Landmarks
Made up of 2.3 million stone blocks, each weighing thousands of pounds
Empire in Western Africa known for its great wealth and for the city of Timbuktu
Mali Empire
Ancient Egyptian writing system using pictures and symbols to represent words and sounds
Hieroglyphics
What continent has the second-largest population and the second-largest size?
Africa
Largest hot desert in the world
Sahara Desert
First of the great trading empires in Western Africa
Ghana Empire
This wealthy city was part of the Kingdom of Zimbabwe and was Africa's largest archaeological site south of the Sahara Desert
Great Zimbabwe
What was the earliest and most well-known major civilization in Northern Africa?
Egypt
This landmark sits on the border between Zimbabwe and Zambia and is part of two national parks, one in each country
Kingdom in Central Africa that is one of the most well-documented African kingdoms
Kingdom of the Kongo
Societies that do not have written records but have recorded their history through the spoken word
Oral cultures
What large stone slab was covered in Greek and Egyptian writing?
Rosetta Stone
Sometimes called the "lungs of Africa" because of how much carbon dioxide the trees absorb and how much oxygen they release
Congo Rainforest
Ancient kingdom located south of Egypt along the Nile River in modern-day Sudan
The verbal histories, legends, and information passed down from one generation to the next
Oral traditions
What leader ruled during the height of the Mali Empire?
Mansa Musa
The world's tallest freestanding mountain
Mount Kilimanjaro
Kingdom that began in the area of modern-day Ethiopia and Eritrea; Africa's first Christian kingdom
Kingdom of Aksum
This wealthy city was a center of learning in the Mali Empire
Timbuktu
What was once the capital of the Kingdom of Kush?
Meroë