Q 01/05

Tanzania's coastline lies on which ocean?

A) Atlantic

B) Southern

C) Indian

D) Pacific

Answer · why

C) Indian

Tanzania's 1,424 km coastline faces the Indian Ocean, with Zanzibar, Pemba and Mafia islands offshore. Gulf and Indian traders have sailed here on the...

Q 02/05

Which mountain in Tanzania is the highest in Africa and the tallest free-standing mountain in the world?

A) Kilimanjaro

B) Mount Meru

C) Mount Kenya

D) Mount Elgon

Answer · why

A) Kilimanjaro

Kilimanjaro's Uhuru Peak stands 5,895 metres above sea level, making it Africa's highest point and the tallest free-standing mountain on Earth.

Q 03/05

What is Tanzania's official capital, moved from the coast by a 1974 decision?

A) Zanzibar City

B) Arusha

C) Dodoma

D) Mwanza

Answer · why

C) Dodoma

Dodoma, in Tanzania's central highlands, became the seat of the National Assembly in 1996; its name comes from a Gogo word meaning 'it has sunk'.

Q 04/05

Who led Tanganyika to independence and served as Tanzania's president until 1985?

A) Julius Nyerere

B) Jomo Kenyatta

C) Ali Hassan Mwinyi

D) Benjamin Mkapa

Answer · why

A) Julius Nyerere

Julius Nyerere, called Mwalimu ('teacher'), founded TANU in 1954, became prime minister at independence and president in 1962, retiring in 1985.

Q 05/05

In which year did Tanganyika gain independence from Britain?

A) 1965

B) 1963

C) 1961

D) 1968

Answer · why

C) 1961

Tanganyika became independent from Britain on 9 December 1961; Zanzibar followed in December 1963, and the two united on 26 April 1964 after the Zanzi...