Question | Answer |
People who study plants and trace the movements of people by their crops | Botanists |
How high is Mt. Kilimanjaro | 19,000 feet |
Person who reminds villagers of their ancient history and traditions | Official remember |
Deserts in southern Africa | Kalahari and Mamid |
The area between the Sahara & Kalahari with tall grasses and few trees | Savanna |
Unwritten record that helps historians learn about Africa's history | Oral history |
Where is the Horn of Africa? | In east African in Somalia |
An early African people who migrated slowly iinto central, eastern, and southern Africa | Bantu |
What divides Africa almost in half? | Equator |
What is the largest desert in the world | Sahara |
People who study languages and the ways they change | Linguists |
an area that recieves no rain because it lies beyond another area where water vapor is blown | rain shadow |
Moving to another region | Migrating |
people who study history from artifacts like rock paintings and written symbols | Archaeologists |
Which people group set up a station to provide water and food for ships on their way to India in the 17th century | Dutch |
Migrated from the area of modern Sudan to Lake Victoria and into the modern countries of Kenya, Tanzania, and Uganda | Nilotic |
Who were the most feared of the desert peoples? | Tuareg |
Who lived in the rain forest of the Congo Basin? | Pygmies |
Who measured their wealth and social standing by the number of cattle they owned | Nilotic |
Who used camels as transportation as well as for making tents, butter, and cheese | Tuareg |
Who migrated from the Benue River to the Congo Basin | Bantu |
Who spoke the unusual click language | Bushmen |
Who were the people of small size living in the Congo Basin | Pygmies |
Who were the Europeans living in Africa? | Dutch adn English |
Where was the empire of Aksum located? | Where the modern nation of Ethiopia is located. |
The merchants of which area traded silently and secretly with the people of Sudan | Ghana |
Who was the Mali ruler, who conquered Ghana, gaining control of the gold and salt trade? | Sundiate |
Who was a traverler from Tangier who described the people of Mali as lovers of what? | Justice and honesty |
Which modern nation doe the empire of Aksum cover? | Ethiopia |
Who traded silently and secretly with the people of Sudan? | Ghana merchants |
Who was the Mali ruler who conquered Ghana and gained control of the gold and salt trade | Sundiate |
Who was a traveler from Tangier who described the people of Mali as lovers of justice and honesty | Ibn Battuta |
Why did Mansa Musa become famous? | Wealth |
With King Ezana's conversion, Christianity became which areas state religion? | Aksum's |
Songhai won its independence in the 15th century under the leadership of whom? | Sunni Ali |
By the 4th century, the coastal cities of east Africa were governed by who? | Omani |
What was a zimbabwe? | Big stone house |
What was the amergris? | a waxy substance obtained from whales and used as perfumes |
Which group came to Africa to trade for slaves, to explore, or to preach the gospel? | Europeans |
What did the Nyamwezi use to carry their goods to market? | Porters |
King Ezana ruled which empire? | Aksum |
Who were a great namadic people | Tuareg |
When did the empire of Ghana end? | when the army of Mali attacked in 1203 |
For many years, the Nuamwezi controlled what? | The trade routes to the east coast of Africa |
Who werre the Omani? | Arab kings living in Oman |