Geography/History
Culture
Map Skills
Cultural Groups
Vocab
100
Rift Valleys, such as The Great Rift Valley are located in what region of Africa?
Eastern Region
100
West African music is largely influenced by this groups....
Griots
100
What country is labeled in the central region in purple?
Democratic Republic of Congo
100
What 3 Cultural Groups did we learn about in Africa?
The Bantu, Swahili, & Ashanti
100
a semiarid grassland
Sahel
200
This volcano can be found in the country Tanzania
Kilimanjaro
200
Nigeria has produced more ______ than any other African country
Oil
200
Sudan
200
The Ashanti Culture draw their Ancestry from the _____ ______ .
Golden Stool
200
across the Sahara desert
trans Saharan
300
Te western region of Africa has lost much land due to the growing tendency fo trees to be cut down & thus there not being abundant plant life as frequent.. this is called...
Deforestation
300
Stories such as Anansi... are known as African _______ & are usually told around a ________.
Folktales & Campfires.
300
Find Country #19
Zimbabwe
300
The Ashanti people can be found is which countries?
Ghana & the Ivory Coast
300
the practice of extending a nation’s influence by controlling other territories
Imperialism
400
We studied 3 of the most common cultures that are present in Africa, this goupr in the year 2000 B.C. had one of the most well known migration in history, what was this called?
The Bantu Migration
400
What are the two most practiced religions found in Africa???
**** You must get both religions correct to receive credit!!****
Muslim & Christianity
400
Find country #35
Togo
400
The term "Swahili" is an Arabic word that means...
"one who lives on the coast"
400
the practice of one country directly ruling and developing trade in a foreign territory for its own benefit
Colonialism
500
Trade was a important development of SS-Africa, this particular trade introduced Africans to the Islamic Religion as well as was motivated by gold & salt.
trans-Saharan trade
500
Countries such as Egypt & Cameroon can have people who know how to speak french. French is a European language, what is a reason as to why people in africa speak a european dialect??
*** Hint: One of two answer choices accepted.. THINK ABOUT VOCAB**
Imperialism or Colonialism
500
Looking at this Physical map what two bodies of water are located NorthEast of the Congo River?
*** 2 Answers, must both be correct***
The Nile River & Lake Victoria
500
In the Bantu Culture many people practice a religion that believes that spirits are found in natural objects & surroundings... this is called ...
Animism
500
a movement in the early 1900s to unite African people
Pan Africanism