Using Your Map(s)
The Nile River flows North and empties into the Mediterranean Sea. What body of water would be the SOURCE (starting point) of the Nile River?
Lake Victoria
What religion was Mansa Musa? And what do we call followers of this religion? Must answer both parts for points.
Islam/ Muslims
Which direction would I need to travel from the Kingdom of Mali to get to the Great Zimbabwe?
Southeast
Later, during the Bantu Migration, the Bantu people migrated because neighboring lands were much more ferile and would allow for greater farming. Was this a PUSH or PULL factor leading to migration?
Pull
Who was the Greek (Macedonian) leader who led his armies all the way to India?
Alexander (The Great)
What is the approximate latitude and longitude of Cairo, Egypt? Be sure to include directions in your coordinate pair.
(300 N, 300 E)
Using your map, what is the distance, in a straight line, from Timbuktu to Cairo? Round to the nearest 500.
2500 miles
How much time passed bwetween King Ezana converting Aksum to Christianity and the Great Zimbabwe being abandoned?
1120 years.
Identify whether the reason mentioned in the passage below is a push or pull factor:
Years of continuous farming without modern fertilizers also exhausted the soil, making it harder to grow enough crops to feed everyone. Facing land shortages and depleted fields, small groups of Bantu families packed up their belongings and ventured out.
Push Factor
What was 1 of the 2 rivers that the area of Mesopotamia is between?
Tigris OR Euphrates
What is the approximate distance from the southern border of Egypt to the northern border of the Democratic Republic of The Congo? Round to the nearest 100 miles.
1000
Which modern day capital city did Mansa Musa's Hajj travel through?
Cairo, Egypt.
What modern day country was Aksum located in?
Ethiopia
If the Bantu left their homeland in Cameroon and Nigeria and headed east, what would be the modern capital city of the modern country they would have entered?
Bangul, Central African Republic
What direction is Lake Victoria from the Kalahari Desert?
North/ Northeast
What is the capital city of the country in Africa that receives the MOST rainfall each year?
Estimate the time it would take to travel from Taghaza to the Tuwat Oasis in days.
About 10 days
The map says travel time from Walata to Taghaza was 20 days. That distance is about 600 miles.
The distance from Taghaza to The Tuwat Oasis is about 300 miles so it should be about 10 days.
What climate zone is the majority of Zimbabwe in?
Grassland
Which 2 rivers would the Bantu Migration have gone across?
Congo River and Zambezi River
Which events from your timeline happened simultaneously or at the same time?
End of Ghana and Founding of Mali
What is the name AND the latitude and longitude of the capital city of Gabon?
Labreville AND (00 N, 10o E)
Along Mansa Musa's likely route, what is the modern day capital city of the modern country that receives the most rain?
****CHAD IS NOT COUNTED ON THE ROUTE
You will need to use at least 4 maps to answer this.
Bamako, Mali
Which 2 kinds of climate zones would you NOT have to travel through on your way from the Kingdom of Aksum to The Great Zimbabwe?
Semi desert and Extreme desert.
Which one of these is a capital city of a modern country that was not affected by the Bantu Migration?
1. Luanda
2. Dodama
3. Tripoli
4. Bujumbura
Libya
Along Mansa Musa's likely route, what is the modern capital city of the last modern country he would have passed through before entering Egypt?
Tripoli, Libya