Sub-Saharan Africa Map Quiz
Questions: 16 · 10 minutes
1. Gaborone is the capital of which country bordering South Africa, Namibia, and Zimbabwe?
Namibia
Zimbabwe
Botswana
Zambia
2. Which country has Kigali as its capital and is bordered by Uganda, Tanzania, Burundi, and the Democratic Republic of the Congo?
Burundi
Rwanda
Uganda
Malawi
3. Which narrow, landlocked country lies between Zambia and Mozambique, with Tanzania to the north?
Zambia
Malawi
Zimbabwe
Eswatini
4. The Mozambique Channel separates mainland Africa from which large island country?
Mauritius
Madagascar
Seychelles
Comoros
5. The Gambia is bordered on its north, east, and south by which country?
Senegal
Guinea-Bissau
Guinea
Mauritania
6. Which river crosses central Africa and reaches the Atlantic beside the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Angola?
Congo River
Zambezi River
Niger River
Orange River
7. Nairobi is the capital of which East African country on the Indian Ocean?
Mozambique
Tanzania
Somalia
Kenya
8. Which country lies between Togo and Nigeria on the Gulf of Guinea?
Ghana
Cameroon
Benin
Guinea
9. Mount Kilimanjaro stands near the Kenyan border but is located in which country?
Tanzania
Uganda
Ethiopia
Kenya
10. If you cross Ghana's western land border, which country do you enter?
Togo
Côte d’Ivoire
Burkina Faso
Liberia
11. Which country is completely enclosed by South Africa?
Botswana
Eswatini
Namibia
Lesotho
12. Which major African lake is bordered by Kenya, Uganda, and Tanzania?
Lake Tanganyika
Lake Malawi
Lake Turkana
Lake Victoria
13. Identify the Atlantic country bordered by Cameroon to the north and the Republic of the Congo to the east and south.
Equatorial Guinea
Cameroon
Gabon
Angola
14. Which country has an Atlantic coastline, with Namibia to its south, Zambia to its east, and the Democratic Republic of the Congo to its north?
Democratic Republic of the Congo
Namibia
Mozambique
Angola
15. Which landlocked country lies directly east of Angola and west of Malawi?
Zimbabwe
Malawi
Zambia
Tanzania
16. Which broad, dry region covers much of Botswana and extends into Namibia and South Africa?
Kalahari Desert
Danakil Desert
Sahara Desert
Namib Desert