Q 01/05

Madagascar lies in which body of water?

A) The Atlantic

B) The Indian Ocean

C) The Pacific

D) The Red Sea

Answer · why

B) The Indian Ocean

Madagascar lies in the Indian Ocean off Africa's southeastern coast, separated from Mozambique by the Mozambique Channel, about 420 km wide at its nar...

Q 02/05

By area, Madagascar ranks where among the world's islands?

A) Second-largest

B) Third-largest

C) Fourth-largest

D) Sixth-largest

Answer · why

C) Fourth-largest

Madagascar is the fourth-largest island on Earth at about 587,000 km²; only Greenland, New Guinea and Borneo are bigger, and among island countries on...

Q 03/05

What is the capital and largest city of Madagascar?

A) Toamasina

B) Antananarivo

C) Mahajanga

D) Fianarantsoa

Answer · why

B) Antananarivo

Antananarivo, called Tananarive under French rule and shortened locally to Tana, is Madagascar's capital and by far its largest city, home to well ove...

Q 04/05

Roughly what share of Madagascar's wildlife is found nowhere else on Earth?

A) Over 90%

B) About 75%

C) About 50%

D) About 25%

Answer · why

A) Over 90%

Over 90% of Madagascar's wildlife is found nowhere else: the island separated from mainland Africa in the Jurassic, well over 150 million years ago, a...

Q 05/05

Which two languages are official in Madagascar?

A) Malagasy and English

B) Malagasy and Portuguese

C) Swahili and French

D) Malagasy and French

Answer · why

D) Malagasy and French

Madagascar's two official languages are Malagasy and French: Malagasy is an Austronesian language, and French is a legacy of more than six decades of ...