Ancient Egypt
West Africa
East Africa
Central Africa
Southern
Africa
100
Egyptian writing
What is hieroglyphics
100
Term for Africa South of the Sahara
What is the Sahel
100
The time frame when the East African slave trade began..
What is around the 1000s
100
Major River to this region
What is the Congo River
100
Penalties imposed by one country on another to force changes in policies
What are sanctions
200
Egypt's major river which happens to be the longest river in the world
What is the Nile River
200
Physical feature that covers most of West Africa
What is plains
200
Reference to looking like a "giant scar" on the Earth due to the stretching and breaking of the its crust/surface.
What is The Great Rift Valley
200
A valuable resource that attracted many Europeans to this region
What is ivory
200
First black president of South Africa
Who is Nelson Mandela
300
The name of the area Egypt's capital, Memphis, was located in.
What is Lower Egypt
300
Name of the traditional religion in West Africa
What is Animism
300
Term used for the intentional killing of the Tutsi ethnic group by the Hutu in Rwanda.
What is genocide
300
A major problem within many countries that makes it hard to build a stable government.
What are civil wars
300
Group that opposed South Africa's racist policies
What is African National Congress
400
Two regions that became one to form Egypt as a whole.
What is Upper and Lower Egypt
400
Two ancient empires located on the Niger River
What is Ghana and Mali
400
Used to be known as the International Slave trading Center
What is the island of Zanzibar
400
Last country to win independence in 1975
What is Angola
400
Swaziland and Lesotho are both considered to be this due to the fact that they are landlocked countries.
What is an enclave
500
Why was The Nile River Valley well suited for settlement?
What is fertile land for good farming
500
Slaves were sent to the Americas during the 1500-1800s.. two other items were sent as well.
What is Ivory and Gold
500
Native language to this region
What is Swahili
500
The time European countries divided up Central Africa into colonies
What is the 1800s
500
Country in this region known for lush vegetation and tropical rain forests
What is Madagascar