Africa's Empires
Waters & Stuff
Landformations
People,Places &Nations
Countries & Cities
100
This was the largest Africian Empire
What is Songhai
100
This narrow passage of water separates Morocco from Europe
What is The Strait of Gibraltar
100
This is a solid mass of barren, windswept rock
What is hammada
100
This phosphate-rich area is illegally occupied by Morocco
What is the Western Sahara
100
Tunisia, Algeria, and Morocco are known as this
What is Maghreb
200
Mansa Musa was a wealthy emperor of this region
What is Mali
200
In Arab lands, shallow salt lakes with little or no water are known as
What is chotts
200
This is the only desert in the world tht spans an entire continent from shore to shore
What is Sahara
200
These tall desert nomads controlled Niger's trade routes
Who are the Tuaregs
200
This European country once controlled Mauritania, Mali, Niger, and Chad
What is France
300
This early African empire lasted a thousand years and controlled trade routes across the Sahel
What is Ghana
300
This is the most important river in the Sahel
What is Niger
300
These are wide areas of drifting, blowing sand
What are ergs
300
These early people inhabited the coastal lands west of Egypt before the Arab conquests
Who are the Berbers
300
This is the largest North Aftican city outside Egypt
What is Casablanca
400
This empire is centered located in Niger along the Niger River
What is Songhai empire
400
This term describes the changing of arable land into desert
What is desertification
400
This savanna region is in the southern part of the Sahara
What is Sahel
400
The Barbary nation in Libya is rich in this natural resource
What is oil deposits
400
The Ahaggar Mountains are located here
What is Algeria
500
This Chad empire is centered on Lake Chad
What is the Kanem-Bornu empire
500
This religion dominates countries like Mauritania, Niger, and Mali
What is Islam
500
This mountain affects rainfall on the Barbary Coast
What is Atlas
500
This nation, once dominated by the Moors, is the only nation of the Sahel that has a seacoast
What is Mauritania
500
This small Mediterranean country in Africa has the highest life expectancy
What is Tunisia
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