Africa is a continent that many scientists consider the place where the first people appeared. Currently, this region is not rich, and the standard of living in African countries leaves much to be desired, but it is here that in some places the primitive way of life, one on one with nature, is still preserved. Africa is still not fully explored, and who knows when we will know everything about this majestic continent?

  1. The borders of African states were drawn not along mountains and rivers, as usual, but directly along the map, using a ruler. Actually, this is still clearly visible on any political map of the world.
  2. Sahara is the largest of the hot deserts. It is from the hot ones that there are also not hot deserts, the largest of which is the Antarctic (see).
  3. Ethiopia is the only African country that has never been ruled by European colonialists (see).
  4. Once, hippos lived everywhere throughout Africa, but today they are found only south of the Sahara. The reason for this is extermination.
  5. One of the main natural attractions in Africa is Victoria Falls, the only waterfall in the world with a height of over a hundred meters and a width of over a kilometer.
  6. The lowest life expectancy in the world in the world is recorded precisely in the central and southern parts of Africa. This is due rather to the low standard of living and insufficiently accessible medicine than to the hot climate.
  7. The most common language in Africa is Arabic, although more than two thousand different languages ​​are spoken in African countries.
  8. The island of Madagascar is usually referred to as Africa, although it is still an island (see).
  9. More than half of all world gold production comes from Africa.
  10. The most populous African city is Cairo, the capital of Egypt.
  11. In the African country of Togo, you should be careful when complimenting local women - according to Togolese custom, a man in this case is obliged to marry a lady whom he has paid a compliment to (see).
  12. Some African tribes living traditional life, like thousands of years ago, do not even know which countries they live in. Moreover, not all of them know how to make fire, let alone literacy.
  13. In Africa (more precisely, in South Africa), the world's first successful heart transplant operation was performed.
  14. The dunes in the Sahara can be taller than the Eiffel Tower in Paris.
  15. On a hot afternoon, the temperature of sand in African deserts can reach eighty degrees.

Related quiz: Africa

Compiled by the teacher of geography: Chernikova Natalia Valerievna

MOU SOSH village of Baigul

Question number 1. African long-eared fox.

(answer - Fennec)

Question number 2. Animals that eat sick and dead animals are called orderlies, as they prevent the spread of disease. Name a desert orderly? (Answer - Hyena)

Question No. 3. A large African animal with a keen charm and hearing, but poor eyesight. Despite its massiveness, does it run fast?

(answer - Rhino)

Question number 4. A rare animal, discovered only at the beginning of the 20th century. Inhabits the tropical forests of the river basin. Congo, a relative of the giraffe?

(answer- Okapi)

Question number 5. A wild animal that lives only in Africa in dry thickets near the water. On its massive head with fangs, warts protrude, which are especially visible under the eyes. What kind of animal is that?

(answer is Warthog)

Question number 6. The most dangerous insects in the forests of Africa. Their bite is like the prick of a hot needle. The stung place burns mercilessly for several hours?

(Answer - Red Termites)

Question №7 There is a great variety of birds on the hottest continent in the world. The smallest bird is the sunbird. What is the largest flightless bird in Africa, whose height reaches 2.8 m and weight 90 kg, living in deserts and savannas? (Answer - Ostrich).

Question # 8. Sweet potatoes? (answer - Batat)

Question number 9. Savannah herbivore? (answer - Giraffe)

Question number 10. An area of ​​desert with abundant moisture and rich vegetation? (the answer is Oasis)

Question number 11. A climbing plant that makes the thicket impenetrable?

(answer is liana)

Question No. 12. Fruit of a tropical plant? (the answer is Banana)

Question number 13. A plant with thick, fleshy leaves, is it widely used as a medicinal plant in our country? (answer- Aloe)

Question number 14. An evergreen shrub whose roots are rich in starch?

(answer- Manioka)

Question number 15. African wild horse? (answer - Zebra)

Question number 16. Small equatorial giraffe? (answer is okapi)

Question number 17. Natural area with very little rainfall and sparse vegetation? (answer is desert)

Question number 18. Natural area dominated by grasses, rare trees and shrubs? (answer - Savannah)

Question number 19. A tropical plant from the baobab family?

(answer - Ceiba)

Question No. 20 Marine polyps living at shallow depths in hot climatic zones?

(answer - Corals)

Question number 21. An evergreen plant of equatorial forests with large leaves, grown in Europe as an indoor plant?

(answer- Ficus)

Question number 22. Is the bird an orderly? (answer is Marabou)

Question number 23. The greatest desert on earth, located in the north of the mainland?

