North Africa Map Quiz
Questions: 16 · 10 minutes
1. Which disputed territory lies along the Atlantic coast south of Morocco and north of Mauritania?
Sinai Peninsula
Cyrenaica
Nile Delta
Western Sahara
2. Which North African country occupies the Mediterranean coast between Algeria and Libya?
Sudan
Morocco
Egypt
Tunisia
3. Which vast desert stretches across the interior of every sovereign country included in this quiz’s North Africa scope?
Namib Desert
Kalahari Desert
Sahara Desert
Danakil Desert
4. Which body of water borders eastern Egypt and northeastern Sudan, separating Africa from the Arabian Peninsula?
Red Sea
Mediterranean Sea
Atlantic Ocean
Gulf of Guinea
5. Which country occupies North Africa’s northwestern corner, facing the Atlantic Ocean to the west and the Mediterranean region to the north?
Algeria
Libya
Morocco
Egypt
6. Traveling east along the North African mainland from Morocco toward Tunisia, which large country do you cross?
Libya
Algeria
Egypt
Sudan
7. Which mountain system extends across parts of Morocco, Algeria, and Tunisia?
Tibesti Mountains
Atlas Mountains
Red Sea Hills
Ahaggar Mountains
8. Which country lies directly south of Egypt and also has a coastline on the Red Sea?
Sudan
Algeria
Tunisia
Morocco
9. Which triangular part of Egypt lies between the Gulf of Suez and the Gulf of Aqaba?
Nile Delta
Sinai Peninsula
Western Desert
Qattara Depression
10. Which named salt lake is located in Tunisia, south of the Atlas region and inland from the Mediterranean coast?
Lake Nasser
Lake Qarun
Lake Tana
Chott el Djerid
11. Which river flows north through Sudan and Egypt before reaching the Mediterranean Sea?
Niger
Nile
Congo
Senegal
12. Which narrow waterway separates northern Morocco from southern Spain and links the Atlantic Ocean with the Mediterranean Sea?
Suez Canal
Bab el-Mandeb
Strait of Sicily
Strait of Gibraltar
13. A traveler follows the Mediterranean coast westward from Egypt and enters a country before reaching Tunisia. Which country is it?
Libya
Sudan
Algeria
Morocco
14. A ship sailing just north of Tunisia, Libya, and Egypt is in which body of water?
Red Sea
Atlantic Ocean
Mediterranean Sea
Arabian Sea
15. Which named gulf forms a broad indentation in the central part of Libya’s Mediterranean coastline?
Gulf of Aqaba
Gulf of Suez
Gulf of Sidra
Gulf of Tunis
16. Which country sits at Africa’s northeastern corner, with the Mediterranean Sea to its north and Sudan to its south?
Egypt
Tunisia
Libya
Algeria