Sahara
The Sahara spans much of North Africa. This topic is part of Deserts within Geography. This page currently draws on 14 supporting questions, with answers and bonus facts available below.
Sahara trivia questions
The Sahara is located on which continent?
Answer: Africa
Bonus fact: The Sahara spans much of North Africa.
What is the world's largest hot desert?
Answer: Sahara
Bonus fact: Only the polar deserts are larger overall.
The Sahara stretches from the Atlantic Ocean eastward to what sea?
Answer: Red Sea
Bonus fact: It spans nearly the full width of North Africa.
The Sahara is the world's largest what kind of desert?
Answer: Hot desert
Bonus fact: Only polar deserts are larger overall.
Which major line of latitude crosses the Sahara?
Answer: Tropic of Cancer
Bonus fact: Much of the Sahara lies near 23.5° north.
The Aïr Mountains rise from the Sahara in which country?
Answer: Niger
Bonus fact: NASA Earth Observatory locates the Aïr Mountains in northern Niger within the Sahara.
The Sahara Desert is located on which continent?
Answer: Africa
Bonus fact: The Sahara covers much of North Africa.
Most of Libya's land lies within which desert?
Answer: Sahara
Bonus fact: The Sahara covers most of Libya.
Much of Mauritania is covered by which desert?
Answer: Sahara
Bonus fact: The Sahara dominates the country's landscape.
What famous desert trade connected West Africa with North Africa?
Answer: Trans-Saharan trade
Bonus fact: Caravans carried gold, salt, and other goods across the Sahara.
The Arab slave trade connected Africa most heavily with which regions?
Answer: Middle East and Indian Ocean world
Bonus fact: Enslaved Africans were transported across the Sahara, Red Sea, and Indian Ocean.
Which major desert route was involved in this trade?
Answer: Trans-Saharan routes
Bonus fact: Caravans moved enslaved people northward across the Sahara.