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Hannah Cummings
Ch 7-8
Question | Answer |
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“Some parts of Africa suffer from constant _______, while others receive over ___ inches of rain a year. | Drought, 200 |
Africa is the ________ largest continent in the world. | Second |
What makes navigation to the coast impossible? | Waterfalls and rapids the form rivers that drop down to the coast from the plateau. |
Another name for the rain forest is? | Natures green house. |
A deadly fly, called the ______ fly, prevented Africans from using cattle, donkeys and horses to farm. | Tsetse |
Most Africans live in the ______. | Savanna. |
The earliest African people were _______ until they _________ animals for food. | Nomadic, domesticated |
What allowed people to do other activities such as pottery and jewelry making? | Increased food supply. |
__________is a permanent move from one country or region to another. | Migration |
Factors that can push people out of areas or pull people into areas. | Push and pull factors. |
Includes over 900 individual languages. | Niger-Congo |
Bantu speakers moved _____ and _____. | East and west |
When a piece of forest is cut down and burned it is called the _____ and _____ technique. | Slash, burn |
Aksum’s location and expansion made it a hub for caravan routes to _____and ______. | Egypt, Meroë |
Aksumite traders traded what? | Salt, rhino horns, tortoise shells, ivory, emerald, and gold. |
The kingdom of Aksum was at its height during the rule of _____. | Ezana |
Where people in Aksum monotheistic or polytheistic? | Monotheistic. |
______ was the only ancient African kingdom that didn't have a written language. | Aksum |
What is desertification? | When the desert spreads. |