Mali
Mali is a landlocked West African country. This topic is part of Countries within Geography. This page currently draws on 6 supporting questions, with answers and bonus facts available below.
Mali trivia questions
Mali is located on which continent?
Answer: Africa
Bonus fact: Mali is a landlocked West African country.
What is the capital of Mali?
Answer: Bamako
Bonus fact: Bamako lies on the Niger River.
Which famous medieval trading city in Mali became associated with learning and trans-Saharan trade?
Answer: Timbuktu
Bonus fact: Timbuktu became a major center of scholarship and commerce.
Which country extends more than 320 kilometers into Senegal, nearly dividing its territory?
Answer: The Gambia
Bonus fact: The U.S. State Department says Senegal is otherwise bounded by the Atlantic Ocean, Mauritania, Mali, Guinea, and Guinea-Bissau.
Which country lies on the Gulf of Guinea between Liberia and Ghana?
Answer: Côte d’Ivoire
Bonus fact: Côte d’Ivoire also borders Burkina Faso and Mali to the north.
The historic city of Timbuktu is in which present-day country?
Answer: Mali
Bonus fact: Timbuktu was an intellectual and spiritual capital and an important center for the spread of Islam in Africa in the 15th and 16th centuries.