Diverse Societies in Africa
A flat, grassy plain ...
Answer: savanna.
An African kingdom, in what is now Ethiopia and Eritrea, that reached the height of its power in the fourth century A.D. ...
Answer: Aksum.
The speakers of a related group of languages who, beginning about 2,000 years ago, migrated from West Africa into most of the southern half of Africa ...
Answer: Bantu-speaking peoples.
A great desert in N Africa, extending from the Atlantic to the Nile valley ...
Answer: Sahara.
Ancient port city and trading center located on the Red Sea coast in present-day Eritrea ...
Answer: Adulis.
A group that includes a person’s parents, children, grandparents, aunts, uncles, and cousins ...
Answer: extended family.
Ruler of the Kingdom of Aksum, 320s-c.360 A.D. ...
Answer: Ezana.
The belief that spirits are present in animals, plants, and other natural objects ...
Answer: animism.
An upright slab or pillar of stone bearing an inscription, sculptural design, or the like ...
Answer: Stele (or stelae).
Large, ancient city in West Africa, located in the Inland Niger delta in present-day Mali ...
Answer: Djenne-Djeno.
First king of Aksum, c. 1st century ...
Answer: Zoskales.