Africa Fact or Fiction?

Question 1 – Answer Fact or Fiction Africa is a country, not a continent

Question 2 – Answer Fact or Fiction There are 47 countries in Africa

Question 3 – Answer Fact or Fiction It is too hot and dry to grow crops

Question 4 – Answer Fact or Fiction Africa is poor in natural resources

Question 5 – Answer Fact or Fiction African poverty is caused more by government corruption than by history

Question 6 – Answer Fact or Fiction Civil wars are widespread across Africa

Question 7 – Answer Fact or Fiction Africa is void of technology

Question 8 – Answer Fact or Fiction You can find giraffes and elephants in most African countries

Question 9 – Answer Fact or Fiction More Africans live in urban areas than in rural areas

Question 10 – Answer Fact or Fiction British colonial occupation of African countries brought more benefits than problems

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Question 1 – Answer Fact or Fiction Africa is a country, not a continent Fiction – It’s the 2 nd largest continent on the planet!

Question 2 – Answer Fact or Fiction There are 47 countries in Africa Fiction – There are 58 very diverse (different) African nations

Question 3 – Answer Fact or Fiction It is too hot and dry to grow crops Fiction – Africa has some of the most fertile soils and highest rainfall globally!

Question 4 – Answer Fact or Fiction Africa is poor in natural resources Fiction – It is one of the most resource rich continents on the planet

Question 5 – Answer Fact or Fiction African poverty is caused more by government corruption than by history Fiction – Africa’s colonial past locked it into political & economic weakness and made it ‘dependent’ on wealthier countries

Question 6 – Answer Fact or Fiction Civil wars are widespread across Africa Fiction – There are only three ‘major wars’ currently fought in Africa. Somalia, North/South Sudan and Mali

Question 7 – Answer Fact or Fiction Africa is void of technology Fiction – The number of mobile phone subscriptions is currently exploding

Question 8 – Answer Fact or Fiction You can find giraffes and elephants in most African countries Fiction – These animals are found mostly found in wetter parts of Africa and not in the drier North and South

Question 9 – Answer Fact or Fiction More Africans live in urban areas than in rural areas Fiction – Only 1/3 rd of Africans live in urban areas

Question 10 – Answer Fact or Fiction British colonial occupation of African countries brought more benefits than problems Fiction – British rule caused more long term problems than benefits