Wild Geography
This is the largest hot desert in Africa.
What is the Sahara?
About this many languages are spoken in Africa.
What is about 3,000?
This civilization grew along the Nile River.
What is Egypt?
This is the term for when one country takes control of another land for its resources.
What is colonization?
This is a type of government where people vote for leaders.
What is democracy?
This river helped Ancient Egypt grow and thrive.
What is the Nile River?
These are the major religions practiced in Africa.
What are Christianity, Islam, and indigenous beliefs?
This West African empire became wealthy from gold and salt trade.
European countries wanted Africa for resources, land, and this.
What is power?
This is one major economic activity mainly in rural Africa.
What is farming or herding?
This type of land has grasslands with scattered trees and supports many animals.
What is the savanna?
This is the title for a West African story-teller.
What is a griot?
This kingdom was located in East Africa and controlled trade near the Red Sea.
What is Aksum?
True or False: African borders were drawn based on cultures and languages.
This is the most populous country in Africa.
What is Nigeria?
People tend to live near rivers and coasts for this reason.
What is access to water and resources?
Answers will vary but should include food, clothing, music, etc.
These routes helped African civilizations trade goods across the desert.
What are Trans-Saharan trade routes?
This term means a country is free to rule itself.
What is independence?
This is one challenge that some African countries face today.
What is poverty, or drought, or healthcare, or political instability?
This is why Africa is considered culturally diverse.
What is Africa is a continent with many languages, religions, traditions, and different ethnic groups?
This African kingdom built great stone wall structures and controlled trade routes in Southern Africa.
What is the Great Zimbabwe?
This is one effect of colonization on Africa that still matters today.
Answers may vary, but can include borders, conflict, economic Issues, political challenges, or European languages.
This is a problem faced by African countries with successful urban economies but not enough infrastructure to support the population.
What is Rapid Population Growth?