(answer is Sahara)

Question number 25. The longest lake? (answer - Tanganyika)

Question number 26. The hottest place? (Answer - Tripoli + 58 ° С).

Question number 27. The darkest and tallest?

(answer-nilots)

Question number 28. The saltiest sea? (Answer - Red 42%).

Question number 29. The longest strait? (answer is Mozambican?)

Question number 31. ... The largest lake in Africa? (answer- Victoria)

Question number 32. The shallowest freshwater lake? (answer- Chad)

Question number 34. The most populous state?

(Answer - Nigeria 135 million people).

Question number 35. The largest state in terms of area?

(the answer is Sudan 2506 thousand km2)

Question number 36. The biggest swamp in the world? (answer - Saad in Sudan)

Question number 37. What is the biggest waterfall? (Answer - Oranzhevaya River Augrabis - 146m).

Question number 38. The most developed state in Africa? (answer - South Africa)

Question number 39. ... The largest animal live on the mainland? (the answer is an elephant?) The tallest animal? (the answer is - giraffe)

Question number 40. The most famous pyramids? (answer - Egyptian)

Question number 41. The most fabulous mountains? (the answer is Draconian?)

Question number 42. Sharpest Cape? (Answer - Needle)

We are all familiar with these lines of Korney Chukovsky: “And in Africa, and in Africa, on the black Limpopo ...” But really, what is there, in Africa? What is the smartest animal? And who can do without water for a long time, who is the tallest, and who has the strongest horns? We will find out all this by answering the quiz questions.

The African Animals quiz contains 14 questions. There are answers to all questions.

Quiz Creator: Iris Revue

1. What animals live in Africa?
Answer: zebra, cheetah, leopard, python, chameleon, flamingo, hippo, crocodile, gorilla, giraffe ...

2. Why does a giraffe need a long neck?
Answer: It allows the giraffe to reach and pick foliage from the tallest trees.

3. Is the elephant smart?
Answer: yes, the elephant is smart and has a good memory.

4. How long can camels be without water?
Answer: about two weeks

5. Can African ostriches fly?
Answer: no, they only move on foot all their lives.

6. What is the tallest animal on the planet?
Answer: giraffe

7. Which animal has the longest horns?
Answer: the longest horns in the African antelope great kudu

8. Who makes the biggest mammalian strides?
Answer: African giraffe. He walks 4-5 meters at once

9. Which animal has the widest and strongest horns?
Answer: in African and Asian buffaloes

10. In your opinion, does the camel drink a lot when it reaches the water?
Answer: yes a lot, in 15 minutes he drinks about 100 liters

11. What is the biggest crocodile?
Answer: combed or marine

12. Do rhinos have good eyesight?
Answer: bad. Therefore, they often attack any creature that is nearby

13. What is the largest land mammal?
Answer: African elephant

14. What organ do elephants use to perceive odors?
Answer: using the trunk

QUIZ on Tropical Africa.

(play with spectators)

Meeting of the geographic club of high school students on the topic:

1. Which city in Tropical Africa is called the tourist capital in Zambia: Livingston, Lusaka, Kabwe? (Livingston)

2. A river under one name flows into this lake, and flows out under another. In fact, these are the sources of one large river in Africa and the World.

What is the name of this river? (Nile: Kagera and White Nile. Lake Victoria).

3.Where is the "fishing spot" located in the central regions of the Sahara Desert? (Lake Chad).

4. What state and why is it called: the country of "13" months of the sun? (Ethiopia - 12 months of 30 days and 1 month out of 5 days).

4. What deserts does the desert region of the Sahara consist of?

(Nubian, Libyan, Arabian).

5. Why the lake. Chad, although located in a tropical desert, has fresh water? (name two main reasons)

(Due to the supply of groundwater, which makes it possible to compensate for the water as a result of evaporation; it is fed by the Shari River).

6. How is the name of the Kalahari desert translated from the language of the local peoples?

(Thirsty).

7. Which peoples of Africa have wrinkled skin and the impression that it is large for the body? (Among the Hottentots)

8. In which peoples a characteristic feature of the body structure is a curved spine, scoliosis from nature? (At the Bushmen).

9. Which states in Tropical Africa since ancient times are independent states? (Ethiopia and Liberia)

10. The people of Nigeria call this river Joliba. What kind of river do you think this is? (Niger).


11. The Nigerians call this traveler "Crazy White". Who is this? (Mungo Park - for no apparent reason used weapons on local residents during his trip).

