Africa

Question 1

Africa is the worlds __ largest continent

Answer 1

2nd

Question 2

40% of Africa is…

Answer 2

Desert

Question 3

the 3 sub Saharan kingdoms are

Answer 3

ghana, mali and songhai

Question 4

Animism

Answer 4

Spirits are present in nature, everyday, in everything (animals plants rocks etc)

Question 5

West African Kingdoms become rich and influential due to

Answer 5

Location and Resources

Question 6

The Hajj

Answer 6

pilgrimage to mecca

Question 7

Ghana’s military was

Answer 7

weak, fought with bows and arrows

Question 8

How did Songhai become powerful?

Answer 8

Defeating Mali and taking over the trading routes

Question 9

Gao is a ____ city, Timbuktu is a city for ____

Answer 9

trading, learning

Question 10

Who was Mansa Musa?

Answer 10

King from timbuktu

Question 11

How did Musa impact religious beliefs of the of Mali

Answer 11

Converted to Islam, built universities for better education

Question 12

Why is Africa diverse

Answer 12

Topography

Question 13

How did the ruler of Ghana profit from the trade routes that met in his empire?

Answer 13

By collecting toll on all goods entering or leaving Ghana.

Question 14

The Great Rift Valley is probably the home of ________

Answer 14

The earliest humans

Question 15

What is desertification?

Answer 15

The spread of deserts

Question 16

Africa has many _________ and __________ making it easy for trade

Answer 16

Rivers
Deserts

Question 17

Why were West African Kingdoms so rich?

Answer 17

Due to their location and resources
- rivers
- deserts
- gold
- Salt

Question 18

Al-Bakri

Answer 18

arab historian who is best source of information about ancient ghana

Question 19

Sub-Saharan

Answer 19

area of africa that is below sahara desert