Many of Africa’s leaders will be in town next week attending a White House summit. The continent’s land is shared among 49 countries — many of which rarely make U.S. headlines. How familiar are you with Africa’s geography?

Source: www.washingtonpost.com

This online quiz tests your ability to locate African countries on the map–a basic skill that isn’t ‘doing geography’ (an age-old lament among geography educators).  Still, it is hard to have an intelligent discussion about the continent if you can’t name or locate any places other than Egypt and South Africa.  For some of my favorite online map quiz resources, click here.

 

Tags: Africa, regions, trivia, games.