12. What was the original name of Lake Victoria? (Nyanza).

13. What traveler in the 19th century crossed the Sahara Desert from south to north and in 6 years walked 20 thousand km along it? (Heinrich Barth)

14.Kakuyu desert crossed from south to north D. Livingston?

(Kalahari)

15. The first reliable information about the depth and extent of Lake Nyasa was provided by: Henry Stanley, Vasily Juncker, David Livingston? (D. Livingston)

16. Which rubber trees are the most durable in the world? (Gutta trees).

17. Are red clay structures taller than a human being?

(Termite mounds)

18. Which tree fruit attract monkeys, it is called "monkey bread"? (Baobab)

19. On the territory of which country, where the maximum average temperature of +34.5 was recorded in 1960?

(Ethiopia in Dalol)

20. In terms of basin area, is this river ranked 2nd in the world?

21. What are the names of the mountains located in the Congo Basin, where the Livingston Falls system is located?

(Crystal Mountains)

22. What river flow can be observed up to 17 km from the mouth in the ocean to 75 km from the coast, desalinated water? (Congo)

23. What lake is called the "Fresh Sea", "the sea in the heart" of Africa? (Lake Victoria)

24. Which lake has a coastline equal to 1/6 of the equator?

(Victoria)

25. On which lake do storms and water tornadoes periodically occur? (Victoria)

26. What animal can a person envy: does it have a keen hearing and keen eyesight? (To the giraffe)

27. What animals sleep for 5 minutes and get enough sleep? (Giraffe)

28. What animals hide their prey in the trees so that hyenas, lions, tigers do not find it? (Leopards)

29. According to scientists "these birds are the oldest in Africa and they saw dinosaurs." What kind of birds? (Flamingo)

30. What bird lays its eggs in clay structures - cones - towers from 7cm to 45cm high, chicks are fed "milk" with a liquid of bright red color?

(Flamingo)

31. Which great apes, according to scientists, have a blood type and disease similar to humans; teeth 32, wool from the same number of hairs as in humans. (Favorite food - grapefruit)? (Chimpanzee)

32. What tree is called the "lemonade tree"?

(Baobab, from the fruit of which a drink similar to lemonade is made).

33. What tree flowers do bats pollinate? (Baobab)

34. What trees take root after damage and regenerate bark? (Baobabs)

35.Bush naro bears fruit once every 10 years, tastes like melon, grows in the Namib Desert, has a second name.

We use this item to fence gardens and orchards. What could be the name of this shrub? (Hint: in its simplest form, it is wound up and wound around something). (Barbed wire)

36. Why are the Zulus standing on one leg?

37. Where is the "Slave Coast" located? (Gulf of Guinea Coast)

38. What color is the ebony wood? (Black and dark green)


39. What oceans is Africa washed by? (A.O, and I.O.)

40. What are the reasons for the habitation of penguins on the coast of the desert

41. You are in the Namib Desert. Where will your shadow be directed at noon on December 22? (There will be no shadow, since on this day the sun is at its zenith over the northern tropic, and the tropic crosses the desert).

42. What is the place with the highest annual rainfall in Africa? (Cameroon - Debunje)

(Rafflesia)

44. The heaviest beetle in the world weighs 100 grams, body length 13 cm?

(Goliath beetle)

45. Is a shrub plant called a "fly trap"?

(Roridula)

46. ​​Choose from a list of numbers, the number of reserves and national parks in Africa? 392, 500, 202?

47. An extinct animal in southern Africa, a relative of the zebra?

(Zebra - quagga)

48. Why was the island opposite Dakar, the modern capital of Senegal, called the Island of Gore in the distant past?

(It was a base for pirates and slave traders)

49. The peoples of this group of local tribes are the tallest people on the planet: the average height of women, who are much shorter than men, reach 190 cm. These African "gullivers" are the darkest-skinned. What is the name of the group and tribe? (for each correct answer - a token)

(Nilots, Karamojongs, Masai)

50. Where is Skeleton Coast? (Namib Desert Coast)

51. What tribes in Namibia are few in number, still adhere to the prehistoric way of life?

(Bushmen and Himba)

52. It is not surprising that these people are considered a kind of visiting card of this country - Kenya, and mobile settlements are also found in Tanzania. What people (tribe)?

(Masai). (See "Traveler's Diary" spring

53. Back in the 15th century. The coast of this country was called the "Gold Coast", from where gold was exported. Which country is it? (Ghana).

