Words and Meanings
African Kingdoms
Rulers
True or False
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100
This word means purpose, aim or objective in Swahili.
What is Nia?
100
This Kingdom produced the world's first university.
What is The Kingdom of Mali?
100
This ruler is known to be the wealthiest man in the history of civilization.
Who is Mansa Musa?
100
Every African country has an urban center or city.
What is "True?"
100
The group of people brought intellectual ideas, libraries, and encouraged literacy in Spain.
Who were the Moors?
200
This word means retrieve the past to create the future.
What is Sankofa?
200
This kingdom was once referred to as the "Land of Gold."
What is the Kingdom of Ghana?
200
At age 16 this great Nubian king led his armies against the invading Assyrians in defense of Isreal. This action earned him a place in the Bible.
Who is Taharqa?
200
The United States can fit into Africa twice with no room left over.
What is "False?" It could actually fit in 3 times.
200
The oldest known possibly ____________ object is the Lebombo bone, which was discovered in the Lebombo Mountains of Swaziland and dated to approximately 35,000 B.C.
What is "math" or "mathematical?"
300
"History is a version of past events that people have decided to agree upon?" In this quote, "version of past events" infers?
What is "point of view" or "perspective?"
300
This Kingdom once controlled northern Ethiopia, Eritrea, northern Sudan, southern Egypt, Djibouti, Western Yemen, and southern Saudi Arabia, totaling 1.25 million square kilometers, almost half the size of India.
What is The Kingdom of Axum?
300
This Ethiopian Queen is also called Makeda. She was married to King Solomon.
Who is the Queen of Sheba?
300
The Greeks and Romans brought Mathematics and Science to Egypt and Nubia.
What is "False?"
300
Evidence suggests that ancient Africans sailed to _______ and ___hundreds of years before the Europeans,
What is South America and Asia?
400
"History is a version of past events that people have decided to agree upon." In this quote, "people have decided to agree upon" infers...
What is "People in power who write history and tell the story that they want to tell?"
400
This Kingdom was a great military power, according to an eyewitness report, the King of this Kingdom could prepare 20,000 men for war in a single day. He was that powerful
What is the Kingdom of Benin?
400
This Egyptian ruler is considered the first to come up with a monotheistic religion or the belief in "one God?"
Who is Amenhotep IV?
400
Ancient Nubia now the area known as Sudan has over 200 pyramids which is more than Egypt.
What is "True?"
500
"You can't hate the root of the tree without hating the tree, you can't hate Africa without hating yourself." Who was the African-American man to say these words?
Who is Malcolm X?
500
Queen Yaa Asantewaa was once a ruler of this Kingdom.
What is the kingdom of Ghana?
500
This Queen was known to be "a woman as capable as a man."
Who is Queen Amina of Zaria?
500
Almost half the gold mined on earth comes from Nigeria.
What is "False?" The answer is South Africa.
500
The Dogon people of ____ amassed a wealth of detailed astronomical observations. They new a great deal about outer space.
What is Mali?
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