African Geography

1

100

This area of Africa is the largest desert in the world and about the size of the United States

What is the Sahara?

200

These are hot, dry grasslands that are located near the Equator and cover almost half of Africa.

What is the Savanna?

300

This river has been a source of cultural identity for Egyptians for thousands of years. 

What is the Nile?

400

Due to farming and overgrazing, the deserts found in Africa are expanding in a process known as this.

What is desertification?

500

These are the three longest rivers in Africa. All three must be named.

What are:

Nile

Niger

Congo

2

100

This is the name of the writing style found in Egypt.

What are hieroglyphics? 

200

This is the name of the emperor of the Mali who, in 1324, made his famous pilgrimage to Mecca.

Who is Mansa Musa?

300

Name the three Western African Empires we studied

Mali 

Ghana

Songhai

400

Zimbabwe traded what main things?

gold, ivory, and slaves

500

____________________was the first empire in Africa...also the longest lasting

Ghana

3

100

___________became the richest kingdom in Africa

Mali

200

Mansa Musa is from what empire?

Mali

300

What later became the largest of the three western empires?

Songhai