Geography · Grade 5

Countries of Africa Map Quiz

All 54 countries of Africa numbered on a real map, drawn from Natural Earth data. Kids write each country's name from memory. The answer key is on its own page.

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Geography · AfricaAges 10–14 · Grades 5–8

Countries of Africa

Write the name of each of the 54 numbered countries on its line.

NameDate

Write the country names

1. 1
2. 2
3. 3
4. 4
5. 5
6. 6
7. 7
8. 8
9. 9
10. 10
11. 11
12. 12
13. 13
14. 14
15. 15
16. 16
17. 17
18. 18
19. 19
20. 20
21. 21
22. 22
23. 23
24. 24
25. 25
26. 26
27. 27
28. 28
29. 29
30. 30
31. 31
32. 32
33. 33
34. 34
35. 35
36. 36
37. 37
38. 38
39. 39
40. 40
41. 41
42. 42
43. 43
44. 44
45. 45
46. 46
47. 47
48. 48

Map data: Natural Earth (public domain). Lambert azimuthal equal-area projection. Numbered: UN member and observer states.More free worksheets: handeware.com/learn

Geography · AfricaAges 10–14 · Grades 5–8

Countries of Africacontinued

Write the country names

1. 49
2. 50
3. 51
4. 52
5. 53
6. 54

Map data: Natural Earth (public domain). Lambert azimuthal equal-area projection. Numbered: UN member and observer states.More free worksheets: handeware.com/learn

Geography · AfricaAges 10–14 · Grades 5–8

Countries of AfricaANSWER KEY

54 countries. Numbers match the student page.

Answers

1. 1Cabo Verde
2. 2Senegal
3. 3Gambia
4. 4Guinea-Bissau
5. 5Liberia
6. 6Cote d'Ivoire
7. 7Sierra Leone
8. 8Guinea
9. 9Mauritania
10. 10Morocco
11. 11Tunisia
12. 12Algeria
13. 13Mali
14. 14Burkina Faso
15. 15Benin
16. 16Nigeria
17. 17Togo
18. 18Ghana
19. 19Sao Tome and Principe
20. 20Namibia
21. 21Angola
22. 22Gabon
23. 23Republic of the Congo
24. 24Equatorial Guinea
25. 25Cameroon
26. 26Central African Republic
27. 27Chad
28. 28Niger
29. 29Libya
30. 30Egypt
31. 31Sudan
32. 32South Sudan
33. 33Uganda
34. 34Democratic Republic of the Congo
35. 35Rwanda
36. 36Burundi
37. 37Malawi
38. 38Zambia
39. 39Zimbabwe
40. 40Botswana
41. 41Eswatini
42. 42Lesotho
43. 43South Africa
44. 44Madagascar
45. 45Mozambique
46. 46Comoros
47. 47Tanzania
48. 48Kenya
49. 49Somalia
50. 50Ethiopia
51. 51Djibouti
52. 52Eritrea
53. 53Seychelles
54. 54Mauritius

Map data: Natural Earth (public domain). Lambert azimuthal equal-area projection. Numbered: UN member and observer states.More free worksheets: handeware.com/learn

How to use it

1. Start with the biggest countries and the ones on the coast.
2. Use the neighbors to work out the smaller ones.
3. Check with the answer key.
4. Play the flag quiz to learn them faster.

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