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| 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 |
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