Countries
This is the name of Africa's region we are learning about.
What is West Africa?
This is the longest river in West Africa.
What is the Niger River?
This landform served as a major barrier between West and North Africans who wanted to trade in the regions' early history.
What is the Sahara Desert?
The British government outlawed this in the year 1807.
What is the slave trade?
This recreational activity provides healing and celebration opportunities for West Africans.
What is dance?
This word best characterizes the country of Cape Verde.
What is island?
This body of water has been shrinking due to droughts.
What is Lake Chad?
This is the European colonizer who claimed most of the West African territory.
Who are the French?
This West African emperor helped spread Islamic culture within West Africa.
Who is Mansa Musa?
Besides English, which other European language can be heard in West African cities?
What is French?
This word best characterizes the countries of Mali, Burkina Faso, Niger, and Chad.
These are the names of the arid AND semiarid regions within West Africa.
What are the Sahara and the Sahel?
This is the order of West Africa's early kingdoms in chronological order.
What are Ghana, Mali, and Songahi?
This is the name of the meeting in which European leaders "carved" Africa into colonies.
What is the Berlin Conference?
This disease affects over 22 million people in West Africa.
What is HIV/AIDS?
This word best characterizes the countries of Guinea, Ivory Coast, Togo, and Gambia.
What is coastal?
This nation is known for their oil production industries being one of the largest in the world.
What is Nigeria?
This is the year in which Ghana gained independence.
What is 1957?
What are discovery of diamonds and Suez Canal opening (1869)?
This word best characterizes the lifestyle and clothing of West African villages.
What is traditional?
The delta of the Niger and Benue Rivers lies within this country.
What is Nigeria?
These are the two seasons that characterize the climates throughout West Africa.
What are wet and dry seasons?
This group of people wanted to spread their religion and increase trading opportunities when they first migrated into North Africa.
Who are Arab Muslims?