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