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African Geography and Culture Jeopardy

Test your knowledge of African geography, landforms, transition zones, environment, and economy in this Jeopardy-style game. Answer the given questions correctly to earn points.

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African Geography and Culture Jeopardy

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  1. Jeopardy Choose a category. You will be given the answer. You must give the correct question. Click to begin.

  2. Choose a point value. Choose a point value. Click here for Final Jeopardy

  3. Culture Landforms Transition Zone Environment Economy 10 Point 10 Point 10 Point 10 Point 10 Point 20 Points 20 Points 20 Points 20 Points 20 Points 30 Points 30 Points 30 Points 30 Points 30 Points 40 Points 40 Points 40 Points 40 Points 40 Points 50 Points 50 Points 50 Points 50 Points 50 Points

  4. The effect of Colonization in Nigeria

  5. Why is English the official language?

  6. This is an important center of trade and scholarship in the Mali Empire.

  7. What is Timbuktu?

  8. The language of Tanzania and Kenya that blends 6 other languages.

  9. What is Swahili?

  10. The access to the Red Sea and Indian Ocean had this effect on culture.

  11. What is multiculturalism?

  12. Exploitation of peoples, natural resources, New languages and faiths, borders, and cash crops are effects of this.

  13. What are the effects of colonialism in Africa?

  14. The main shipping river in West Africa.

  15. What is the Niger River?

  16. A shallow body of water that is separated from the ocean.

  17. What is a lagoon?

  18. A body of water that is now significantly depleted.

  19. What is Lake Chad?

  20. A hot, dry wind that blows from the northeast or east in the Western Sahara.

  21. What is a harmattan?

  22. Major grassy plain in East Africa.

  23. What is the Serengeti?

  24. A place that nuclear families are rapidly replacing extended families in the Transition Zone.

  25. What are urban areas?

  26. The population in the T.Z. is expected to do this.

  27. What is double?

  28. A characteristic of the primary population pattern in East Africa.

  29. What is rural?

  30. The months that the most rainfalls in the T.Z.

  31. What occurs May to August?

  32. An ethnic group that forms the majority of the population in Uganda and Tanzania.

  33. Who are the Bantu?

  34. This is the topography of the Sahel.

  35. What is mainly flat with a series of palteaus?

  36. This environmental issue has been mostly addressed by East African govt.

  37. What is deforestation?

  38. The vegetation that is found in southern West Africa.

  39. What are tropical forests?

  40. The maximum population of any given species the environment can sustain.

  41. What is carrying capacity?

  42. Program that works to improve access to clean water.

  43. What is the Global Water Initiative?

  44. The expert weavers of Ghana known for kente.

  45. Who are the Ashanti?

  46. A way the economy is changing in East Africa.

  47. What is rising foreign investments from China for infrastructure?

  48. Diverse environment and species, jobs, conservation, end conflict, and protection of species are all factors of this.

  49. What are benefits of ecotourism?

  50. Deforestation is mainly caused by logging and this.

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