Madagascar - Questions
Instructions.
Highlight the correct answer for each question.
Questions
1) What is the capital city of Madagascar?
a) Toliara b) Mahajanga
c) Antananarivo d) Antsirabe
2) What are the official languages of Madagascar?
a) French and English b) French and Afrikaans
c) French and Malagasy d) French and Zulu
3) What is the traditional food dish of Madagascar?
a) Koba b) Mofo gasy
c) Sambusa d) Romazava
4) What is considered to be Madagascar's most sacred spot?
a) Avenue of Baobabs b) Isalo National Park
c) Tsingy de Bemaraha d) Royal Hill of Ambohimanga
5) When is the rainy season in Madagascar?
a) November to April b) April to March
c) November to June d) June to December
6) “Almost 90% of the plants and animals living on Madagascar aren’t found anywhere else in the world.”
a) True b) False
7) Madagascar is considered to be the ________ largest island in the world.
a) Second b) Fourth
c) First d) Third
8) What do geologists believe happened to Madagascar?
→ The Madagascar Plate or Madagascar block was once attached to the Gondwana supercontinent and
later the Indo-Australian Plate.Rifting in the Somali Basin began at the end of the Carboniferous 300 million
years ago, as a part of the Karoo rift system. The initiation of Gondwana breakup, and transform faulting
along the Davie Fracture Zone, occurred in the Toarcian (about 182 million years ago) following the eruption
of the Bouvet (Karoo) mantle plume. At this time East Gondwana, comprising the Antarctic, Madagascar,
Indian, and Australian plates, began to separate from the African Plate. East Gondwana then began to break
apart about 115–120 million years ago when India began to move northward.Between 84–95 million years ago
rifting separated Seychelles and India from Madagascar.Since its formation the Madagascar block has moved
roughly in conjunction with Africa, and thus there are questions as to whether the Madagascar Plate should be
still considered a separate plate.
later the Indo-Australian Plate.Rifting in the Somali Basin began at the end of the Carboniferous 300 million
years ago, as a part of the Karoo rift system. The initiation of Gondwana breakup, and transform faulting
along the Davie Fracture Zone, occurred in the Toarcian (about 182 million years ago) following the eruption
of the Bouvet (Karoo) mantle plume. At this time East Gondwana, comprising the Antarctic, Madagascar,
Indian, and Australian plates, began to separate from the African Plate. East Gondwana then began to break
apart about 115–120 million years ago when India began to move northward.Between 84–95 million years ago
rifting separated Seychelles and India from Madagascar.Since its formation the Madagascar block has moved
roughly in conjunction with Africa, and thus there are questions as to whether the Madagascar Plate should be
still considered a separate plate.
9) What else have you learned about Madagascar?
→ I have also learnt that the Madagascar flag has only three colours on it !!!
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