SS Lesson 8
SS Lesson 9
Queen Anima
Vocabulary
Grammar
100
What is elevation?
The height above or below sea level.
100
What type of lines are on a topographic map?
Contour lines
100
What was the name of Aida's mother?
a) Marka
b) Joyce
c) Bakwa
d) Saria
a) Marka (Amina's grandmother
b) Joyce (Elisa's mother)
c) Bakwa (Amina's mother)
d) Saria (Aida's mother)
100
To give out to someone/tell them off.
a) glare
b) frown
c) scold
d) squint
c) scold
200
What area of Africa has an elevation below sea level?
a)Angola Plateau
b) Adis Ababa
c) Qattara Depression
d) Lagos
c) Qattara Depression
200
Lines which indicate the difference in elevation between adjorning contour lines are called what?
Intervals
200
Who was Karama?
He was Amina's younger brother.
200
very large, very wide.
a) brief
b) vast
c) plot
b) vast
300
Which country contains the most mountain peaks on the map?
a) Zambia
b) Cameroon
c) Ethiopia
d) Kenya
d) Kenya
300
Who was the first to excavate the ruins of the buried towns: Karl Weber or Giussepe Fiorelli?
Karl Webber (1749)
Guissepe Fiorelli (1863)
300
What did the Hausa people call the walls around Amina's camp?
They called them ganuwar Amina or 'Amina's walls'.
300
adverb to do something everyday.
daily
400
Name the 7 colours of the key on the elevation map of Africa.
White
Brown
Green
Orange
Yellow
Blue
Purple
400
What does a steep gradient mean?
The area has a quick rise from a low elevation to a higher elevation.
400
What did Amina use to grind the grain?
A pestle and mortar
500
What colour indicates that the elevation of that area is between 305 and 610m?
500
How high is the peak of Mt. Vesuvius?
a) 1,240m
b) 1,420m
c) 1,040m
d) 1,200m
a) 1,240m
500
How old was Amina when she died?
a) 70
b) 72
c) 76
d) 79
c) 76