54. The low-lying area of ​​the Atlantic coast, called the "Pepper Coast"? What country are we talking about?

(Liberia)

55. Until 1986, this country had a clear name from the point of view of foreign trade - the Ivory Coast. Country today? (Cote d'Ivoire)

56. Which novel by a famous writer describes a shameful history - the colonial past of Africa. Name a writer and a novel?

(J. Verne "Fifteen Years Captain")

57. Which countries are among the largest in area in Tropical Africa?

(Sudan, Zaire, Angola, Ethiopia, South Africa.)

58. Which countries are located in South Africa?

(Swaziland, Lesotho)

59. Is the country lying along the middle reaches of the Niger River landlocked? (Mali)

60. The first prime minister of the liberated republic of the Congo, a fighter for the freedom and independence of Africa? (Patrice Lumumba).

    Where did the name of the continent come from - Africa?(from the name of the Berber tribe of Afrigia, who lived in northern Africa).

    The strait separating Africa from a large mainland island ( Mozambican).

    The largest lake in Africa ( Victoria)

    What do baobab and camel have in common? ( make a supply of water)

    Areas of rich vegetation in the desert ( oases)

    Natural area occupying 40% of the total area of ​​the mainland(savannah)

    How are pygmies and Tutsis different?(growth )

    The largest country by population in Africa(Nigeria)

    The largest flightless bird in Africa, its height is 2.8 m, weight is 90 kg.(ostrich)

    A large African animal with a keen sense of smell and hearing, but poor eyesight. Despite its massiveness, it runs fast. (Rhinoceros).

    – command.

    The first traveler to circumnavigate South Africa ( Vasco da Gama ).

    African long-eared fox ( Fenech)

    The largest bay in western Africa ( Guinean )

    The smallest bird in Africa ( sunbird )

    Where and why stones "shoot" ( in the Sahara, due to temperature drops )

    An amazing plant of the Namib desert, which can be up to 150 years old(velvichia )

    What is the name of the sandy deserts of Africa(ergs )

    A shallow lake that changes its shape depending on the season of the year ( Chad)

    In which natural area is the Zambezi River ( savannah )

    This country ranks 1st in the world in terms of reserves and production of diamonds, gold and platinum.(SOUTH AFRICA )

    –command

    An English researcher of the 19th century, discovered the Airborne Division. Victoria.(David Livingston)

    Animals that eat sick and dead animals are called orderlies.(hyena).

    The longest freshwater lake in the world ( Tanganyika)

    As the drying up riverbeds are called in Africa ( wadi)

    The channel separating Africa from Asia ( Suez )

    The largest land animal ( African elephant )

    This country gave the world 6 thousand cultivated plants, including durum wheat, rye and coffee.(Ethiopia )

    Sweet potato ( sweet potato )

    What language do the Egyptians speak? ( Arab )

    What is KALAHARI? ( desert )

    –command

1. Soviet scientist-leader of the expedition to Africa 1926-1927.(Nikolay Vavilov).

2.Tropical tree with fruit the size of a cucumber or small melon(mango).

3. A rare animal that lives in the rainforests of the Congo Basin, a relative of the giraffe(okapi)

4. A very large juicy berry, native to South Africa(watermelon)

    ... What is gilea(humid equatorial forest)

    ... Sand hurricane in the Sahara(simoom)

    ... The sea washing Africa from the north(Mediterranean)

    .What is Ras Khafun(eastern cape).

9. What is the largest state in terms of area?(Sudan)

10. The most famous national parks in Africa(Serengeti, Kruger).

Guess what kind of traveler we are talking about?

    A portrait of this Portuguese nautical genius has not survived.

Even his date of birth has not been precisely established.

However, in 1571, his grandson Paolo Diaz Novais became the governor of Angola,

who founded the first European city in Africa - São Paulode Luanda.

    In 1487 he set out at the head of an expedition of two ships along the coast of Africa.

    On the way back, the ships rounded a sharp promontory that jutted far into the sea. In memory of the trials he had endured, he named it the Cape of Tempests.

    But King Juan -2 renamed it the Cape of Good Hope - the hope that the cherished dream of the Portuguese sailors will finally come true: the way to India will be opened.

Bartolomeu Dias.

    In 1497. the Portuguese sent a squadron of 3 ships south around Africa.

    The flagship San Gabriel was piloted by a young, determined sailor.

    Swimming lasted 2 years and 2 months. More than a hundred sailors died on the way from scurvy. Only 55 people returned.

    Thanks to this voyage, a great geographical problem was solved - a sea route was found from Europe to India, bypassing Africa.

Vasco da Gama.

