Geography/Climate
Relatively high, flat land areas are called what?
Egyptian merchants traveled to _______ to obtain ivory, ebony, frankincense (a fragrant tree resin), and leopard skins.
What is Nubia?
Referred to as the basic building blocks in African society. All members of this group claim to have descended from a common ancestor.
What is lineage group?
People who believe they have the power to foretell events through supernatural forces were called what?
What are Diviners?
Priests or a special class of storytellers known as ________ kept alive a the people’s history by oral tradition.
What is griot?
What are the two largest deserts in Africa?
What are the Sahara and the Kalahari Deserts?
What civilization conquered the Egyptians?
What is the Kush empire?
Who practice slavery first; Africa or Europe?
What is Africa?
According to what people/religion, the chief god sent his son down from heaven to create the first humans?
What is Yoruba?
The earliest art forms in Africa were painted on what?
A. Wood
B. Rocks
C. Paper
What is rocks?
True or False: The Congo basin is watered by the Nile River.
What is False?
True or False: Africa's first civilizations were located in Madagascar, Kenya, and Ethiopia.
What is False?
True of False: In Africa, the gulf between king and common people was not as great as Europe or other parts of the world.
What is True?
True or False: Most African religions believe in an afterlife.
What is True?
True or False: Nigeria was the capital of the Yoruba people.
What is False (Ife is)
What are Africa's four distinct climate zones?
What was so distinctive of the Axum religion?
What is it was Christianity rather than Islam?
In many African societies, lineage was based on the mother rather than the father this is called what?
What is a matrilineal society?
Christianity is widely practiced in what part of Africa?
A. Northern Africa
B. Western Africa
C. Eastern Africa
D. Subsaharan Africa
What is eastern Africa?
The social purpose of what art form was to pass on information about the history of the community, spread legends, and religious traditions?
What is music?
What climate zone is the Congo Basin located in?
What is rainforest or tropical wet climate?
What two goods were traded from India to Africa in the Medieval time period?
A. Spices and textiles
B. Gold and Silver
c. Exotic animals and precious stones
What are spices and textiles?
What was the largest religion in Africa around 1200 C.E.?
What is Islam
What spread Islam across northern Africa?
How was literature different in Africa compared with other parts of the world?
What is oral literature?