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| 10701598188 | Transition Zone East Africa Southern Africa Equatorial Africa West Africa | List the 5 sub regions of Sub-Saharan Africa. | 0 | |
| 10701601721 | Great Rift Valley | An area in East Africa, which was formed by the separation of tectonic plates. | 1 | |
| 10701609540 | Lake Victoria | The largest lake in Africa and the 2nd largest fresh water lake in the world | 2 | |
| 10701612777 | Congo Basin | A large flat area where the Congo River drains in Equatorial Africa | 3 | |
| 10701620927 | Transition Zone | Which sub region of Africa is experiencing desertification and water shortages? | 4 | |
| 10701632536 | Serengeti | An area of East Africa, containing savannas and many grazing animals | 5 | |
| 10701644118 | Humans | What is the biggest threat to the Serengeti today? | 6 | |
| 10701649999 | Namib Desert | A desert in Namibia extending along the coast between the high plateau and the Atlantic Ocean | 7 | |
| 10701653647 | Kalahari Desert | Desert in Southern Africa, means "The Great Thirst" | 8 | |
| 10701660757 | Niger River | The major river of West Africa and is used for commercial shipping | 9 | |
| 10701671129 | Congo River | A river in Central Africa that flows into the Atlantic Ocean, is important for trade, and is the world's deepest river | 10 | |
| 10701679165 | Africa's Rainforest | This covers just 7% of the African continent, but contains half of the continent's animal species, and is greatly impacted by deforestation. | 11 | |
| 10701700739 | Escarpment | A steep cliff | 12 | |
| 10701700740 | Cataract | A large waterfall | 13 | |
| 10701706947 | Sahel | Belt south of the Sahara where it transitions into savanna across central Africa. It means literally 'coastland' in Arabic. | 14 | |
| 10701709989 | Harmattan | A dry, dusty easterly or northeasterly wind on the West African coast, contributes to desertification | 15 | |
| 10701712414 | Savanna | An area of grassland with scattered trees and bushes | 16 | |
| 10701714933 | Urbanization | An increase in the percentage and in the number of people living in urban settlements. | 17 | |
| 10701719198 | Push Factor | A factor that induces people to leave old residences | 18 | |
| 10701722226 | Pull Factor | A factor that induces people to move to a new location | 19 | |
| 10701724964 | Subsistence Farming | Farming in which only enough food to feed one's family is produced; this is the main source of income in East Africa | 20 | |
| 10701747418 | Nigeria | Which country has Africa's largest population? | 21 | |
| 10701759974 | Conflict Diamond | Any diamond that is mined in areas controlled by forces opposed to the government of a country and sold to fund military action against that government. | 22 | |
| 10701762584 | Ghana, Mali, Songhai | West African kingdoms that built wealth and power through trans-Saharan trade of salt and gold | 23 | |
| 10701765220 | Gold | The natural resource found in West Africa, allowing the empires there to flourish | 24 | |
| 10701768742 | Mansa Musa | Ruler of Mali (r. 1312-1337). His extravagant pilgrimage through Egypt to Mecca in 1324-1325 established the empire's reputation for wealth in the Mediterranean world. He created the University at Timbuktu after his hajj. | 25 | |
| 10701784639 | Berlin Conference | Conference that Germany called for that created rules for how Europeans could colonize Africa. There were no Africans present. | 26 | |
| 10701789349 | Rwanda | Which country experienced a genocide in 1994, which is looked at as a consequence of colonialism? | 27 | |
| 10701793938 | Ethnocentrism | Belief in the superiority of one's nation or ethnic group. | 28 | |
| 10701793939 | Geometric Boundaries | Political boundaries that are defined and delimited by straight lines. They are a consequence of colonialism. | 29 | |
| 10701799840 | Colonialism | Taking over another country and exploiting its people and resources | 30 | |
| 10701804286 | Natural Resources, Spread Christianity, Interesting Wildlife, Spread Western Education | Why did Europeans colonize Africa? | 31 | |
| 10701809735 | Apartheid | The segregation laws in South Africa that Nelson Mandela fought against | 32 | |
| 10701812184 | Cecil Rhodes | British colonizer who moved to South Africa for the diamond industry. His life is a metaphor for European involvement in Africa. | 33 | |
| 10701819063 | Sundiata | The founder of Mali empire. He crushed his enemies and won control of the gold trade routes | 34 | |
| 10701825286 | King Leopold II | King of Belgium (r. 1865-1909). He was active in encouraging the exploration of Central Africa and became the infamous ruler of the Congo Free State. His creation of trade routes on the Congo led to the exploitation of the African people living there. | 35 | |
| 10701829025 | Nelson Mandela | South African statesman who was released from prison to become the nation's first democratically elected president in 1994 (born in 1918) | 36 |
