Africa
Sierra Leone is to the south of this country. And there is a small, fury animal that shares the same name.
What is Guinea
A fried plantain snack, often served with chili pepper and onions. From Ivory Coast, in Africa.
Alloco.
Home of the pharaohs.
What is Egypt
The Himba people practice never leaving who alone?
A baby.
This country has Africa in its name.
What is South Africa
One of the richest and most powerful city-states in Africa.
What is Kilwa.
What is Couscous?
A semolina pasta from North Africa.
The largest desert in the world?
The Sahara
The Ndebele wedding ceremony is all about the bride. The grooms mother creates a Jocolo which is an apron made from which animal?
What is a goat. all married women wear a Jocolo and is representative of a mother surrounded by children. On the wedding day, the groom performs a ceremony in honor of his new wife, giving thanks and credit for all she has done.
What are the 2 most popular sports in Africa? they were both introduced during the colonial era.
Cairo is the Capital of ?
Egypt
A soup from Nigeria that consist of okra or pumpkin seeds.
Draw soup
The Mursi tribe of Ethiopia is one of the last tribes where it is the norm for women to wear what in their lower lips?
Large pottery or wooden plates. This happens when girls reach the age of 15 or 16. It is never forced, it's a personal decision.
This language is spoken by 170 million people on the continent, followed by English at 130 million people and Swahili at 100 million. Starts with A_____
What is Arabic, especially in the Northern part of the continent.
What is the largest country in Africa, by land size? Al____
Algeria
What is Himbasha? a bread or soup?
An Ethiopian and Eritrean celebration bread, which is slightly sweet.
What natural resource contributes significantly to the economy of Nigeria, Libya, and Algeria.
What is oil.
How many countries are there in Africa? 35, 54, or 72
54
What is Lahoh?
A Somalian (and Yemen) spongy, pancake-like bread. also popular in Israel where Yemenite Jews introduced it to them.
The ancient civilization of this country is one of the oldest and longest-lasting civilizations.
What is Egypt. The Pharaonic civilization
What are Griots?
These people were entertainers told stories through song.
There is a Spanish speaking country in Africa. True or False.
True. It is Equatorial Guinea. 85% of the population speaks Spanish. it has differences to Castilian Spanish. It gained its independence from Spain in 1968. It is located between Cameroon and Gabon.
These people travel across the Sahara.
What are merchants
The Strait of Gibraltar divides this African country from this European country. Give me both countries. M______(Africa) and S______(Europe)
What is Morocco and Spain
This is a form of communication. It is used in marriages, birth, rites of passage, hunting and even political activities. This is also used to ward off evil spirits and to pay respects to good spirits, the dead and ancestors.
Music and song.
This river is the longest river in the world with a total length of 4,132 miles.
What is the Nile River.
What country has the longest coastline. So_____
Somalia
This type of wine is traditionally used in Western Africa for marriage ceremonies, folk medicine and traditional incantations. Made from the sap of these trees. the sap if fermented immediately and becomes as alcoholic as beer within 2 hours.
What is Palm wine. It has a long history, possibly dating back to 16,000 B.C.
What is The Great Enclosure?
A walled, circular structure in the ruins of Great Zimbabwe, an ancient city in Zimbabwe. The imposing circular wall is over 30 ft tall and 15 ft thick.
In the Hamar tribe, young men must partake in this 3-day rite of passage, where they walk over 15 of what kind of animal? If he succeeds, it means he is ready to marry a girl of his parents choosing and raise his own children and cattle.
What is 15 castrated bulls which have been rubbed in dung to make their backs more slippery.
Over 50% of Africans are this age. 18, 25, 45?
What is 25 years old.
What is the most populated country in Africa? Ni_____
What is Nigeria
These animals are used to travel across the Sahara. They can carry up to 900 lbs for 25-mile days.
What is a Camel. They can drink up to 30 gallons of water in 10 minutes and can survive up to 10 months without drinking water. They store fat and not water, in their humps.
This part of the African continent is host to the largest wildlife migration on Earth with over 750,000 Zebras marching ahead of 1.2 million wildebeest as they cross this amazing landscape.
What is the Serengeti in Tanzania
Zimbabwe rulers expressed their power and wealth by building what?
Stone structures
Africa is the world's hottest continent with deserts and drylands covering what percentage of the lands surface area? 30%, 50%, 60%?
What is 60%. some examples are Kalahari, Sahara and Namib.
Mt. Kilimanjaro lies within this country also famous for marathon runners. Tan________
Tanzania. it is a dormant volcano. it is the highest free-standing mountain above sea level in the world: 5,895 m above sea level and 4,900m above its plateau base.
One of Africa’s most valuable grains. The word salary came from this grain.
Salt. Once cultures began relying on grain, vegetables or boiled meat diets instead of mainly hunting and eating roasted meat, adding salt to food became an absolute necessity for maintaining life.
This Lake is the largest lake in Africa and the 2nd largest freshwater lake in the world. Lake V_______
What is Lake Victoria.
Zimbabwe rulers grew rich by doing this to trade goods.
Taxing
This type of weather varies very high or very low depending on the area.
Rainfall. It can be 0mm/year in the Sahara to 374 inches/year near Mount Cameroon.