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Africa map quiz
Africa is home to 54 countries, and this quiz puts your map skills to the test. Each question highlights one of them, from vast desert nations to tiny mountain kingdoms. Name it, then learn something new.
A free quiz from Megan Moran, author of The Mighty Geography Quiz Book.
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Natural Earth (map data) · Public domain Question 2 of 20Africa mapEasy
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- Which country is highlighted on this map? EgyptThe Great Pyramid of Giza was the tallest human-made structure in the world for more than 3,700 years.
- Which country is highlighted on this map? South AfricaSouth Africa has three capital cities: Pretoria is the seat of government, Cape Town hosts parliament and Bloemfontein is the judicial capital.
- Which country is highlighted on this map? AlgeriaMore than four-fifths of Algeria, Africa's largest country by area, is desert.
- Which country is highlighted on this map? NigeriaA 2009 UNESCO study found that Nollywood, Nigeria's film industry, made more films than Hollywood, second only to India's Bollywood.
- Which country is highlighted on this map? EthiopiaEthiopia uses its own calendar, with 13 months, which runs seven to eight years behind the Gregorian calendar.
- Which country is highlighted on this map? MadagascarAround 90% of Madagascar's plant and animal species are found nowhere else on Earth.
- Which country is highlighted on this map? Democratic Republic of the CongoKinshasa, capital of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, is the world's most populous city where French is the official language.
- Which country is highlighted on this map? KenyaKenya takes its name from Mount Kenya, the second-highest mountain in Africa.
- Which country is highlighted on this map? LibyaA reading of 58 °C (136.4 °F) at El Azizia, Libya, stood as the world's hottest temperature for 90 years until it was ruled invalid in 2012.
- Which country is highlighted on this map? Burkina FasoFESPACO, often called Africa's biggest film festival, takes place every two years in Ouagadougou, the capital of Burkina Faso.
- Which country is highlighted on this map? MoroccoMorocco's University of al-Qarawiyyin in Fez, founded in 859, is listed by Guinness World Records as the oldest continually operating educational institution.
- Which country is highlighted on this map? SomaliaThe Somali language had no official written form until 1972, when the government adopted a Latin alphabet for it.
- Which country is highlighted on this map? MalawiMalawi is nicknamed 'the Warm Heart of Africa' for the friendliness of its people.
- Which country is highlighted on this map? GhanaGhana's Lake Volta, created by the Akosombo Dam, is the world's largest artificial reservoir by surface area.
- Which country is highlighted on this map? TanzaniaTanzania's Mount Kilimanjaro, 5,895 m (19,341 ft) tall, is the highest mountain in Africa.
- Which country is highlighted on this map? LesothoLesotho is the only independent country in the world that lies entirely above 1,000 m (3,281 ft) in elevation.
- Which country is highlighted on this map? SudanSudan has more pyramids than Egypt: around 200 to 255, many built by the ancient Kingdom of Kush.
- Which country is highlighted on this map? TogoKoutammakou, famous for the Batammariba people's mud tower-houses called takienta, became Togo's first UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2004.
- Which country is highlighted on this map? NamibiaNamibia's Namib Desert may be the oldest desert in the world, having been dry for at least 55 million years.
- Which country is highlighted on this map? EritreaEritrea takes its name from the ancient Greek name for the Red Sea, the Erythraean Sea.
