Africa

Worksheet: Africa

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Answer the questions.

1. What is the capital city of Kenya?
   a) Accrab) Cairoc) Lagosd) Nairobi
2. Which city is the capital of Egypt?
   a) Cairob) Dakarc) Nairobid) Tunis
3. What is the capital of Nigeria?
   a) Abujab) Accrac) Addis Ababad) Pretoria
4. What kind of landform is the Sahara?
   a) A desertb) A lakec) A mountain ranged) A rainforest
5. Into which sea does the River Nile flow?
   a) Arabian Seab) Black Seac) Mediterranean Sead) Red Sea
6. Which animal is the tallest land animal on the African savanna?
   a) Elephantb) Giraffec) Liond) Zebra
7. Which savanna animal is a predator that lives in family groups called prides?
   a) Giraffeb) Lionc) Wildebeestd) Zebra
8. In which country is Mount Kilimanjaro found?
   a) Egyptb) Malic) Nigeriad) Tanzania
9. Which kingdom, famous for its bronze plaques, was in what is now southern Nigeria?
   a) Ancient Egyptb) Kingdom of Beninc) Kingdom of Kushd) Kingdom of Mali
10. Mansa Musa, famous for his wealth in gold, ruled which empire?
    a) Ancient Greeceb) Benin Kingdomc) Mali Empired) Roman Empire
11. The River Nile is one of the longest rivers in the world.
    a) Trueb) False
12. Mount Kilimanjaro is found in Egypt.
    a) Trueb) False
13. Timbuktu, a famous centre of learning, was part of the Mali Empire.
    a) Trueb) False
14. Which continent are the Sahara, the Nile and Kilimanjaro all in?
15. Which city is South Africa's executive capital, where the president's government works?
16. Which large African animal has a trunk and big ears?