    The son of a Russified German, the head of a banking firm in St. Petersburg and Moscow, did not follow in his father's footsteps. He received his medical education, but did not become involved in medical practice, but devoted himself to geographical research.

    His great achievement - the three-volume work "A Journey through Africa" ​​was first published in German in Vienna in 1889-1891, in Russian his work appeared in 1949. after his death.

    The Russian explorer of Africa in 1876-1878 and 1879-1886 made two trips to Central Africa, explored the Knot River and the watershed between the Nile and Congo rivers.

    They paid much attention to the indigenous population, its life, way of life, material and spiritual culture. The disasters that colonization brought to the African peoples are faithfully shown.

Juncker Vasily (Wilhelm) Vasilievich

1. One of the remarkable travelers and explorers of the globe, was born in 1813 into a poor farming family in Scotland near the city of Glasgow.

2. Having become a doctor, in 1840 he went as a missionary-preacher of the Christian religion to South Africa, where he lived for 9 years in one of the tribes.

3. He died in 1873 during an expedition near Lake Bangweulu. His companions, the Africans, carried the embalmed body in their arms to the ocean, and from there it was delivered by steamer to its homeland for burial with state honors.

4. Crossed Africa from coast to coast, first explored and mapped the river network of South Africa, discovered Victoria Falls.

David Livingston

    The German traveler is the son of a peasant who later became the richest merchant in Hamburg. Years of life -1821-1865.

    For six years, he traveled over 20 thousand kilometers across the Sahara and Sudan, compiled fairly accurate maps of the countries he visited and collected extensive geographical, ethnographic and linguistic materials.

    His main work, Travel and Discovery in North and Central Africa, was first published in 1857-1858.

    Exploration of Lake Chad led him to the conviction that it was impossible to photograph its shores, since "the shape of the lake changes every month ...."

Heinrich Barth

Quiz “What? Where? When?" AFRICA.

    The most dangerous insects in the forests of Africa. Their bite is like the prick of a hot needle. The stung place burns for several hours(red termites)

    A wild animal that lives only in Africa in dry thickets near the water. Warts protrude on its massive head with fangs, which are especially visible under the eyes.(warthog)

    An evergreen shrub whose roots are rich in starch(cassava)

    The most famous plant of the Nile swamps(papyrus)

    What the ancient Greeks called Africa (Libya)

    What is the approximate length of Africa from north to south (7500 km.)

    In what year did Vasco da Gama open the way to India? (1497)

    What rivers are called transit rivers? (flows through several climatic zones)

    What does the name of the Zambezi River mean? ("Great River")

    What is the origin of the foundation of the ancient platform? (igneous and metamorphic)

    On which bank of the Nile are the pyramids at Giza? (On the west or left)

    What does the name of the volcano "Kilimanjaro" mean? ("Mountain of Divine Cold")

    What climatic zone do equatorial and tropical air masses form? (subequatorial)

    Which traveler identified the watershed of the Nile, Congo and Niger? (V.V. Juncker)

    What kind of injury did the grasshopper who was treated by Doctor Aibolit have? (shoulder dislocation)

    From whom did Dr. Aibolit receive the telegram with a request to come to Africa? (from Hippopotamus)

    What was D. Livingston's original purpose for? (missionary work)

    What does the name of Lake Tanganyika mean? (Lake)

    What lithospheric plate is Africa part of? (African)

    The deepest river in Africa? (Congo)

    What is the name of the coastal desert in South Africa? (Namib)

    On which river is Livingstone Falls? (Congo)

    The oldest and largest oasis in the Sahara? (Nile valley)

    A mountainous country in northwest Africa? (Atlas)

    What did the ancient Greeks call the Strait of Gibraltar? (Pillars of Hercules)

    What people of the Sahara are called "blue ghosts"? (Tuareg)

    What is the Sahel? (Territory south of the Sahara, 400 km wide. Transition zone between desert and savannah)

    On which bank of the Nile is the "city of the dead" - the Valley of the Kings? ((On the west or left)

    What word did Dr. Aibolit repeat on the way to Africa? (Limpopo, Limpopo, Limpopo)

    The desert that David Livingstone crossed the first of the Europeans? (Kalahari)

    The peoples inhabiting the rainforests of Africa? (pygmies)

    What animal is called the enemy of baobabs? (an elephant that rips open the bark of a tree)

    What river is Victoria Falls on? (Zambezi)

    What is the approximate length of Africa from west to east along the equator? (3800 km.)

    Which of the travelers established that Lake Chad is endless? (Henry Barth - German traveler)

    What are the minerals of origin in the cover of the ancient platform? (sedimentary)