# Africa

> Grade 6: countries and capitals of Africa, the Sahara and the Nile, savanna wildlife, Mount Kilimanjaro, ancient kingdoms (Benin, Mali).

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- Subject: History & geography
- Level: Grade 6
- Quiz: 16
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## Questions

1. What is the capital city of Kenya? (Accra / Cairo / Lagos / Nairobi)
   Answer: Nairobi
2. Which city is the capital of Egypt? (Cairo / Dakar / Nairobi / Tunis)
   Answer: Cairo
3. What is the capital of Nigeria? (Abuja / Accra / Addis Ababa / Pretoria)
   Answer: Abuja
4. What kind of landform is the Sahara? (A desert / A lake / A mountain range / A rainforest)
   Answer: A desert
5. Into which sea does the River Nile flow? (Arabian Sea / Black Sea / Mediterranean Sea / Red Sea)
   Answer: Mediterranean Sea
6. Which animal is the tallest land animal on the African savanna? (Elephant / Giraffe / Lion / Zebra)
   Answer: Giraffe
7. Which savanna animal is a predator that lives in family groups called prides? (Giraffe / Lion / Wildebeest / Zebra)
   Answer: Lion
8. In which country is Mount Kilimanjaro found? (Egypt / Mali / Nigeria / Tanzania)
   Answer: Tanzania
9. Which kingdom, famous for its bronze plaques, was in what is now southern Nigeria? (Ancient Egypt / Kingdom of Benin / Kingdom of Kush / Kingdom of Mali)
   Answer: Kingdom of Benin
10. Mansa Musa, famous for his wealth in gold, ruled which empire? (Ancient Greece / Benin Kingdom / Mali Empire / Roman Empire)
   Answer: Mali Empire
11. The River Nile is one of the longest rivers in the world.
   Answer: True
12. Mount Kilimanjaro is found in Egypt.
   Answer: False
13. Timbuktu, a famous centre of learning, was part of the Mali Empire.
   Answer: True
14. Which continent are the Sahara, the Nile and Kilimanjaro all in?
   Answer: Africa
15. Which city is South Africa's executive capital, where the president's government works?
   Answer: Pretoria
16. Which large African animal has a trunk and big ears?
   Answer: Elephant