Countries
Civilizations & History
Vocabulary
Landforms
100

This storied country straddles the great Nile River and Mediterranean Sea.

What is Egypt?

100

This was the name for the ancient Egyptian rulers.

What is a pharaoh? 

100

Hardened remains of living organisms. 

What are fossils?

100

A big, big river that flows into the Mediterranean Sea.

What is the Nile River?

200

This West African country is close to Spain and home to the famous city of Casablanca. 

What is Morocco? 

200

This civilization shares a close history with Egypt, and was located to the south of the ancient Egyptian kingdoms.

What is Kush?

200

A system of ruling families.

What is a dynasty?

200

Centralized river that cuts across the equator and gives life to one of Earth's great rainforest. 

What is the Congo?

300

This modern day country was one of England's largest colonies and only recently shed a history of racial division known as apartheid. 

What is South Africa?

300

The three different different kingdoms of ancient Egypt.

What were the Old, Middle, and New Kingdoms?

300

Remains of items that are man-made.

What are artifacts?

300

Vast grasslands home to Africa's many precious wildlife. 

What is the savannah? 

400

Sits all by itself in the Indian Ocean.

What is Madagascar? 

400

This time featured European powers holding power to the government and resources of various African countries.

What is colonization?

400

A burial tomb that the ancient Egyptians used to honor Pharaohs. Comes to a distinct point.

What is a pyramid?

400

The stretch of tough, desert-like grassland that stretches to the south of the Sahara Desert.

What is the Sahel? 
500

A common first name in English.

What is Chad?

500

The period of time where many Africans were taken away across the Atlantic to do manual labor for various European and North American powers.

What is the Atlantic slave trade?

500

This is a system of government officials that carry out functions of the state.

What is a bureaucracy? 

500

A country or two is named for this river in the northwest of Africa.

What is the Niger?