54 African Country Outlines Quiz

[D] Ethiopia | A rugged, north-tilted triangle whose eastern horn points toward the Red Sea and whose western edge is sliced by the Great Rift Valley.

[A] Tanzania | A broad, east-facing rectangle kinked on the right by the slender triangle of Zanzibar and the Indian Ocean bite.

[B] Kenya | A southward-leaning oval, its southeastern coast gently scooped by the Indian Ocean and northern frontier straight as a ruler.

[C] Uganda | A compact, west-tilting oval cradling the northern shore of Lake Victoria like a cupped hand.

[D] Mozambique | A long, south-running ribbon pressed between the Indian Ocean and the rugged spine of the interior.

[C] Madagascar | A giant, left-leaning leaf drifting east of Africa, its western edge smooth and eastern coast deeply serrated.

[B] Malawi | A thin, north-south sliver whose eastern edge is the long, narrow claw of Lake Malawi.

[A] Zambia | A rough, eastward-slanting rectangle with a concave southern bite carved by Zimbabwe’s Zambezi bend.

[D] Somalia | A bold, eastward-leaning horn jutting deep into the Indian Ocean, its tip the Guardafui Cape.

[B] Zimbabwe | A squat, east-tilted square with a northwestern wedge sliced out by Zambia’s Zambezi.

[A] Rwanda | A tiny, landlocked diamond tucked high in the Albertine Rift, barely wider than its mountain ridges.

[B] Burundi | A miniature, north-south lozenge pressed between Rwanda and Tanzania, its western edge the narrow Tanganyika shore.

[D] South Sudan | A broad, eastward-leaning parallelogram whose northern border is the looping Nile.

[C] Eritrea | A slender, northeast-pointing spearhead along the Red Sea, its coast ruler-straight and inland edge jagged.

[B] Mauritius | A tiny volcanic dot in the Indian Ocean, shaped like a broken teardrop with a southern coral tail.

[D] Djibouti | A compact, northeast-leaning wedge wedged between Eritrea, Ethiopia, and the narrow Bab-el-Mandeb strait.

[A] Comoros | Three small emerald dots scattered northwest of Madagascar, like stepping-stones across the Mozambique Channel.

[A] Seychelles | A handful of granite and coral flecks sprinkled across the western Indian Ocean, barely a thumbprint on the globe.

[B] DR Congo | A massive, westward-bulging heart whose center is the Congo Basin and whose western mouth kisses the Atlantic.

[C] Angola | A broad, west-sloping rectangle whose Atlantic coast is smooth and eastern edge the straight Congo frontier.

[B] Cameroon | A west-pointing triangle with a small Atlantic nib at Douala and a northern prong reaching toward Lake Chad.

[B] Chad | A vast, north-south rectangle whose northwestern corner is the sweeping arc of Lake Chad.

[C] Republic of the Congo | A compact, west-facing wedge nested west of the Congo River’s great bend.

[C] Central African Republic | A near-perfect diamond locked in the heart of the continent, edges ruler-straight.

[D] Gabon | A small, west-tilted rectangle whose Atlantic coast is gentle and eastern frontier the Congo border.

[C] Equatorial Guinea | A tiny mainland wedge plus Bioko Island, shaped like a dropped comma on the Gulf of Guinea.

[C] São Tomé and Príncipe | Two volcanic specks straddling the equator off Gabon, like twin commas in the Atlantic.

[A] Egypt | A north-south ribbon along the Nile, flaring into the Nile Delta’s fan at the Mediterranean.

[A] Sudan | A vast, eastward-sloping rhombus split by the winding Nile and tapering southward.

[D] Algeria | A colossal, west-leaning square whose northern coast curves along the Mediterranean and southern edge fades into the Sahara.

[C] Morocco | A northwest-tilted rectangle whose western coast is the Atlantic sweep and northern edge the Strait of Gibraltar.

[C] Tunisia | A compact, eastward-pointing boot kicking out into the Mediterranean toward Sicily.

[D] Libya | A broad, east-west slab along the Mediterranean whose southern half dissolves into endless desert.

[A] South Africa | A rugged, south-pointing boot whose Cape is the toe and whose northeastern notch cradles Lesotho.

[D] Namibia | A long, west-sloping rectangle whose Atlantic coast is ruler-straight and eastern edge the Kalahari.

[B] Lesotho | A tiny, irregular island of highland completely encircled by South Africa’s embrace.

[C] Eswatini | A petite, north-south sliver tucked between South Africa and Mozambique like a green bookmark.

[A] Botswana | A broad, eastward-tilting rectangle whose northwest corner is the Okavango Delta’s fan.

[A] Nigeria | A compact, south-pointing wedge whose Atlantic coast is the wide Gulf of Guinea bite.

[A] Ghana | A small, west-east rectangle with a gentle southward bulge along the Gold Coast.

[D] Côte d'Ivoire | A west-facing triangle whose southern coast curves along the Gulf of Guinea and northern edge straight toward Mali.

[C] Niger | A vast, eastward-leaning rectangle whose southern curve follows the Niger River bend.

[B] Mali | A colossal, west-east diamond whose northern tip reaches the Sahara and southern edge the Niger River.

[A] Burkina Faso | A compact, east-west oval landlocked between the Sahel and the Gulf of Guinea states.

[B] Senegal | A west-tilting rectangle whose southern coast is the Cape Verde Peninsula’s hook and northern edge the Senegal River.

[D] Guinea | A broad, west-sloping triangle whose Atlantic coast curves southward and eastern edge rises to the Fouta Djallon.

[C] Benin | A slender, north-south sliver with a small Atlantic nub at Cotonou and northern prong toward Niger.

[A] Togo | A tiny, north-south rectangle narrower than its neighbors, its southern coast a gentle Gulf of Guinea scoop.

[D] Sierra Leone | A small, west-facing triangle with a deeply indented Atlantic coast shaped like a shark’s fin.

[A] Liberia | A compact, west-pointing wedge whose Atlantic coast is ragged and eastern edge the straight forest frontier.

[B] Mauritania | A vast, west-east rectangle whose western coast is the smooth Atlantic and eastern half the endless Sahara.

[A] Gambia | A narrow, west-east sliver following the Gambia River like a needle stitched into Senegal’s side.

[A] Guinea-Bissau | A small, west-facing rectangle whose Atlantic coast is deeply serrated by river mouths and islands.

[C] Cape Verde | A loose ring of volcanic dots in the mid-Atlantic west of Senegal, like scattered salt on a blue table.