lots of industrial diamonds, copper, and tin, but forests and a lack of roads make it hard to transport and political unrest makes it hard to mine

Answer 7

Democratic Republic of the Congo

Question 8

This nation has more than 200 ethnic groups in it and many of them speak African languages, but the country’s official language is French

Answer 8

Democratic Republic of the Congo

Question 9

This nation is the largest of the East African countries and a friendly relationship between the ethnic groups there makes a stable government and has prevented conflict

Answer 9

Tanzania

Question 10

This nation’s main export crops are sisal and coffee and has national parks to protect land, wildlife, and the habitats of animals

Answer 10

Tanzania

Question 11

This nation’s people mostly live in highlands in the center of the country and the capital is the largest city in East Africa

Answer 11

Kenya

Question 12

This nation’s people are mostly commercial or subsistence farmers who farm corn, cassava, sweet potatoes, and bananas, but some of them grow coffee and tea

Answer 12

Kenya

Question 13

This nation has used its rich resources of oil, manganese, uranium, and timber to build a fairly stable economy

Answer 13

Gabon

Question 14

This nation produces coffee and cacao for export because it doesn’t have very many minerals there and it has a pretty stable economy

Answer 14

Cameroon

Question 15

This nation has benefitted from oil resources

Answer 15

Equatorial Guinea

Question 16

This nation was ruled by a cruel dictator named Idi Amin for most of the 1970s and vas lots of rainfall that is good for plantations and subsistence farms

Answer 16

Uganda

Question 17

This nation is landlocked in the highlands of East Africa and has one of the highest population densities in Sub-Saharan Africa and the capital is Kigali

Answer 17

Rwanda

Question 18

This nation is landlocked in the highlands of East Africa and grows cash crops such as cassava, corn, bananas, potatoes, and grains and has one of the highest population densities in Sub-Saharan Africa and the capital is Bujumbura

Answer 18

Burundi

Question 19

This is on the Horn of Africa and is the largest nation in Africa and it exports sugarcane, grains, dates, and cotton, which is its biggest export, and from 1983 to 2004, there was a civil war between the north and south

Answer 19

Sudan

Question 20

This nation is on the Horn of Africa and has large oil reserves and from 1983 to 2004 there was a civil war between this nation and the one it broke off of in 2004 and this nation has many Christian, black, Africans and followers of local religions in it

Answer 20

South Sudan

Question 21

This nation is on the Horn of Africa and in 1980 this nation suffered an extreme drought and later a famine came and killed more than one million people from starvation and disease

Answer 21

Ethiopia

Question 22

This nation is located on the Horn of Africa and it is a small Muslim country that broke away from Ethiopia in 1993 and most people there are farmers, but a dry climate makes it difficult to farm

Answer 22

Eritrea

Question 23

This nation is located on the Horn of Africa and most of the country is dry and hot, which makes farming difficult, do many people there are nomadic herders, and in the late 1980s disputes among Sunni and Shia Muslims led to a civil war

Answer 23

Somalia

Question 24

This nation is located on the Horn of Africa and is the most stable country on the Horn of Africa and it is one of the hottest, driest places on earth and it is located at a narrow water passage that links the Red Sea to the Gulf of Aidan and shipping and commerce have become the heart of the nation’s economy

Answer 24

Djibouti

Question 25

This nation has the most highly developed economy in Africa because it exports gold, diamonds, and platinum and in the early 1900s, British and Afrikaner settlers set up apartheid to control non-European groups

Answer 25

South Africa

Question 26

This nation is located inside of South Africa and it is poor and relies on South Africa for goods and markets and the capital is Maseru

Answer 26

Lesotho

Question 27

This nation is located inside of South Africa and it is poor and relies on South Africa for goods and markets and the capital is Mbabane

Answer 27

Swaziland

Question 28

This nation’s economy relies on mining and exporting diamonds and other minerals and this nation’s climate limits farming so food has to be imported from South Africa, but it still has one of Africa’s strongest democracies

Answer 28

Botswana

Question 29

This nation is rich in gold, copper, iron ore, and asbestos and Europeans owned this nation’s richest farmland and recently the government has tried to give this land to Africans, but it has led to violence and now the economy is hurt

Answer 29

Zimbabwe

Question 30

This nation relies on copper for most of its income, so when the world’s copper prices go down, this country’s income goes down, too and many people who live in the cities work in mining and service industries

Answer 30

Zambia

Question 31

This nation has wetlands, lakes mountains, and forests and this country’s people grow crops like tobacco, tea, and sugar that they export, and and in the mid-1990s this nation became democratic after years of having a harsh government

Answer 31

Malawi

Question 32

This nation remained in poverty because of a weak government and the capital is Brazzaville

Answer 32

Republic of the Congo

Question 33

This nation remained in poverty because of a weak government and the capital is Bangui

Answer 33

Central African Republic

Question 34

This nation used to produce cacao, and then it began to produce coconuts, and now it has switched to oil production and is high tech

Answer 34

São Tomé and Príncipe