African Geography
What is the second-largest continent in the world?
Africa
What is a tropical grassland with shrubs and a few trees called?
Savanna
What river was essential to the development of ancient Egyptian civilization?
Nile River
What is a group of people who share a common culture and dialect called?
Tribe
What is the process of taking control of another territory and its people called?
Colonization
What is the largest hot desert in Africa?
Sahara Desert
What is a high, flat area of land called?
Plateau
What was the ruler of ancient Egypt called?
Pharaoh
What does polytheistic mean?
Worshipping or believing in many gods
What is a territory controlled by another country called?
Colony
What is Africa's highest mountain?
Mount Kilimanjaro
What is a valley or streambed that is dry except during the rainy season?
Wadi
What was the ancient Egyptian system of writing using picture-like symbols called?
Hieroglyphics
What type of family includes grandparents, aunts, uncles, and cousins?
Extended Family
What was the forced transportation of enslaved Africans across the Atlantic Ocean called?
Transatlantic Slave Trade
What is the longest river in Africa?
Nile River
What landform is created when a river deposits sediment into a slower-moving body of water?
River Delta
What process did ancient Egyptians use to preserve dead bodies?
Mummification
What were talking drums used for in some African communities?
Communicating messages over long distances
What African country was established as a settlement for freed African Americans and other formerly enslaved people?
Liberia
In which African country is Mount Kilimanjaro located?
Tanzania
What is the transitional land between desert and wetter regions called?
Steppe
What famous stone helped scholars understand Egyptian hieroglyphics?
Rosetta Stone
In some traditional African religious ceremonies, masks represented the faces of what two things?
Spirits and animals
What was the migration of Dutch-descended Boer settlers away from British-controlled Cape Colony called?
The Great Trek